Miguel García-Garibay receives 2025 ACS James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic Chemistry

2 years ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Faculty

Professor Miguel García-Garibay, Dean of the Division of Physical Sciences and Senior Dean of the UCLA College, has been awarded the 2025 ACS James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic […]

Miguel García-Garibay receives 2025 ACS James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic Chemistry
August 27

Neil Garg receives inaugural ACS David A. Evans Award for the Advancement and Education of Organic Synthesis

2 years ago

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  • Faculty

Distinguished Kenneth N. Trueblood Professor, Neil Garg, has been awarded the 2025 David A. Evans Award for the Advancement and Education of Organic Synthesis. Garg is the inaugural recipient of […]

Neil Garg receives inaugural ACS David A. Evans Award for the Advancement and Education of Organic Synthesis
August 27

Faculty in the News – William Gelbart

2 years ago

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Professor William Gelbart is featured in a UCLA Daily Bruin article about his role as the instructor of the UCLA Prison Education Program course, Chemistry 19.1: “Viruses, Vaccines, and Pandemics,” […]

Faculty in the News – William Gelbart
August 13

2024-25 UCLA Hellman Fellow

2 years ago

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  • Faculty

Professor Danielle Schmitt, an assistant professor of biochemistry, is one of 22 UCLA junior faculty members selected to receive the prestigious UCLA Society of Hellman Fellows award. The UCLA Hellman […]

2024-25 UCLA Hellman Fellow
August 13

UCLA chemists and physicists collaborate to study atomic physics in a beaker

2 years ago

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  • Research

A team led by Professors Justin Caram, Anastassia Alexandrova, and Paula Diaconescu, with Wes Campbell from UCLA Physics and Astronomy, have developed a new platform for magnetic sensing technology, they […]

UCLA chemists and physicists collaborate to study atomic physics in a beaker
August 9

Professor Soumitra Athavale appointed as the inaugural John D. and Edith M. Roberts Term Chair in Organic Chemistry

2 years ago

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  • Faculty

The UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry has appointed Soumitra Athavale, an assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, as the John D. and Edith M. Roberts Term Chair in Organic […]

Professor Soumitra Athavale appointed as the inaugural John D. and Edith M. Roberts Term Chair in Organic Chemistry
August 8

ASCB 2024 E.E. Just Lecture Award

2 years ago

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  • Faculty

Vice Chair of Undergraduate Education, Professor Jorge Torres has been awarded the prestigious 2024 E.E. Just Lecture Award from the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB). The E.E. Just Lecture […]

ASCB 2024 E.E. Just Lecture Award
August 7

Researchers reveal atomic-scale details of catalysts’ active sites

2 years ago

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  • Research

Professor Philippe Sautet co-leads a team of UCLA researchers whose study, published in Nature Catalysis, unveils atomic-scale details of catalysts’ active sites, enhancing the efficiency of chemical reactions. From California […]

Researchers reveal atomic-scale details of catalysts’ active sites
August 2