Professor Anastassia Alexandrova has been awarded the 2023 Gold Shield Faculty Prize. The annual award honors a mid-career faculty member with a distinguished record of teaching, research and service. From […]

Albert Courey, Professor of Biochemistry and Associate Dean of Physical Sciences for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), has been selected by the UCLA Academic Senate for the 2022-2023 DEI Faculty […]

On May 31, 2023, we celebrated the many accomplishments of our alumni, faculty, postdocs, students, and staff at our annual departmental awards ceremony. A photo gallery from the event can […]

Congratulations to Professor Chong Liu on his promotion to associate professor with tenure, effective July 1, 2023. Professor Chong Liu joined the UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry faculty in 2017 as […]

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 […]

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 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 […]

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.  […]