We are delighted to announce that Professor Narang received The American Physical Society’s 2023 Maria Goeppert Mayer Award. The Maria Goeppert Mayer Award recognizes and enhances outstanding achievement by a […]

Professor Prineha Narang recently received The Office of Naval Research Young Investigator’s Program Award (ONR YIP) for her work on transport in materials. Established in 1985, the ONR YIP is […]

Professor Paul S. Weiss is co-leader on a collaborative research project with the Savannah River National Lab (SRNL), which recently received a $3 million DOE grant to further fundamental research […]

Professor Neil Garg and postdoc alumnus Dr. Eva Darzi, now CEO of ElecraTect, Inc., are heading a team of researchers who are testing a “cannabinoid fuel cell” that provides a […]

Inspired by a microscopic animal’s ability to survive and aided by UCLA’s Innovation Fund, Professor Heather Maynard is leading a team of researchers to invent a polymer with the potential […]

Professor Ken Houk has been awarded one of the 2022 Akira Suzuki Awards, the ICReDD Award, from the Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (ICReDD), in recognition of the […]

The department welcomes talented synthetic inorganic chemist Professor Matthew Nava, who joins the UCLA faculty as the Jeffrey and Helo Zink Endowed Professional Development Term Chair in Chemistry. Professor Matthew […]

Professor Richard Kaner’s new bacterial resistant coating for medical devices is featured in UCLA’s student-run newspaper, the Daily Bruin. Kaner group alumni Brian McVerry (Ph.D. ’16) and Ethan Rao (B.S. […]