Professor Ellen Sletten receives the 2022 Agnes Fay Morgan Research Award from Iota Sigma Pi, the National Honor Society for Women in Chemistry. The award is given for research achievement […]

Professor Louis Bouchard is part of a team of researchers who have identified that iron drives the formation of fatty tissue in the heart and leads to chronic heart failure […]

Professor Heather Maynard is part of a team researchers whose Nobel Fund project is seeking to curb opioid addiction by rendering the drug inactive unless taken orally, as well as […]

Professor Miguel A. García-Garibay has been appointed senior dean of the UCLA College. He will serve a two-year term beginning November 1, 2022. A member of UCLA’s faculty for more […]

Current members and alumni of the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry gathered at UCLA on September 16, 2022, for the 2022 M. Frederick Hawthorne Symposium, to honor two recipients of […]

UCLA chemistry lecturer and author Dr. Eric Scerri was recently featured on an NPR radio trivia show called “Go Fact Yourself” as an expert on the periodic table.  “Go Fact […]

Professor Michael Jung, a leader in the field of synthetic organic and medicinal chemistry, has been appointed as the Walter and Shirley Wang Endowed Chair in Medicinal Drug Discovery. A […]

The UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry is seeking outstanding candidates for tenure–track or tenured faculty positions at the level of Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor. Successful applicants at the […]