The Schwartz group’s research on hydrated electrons is featured on the cover of the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

8 months ago

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Research by a UCLA team led by Professor Benjamin Schwartz and graduate student William Borrelli is featured on the front cover of this week’s Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, a […]

The Schwartz group’s research on hydrated electrons is featured on the cover of the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
February 20

Keriann Backus honored in MCP’s special “Women in Proteomics” issue

8 months ago

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Professor Keriann Backus is among 17 trailblazing female scientists featured in the special “Women in Proteomics” issue of the journal Molecular and Cellular Proteomics (MCP). Released on February 12, 2026, […]

Keriann Backus honored in MCP’s special “Women in Proteomics” issue
February 12

Michael Lawson receives $1.9M NIH/NIGMS Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award

8 months ago

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Professor Michael Lawson has been awarded a highly prestigious Early Stage Investigator Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (ESI MIRA) R35 grant from the National Institutes of Health / National Institute of […]

Michael Lawson receives $1.9M NIH/NIGMS Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award
February 11

How UCLA scientists helped reimagine a forgotten battery design from Thomas Edison

8 months ago

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Research by a team led by Professor Richard Kaner and Dr. Maher El-Kady shows how 21st-century nanotechnology has finally enabled a clean-energy vision that Thomas Edison first proposed more than […]

How UCLA scientists helped reimagine a forgotten battery design from Thomas Edison
February 10

Anastassia Alexandrova selected for a Distinguished Alumni Award from the College of Arts & Sciences at Utah State University

8 months ago

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The College of Arts & Sciences at Utah State University has selected Professor Anastassia Alexandrova for a 2026 Distinguished Alumni Award in recognition of her “extraordinary academic and scientific accomplishments […]

Anastassia Alexandrova selected for a Distinguished Alumni Award from the College of Arts & Sciences at Utah State University
February 6

Researcher in the news – Maher El-Kady

9 months ago

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Researcher Dr. Maher El-Kady (Kaner group) was recently interviewed by Asharq Al-Awsat, one of the world’s leading international Arabic newspapers, for two feature stories on the 2025 Nobel Prize in […]

Researcher in the news – Maher El-Kady
January 20

Chemistry and Biochemistry faculty and alumni among the top 25 Bruinventors of the 21st century

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Inventions by six members of the UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry community are featured in the Fall 2025, UCLA Magazine article “The Top 25 Bruinventions of the 21st Century (So Far).” […]

Chemistry and Biochemistry faculty and alumni among the top 25 Bruinventors of the 21st century
January 18

Soumitra Athavale and UCLA alumna Melissa Ramirez receive 2025 ACS Green Chemistry Institute Pharmaceutical Roundtable Ignition Grants

9 months ago

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Professor Soumitra Athavale and alumna Dr. Melissa Ramirez (Ph.D. ’21, Garg and Houk groups), currently an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, are two of four recipients […]

Soumitra Athavale and UCLA alumna Melissa Ramirez receive 2025 ACS Green Chemistry Institute Pharmaceutical Roundtable Ignition Grants
January 16