Professor Xiangfeng Duan is co-leader of a team of UCLA researchers who have developed a unique material that retains superconducting properties under high magnetic fields, showing potential for advancing quantum […]

From climbing mountains in the Cascades and South America to being a U.S. Science Envoy building relationships internationally in quantum, Professor Prineha Narang strives to be a role model for […]

Congratulations to Professor Ellen Sletten on her promotion to full professor, effective July 1, 2023. Sletten’s groundbreaking research and innovative approaches have positioned her as a leading scientist in chemical […]

Professor Anastassia Alexandrova has been named a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), the oldest chemical society in the world, whose mission is to “advance excellence in the […]

Congratulations to Professor Alexander Spokoyny on his promotion to full professor with tenure, effective July 1, 2024. Spokoyny is a prominent chemist specializing in inorganic, main group and organometallic chemistry, […]

Congratulations to Professor Keriann Backus on her promotion to associate professor with tenure, effective July 1, 2024. A prominent chemical biologist known for her groundbreaking work in chemoproteomics and chemical […]

On May 14, 2024, 38 undergraduate students presented research posters at the first annual SMACS and UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry Undergraduate Poster Session, hosted jointly by the Student Members of […]

In April, the UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry launched Fran Zone’s Chemistry of Compelling Communication Series. The inspiration for the series was sparked in 2019 when department chair, Professor […]