The Department is delighted to welcome Professor Giulia Palermo, a world-renowned computational biophysicist recognized for her pioneering computational studies of genome editing systems. She will join the UCLA faculty as […]

Distinguished Professor Sarah Tolbert, the Charles and Carolyn Knobler Endowed Term Chair, has been selected for one of UCLA’s highest teaching honors, the 2026 Distinguished Teaching Award for Senate Faculty […]

Department Chair Professor Alexander Spokoyny is one of 18 U.S. academic researchers chosen for the US Defense Science Study Group (DSSG) class of 2027-28. The two-year program introduces outstanding scientists […]

Vice Chair of Undergraduate Education Professor Jorge Torres has been selected for one of UCLA’s highest teaching honors, the 2026 Distinguished Teaching Award for Senate Faculty for Undergraduate Mentorship, in […]

Professor Kendall Houk and graduate students Alexander Maertens and Qingyang Zhou collaborate with Professor Grace Han’s group at University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), to design a system that captures […]

Professor Richard Kaner and researcher Maher El-Kady are part of a research team whose study demonstrates how graphene oxide, a carbon-based nanomaterial, can be incorporated into cementitious mixtures to create […]

Distinguished Kenneth N. Trueblood Professor Neil Garg has been named one of three UCLA faculty members to receive the 2026 Faculty Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring from the […]

Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN) includes Professor Soumitra Athavale in its annual Talented 12 feature, highlighting young investigators who are doing groundbreaking work in the field. The Talented Twelve list, created […]