2023 UCLA Alpha Chi Sigma (AXΣ) Glenn T. Seaborg Award

5 days ago

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Professor Justin Caram was presented with the 2023 UCLA Alpha Chi Sigma (AXΣ) Glenn T Seaborg Award at the annual AXΣ Seaborg Banquet on May 6. The event, held at […]

Britney Pham, Justin Caram, and Naedeen Aquino
June 5

Professor Anne Andrews and graduate student Noelle Mitchell are co-authors on an impactful new paper published in Science.

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The seven-year research collaboration with researchers at Columbia University marks an important step in a long-awaited aptamer revolution. UCLA Division of Physical Sciences (by Ben Paul): The Seven-Year Collaboration That […]

Professor Anne Andrews and graduate student Noelle Mitchell are co-authors on an impactful new paper published in <em>Science</em>.
June 5

Alexander Spokoyny named next department Chair

1 week ago

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Professor Alexander Spokoyny has been named the next Chair of the UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry.  “I am delighted to announce that Professor Alexander Spokoyny has agreed to serve […]

Alexander Spokoyny named next department Chair
June 2

2023 UCLA Undergraduate Research Week Faculty Mentor Award

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Professor Keriann Backus receives a 2023 Undergraduate Research Week Faculty Mentor Award, which honors the considerable dedication of faculty mentors who have served as effective research mentors to undergraduate students.  […]

2023 UCLA Undergraduate Research Week Faculty Mentor Award
June 1

Welcoming Professor Abby Kavner

3 weeks ago

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The department welcomes talented mineral chemist Professor Abby Kavner, who will join the UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry faculty as a Full Professor on July 1, 2023. Prof. Kavner […]

Welcoming Professor Abby Kavner
May 23

UCLA team uses artificial intelligence to predict landslides

3 weeks ago

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Professor Louis Bouchard’s group and UCLA collaborators have developed a new approach for predicting landslides that decouples the analytic power of DNNs from their complex adaptive nature in order to […]

UCLA team uses artificial intelligence to predict landslides
May 19

Welcoming Professor Hannah Shafaat

4 weeks ago

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The department welcomes renowned bioinorganic chemist Professor Hannah Shafaat, who will join the UCLA faculty as a Full Professor on July 1, 2023. Currently a Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry […]

Welcoming Professor Hannah Shafaat
May 12

Biochemistry instructor appears on The Great American Baking Show

4 weeks ago

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UCLA biochemistry instructor and alumnus Dr. Stacie Nakamoto (Ph.D. ’01, Merchant group), aka “The Baking Biochemist”, is a contestant on the latest season of The Great American Baking Show, which […]

Biochemistry instructor appears on The Great American Baking Show
May 12