Professor Heather Maynard has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The American Academy of Arts and Sciences is one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious […]

A binational team, led by Professors Paul S. Weiss and Anne M. Andrews at UCLA, Professor Yossi Paltiel at Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Professor Ron Naaman at the Weizmann […]

Professor Prineha Narang, UCLA’s Howard Reiss Chair in Physical Sciences, has been awarded the 2023 Guggenheim Fellowship. The physical world — from gas giants in the solar system, to living […]

Professor Justin Caram is one of three investigators chosen for 2023 The Journal of Physical Chemistry and PHYS Division Lectureship Awards. The Journal of Physical Chemistry and PHYS Division Lectureship […]

The department welcomes renowned chemist Professor Stuart J. Conway, who joins the UCLA faculty as the Michael and Alice Jung Chair in Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery. Currently a Professor […]

Professor Ellen Sletten has been selected for one of UCLA’s highest teaching honors, the 2023 Distinguished Teaching Award for Senate Faculty. Sletten is one of six campus-wide recipients chosen by […]

UCLA Professor William Gelbart explains his transition from theoretical physical chemistry to experimental molecular biology, and discusses his life, research and career, in an extensive 2021 interview with science historian […]

Professor Vinothan Manoharan (Department of Physics, Harvard University) gave the 7th annual Carolyn & Charles Knobler Lecture on February 27, 2023. The well-attended lecture, entitled “The Self-Assembly of Simple RNA […]