Chemists use oxygen and copper “scissors” to cut carbon bonds and create new, valuable molecules at lower cost

5 days ago

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Professor Ohyun Kwon and her research group have developed a groundbreaking method which utilizes oxygen and copper to efficiently break carbon-carbon bonds in hydrocarbons and convert them into valuable amine […]

Chemists use oxygen and copper “scissors” to cut carbon bonds and create new, valuable molecules at lower cost
November 28

Highly Cited Researchers 2023 List

3 weeks ago

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Professors Xiangfeng Duan, David Eisenberg, and Richard Kaner have been named on the annual Highly Cited Researchers™ 2023 list from Clarivate, placing them among world’s most influential scholars, based on […]

Highly Cited Researchers 2023 List
November 15

Experimental brain-like computing system more accurate with custom algorithm

3 weeks ago

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A team of researchers, led by Professor James Gimzewski and alumnus Dr. Adam Stieg (Ph.D. ’07 Gimzewski), has created an experimental computing system physically modeled after the biological brain, which […]

Experimental brain-like computing system more accurate with custom algorithm
November 14

The 2023 Oesper Award

1 month ago

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Professor Miguel García-Garibay, Dean of the Division of Physical Sciences, is the recipient of the 2023 Oesper Award presented by the University of Cincinnati (UC) Department of Chemistry and the […]

The 2023 Oesper Award
November 2

$250,000 grant from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

1 month ago

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Professor Danielle Schmitt and collaborator Professor Tara TeSlaa (UCLA Molecular and Medical Pharmacology) have been awarded $250,000 from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to investigate why diets deficient in choline and […]

$250,000 grant from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
October 30

Faculty in the News

1 month ago

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Adjunct professor of chemistry, longtime fire fighter, and UCLA alumnus Derek Urwin (B.S. ’03 Math, M.S. ’17, Ph.D. ’22 Chemistry, Alexandrova group) is featured in UC Newsroom article about UC-backed […]

Faculty in the News
October 24

$4.5 million DOE award establishes new Center for Strain Optimization for Renewable Energy (STORE) at UCLA

1 month ago

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Professor Sarah Tolbert is the Center Director of the new Center for Strain Optimization for Renewable Energy (STORE) at UCLA, which aims to make sodium ion batteries a marketable commodity.  […]

$4.5 million DOE award establishes new Center for Strain Optimization for Renewable Energy (STORE) at UCLA
October 20

2023 John D. and Edith M. Roberts Lecture

2 months ago

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UCLA’s newest innovative organic chemist Professor Soumitra Athavale presented the 2023 John D. and Edith M. Roberts Lecture at UCLA on October 10.   Prior to joining the UCLA faculty as […]

2023 John D. and Edith M. Roberts Lecture
October 13