Key research by UCLA organic chemists Professor Soumitra Athavale and Distinguished Research Professor Kendall Houk on the mechanism of the Soai reaction was cited in the scientific background document for […]

Professor Xiangfeng Duan’s group has made a major advance in the field of quantum materials. The research was published in Nature Chemistry and selected for the cover of the November […]

Professor Abigail Doyle has received UCLA’s Postdoctoral Association 2026–27 Excellence in Postdoctoral Mentoring Award in recognition of her outstanding commitment to mentoring postdoctoral scholars. Doyle was nominated for the award […]

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation has selected Professor Soumitra Athavale as one of 20 recipients of the 2026 Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering.  Recognized as one of the […]

Distinguished Professor Juli Feigon has been selected by UCLA’s Postdoctoral Association as one of two recipients of the 2026–27 Excellence in Postdoctoral Mentoring Award in recognition of her outstanding commitment […]

Professor Yu Huang, a faculty member in UCLA’s departments of Materials Science and Engineering and Chemistry & Biochemistry, has been selected by the Falling Walls Foundation as the recipient of […]

Congratulations to the members of the UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry community who received awards at the annual Molecular Biology Institute (MBI) retreat on Thursday, Sept. 17, at the […]

The UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry is pleased to announce that Distinguished Professor Miguel García-Garibay, Senior Dean of the UCLA College and Dean of the Division of Physical Sciences, […]