ACS Henry H. Storch Award in Energy Chemistry

4 years ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Faculty

Professor Sarah Tolbert has been awarded the Henry H Storch Award in Energy Chemistry by the Energy and Fuels Division of the American Chemical Society.   The prestigious award recognizes distinguished […]

ACS Henry H. Storch Award in Energy Chemistry
September 16

Aggregate “Nanoscience: Special Issue Dedicated to Professor Paul S. Weiss”

4 years ago

  • Faculty

Special Issue of the journal Aggregate is dedicated to Professor Paul Weiss in recognition of his numerous contributions to nanoscience.  The Special Issue, published on August 24, 2022, includes an […]

September 16

Professor Richard Kaner and alum Assistant Researcher Maher El-Kady (PhD ’13) are featured in a C&EN article about battery start-ups

4 years ago

  • Faculty

Kaner and El-Kady formed their company, Nanotech Energy, in 2014 with physician-entrepreneur Dr. Jack Kavanaugh, with the goal of moving their cutting-edge research on graphene-based energy storage devices from the […]

Professor Richard Kaner and alum Assistant Researcher Maher El-Kady (PhD ’13) are featured in a C&EN article about battery start-ups
September 16

New center to explore new technologies for energy conversion and carbon capture

4 years ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Faculty

Professor Anastassia Alexandrova is part of the newly funded Energy Frontier Research Center, named Center for Closing the Carbon Cycle (4C).   The Center for Closing the Carbon Cycle, or “4C” […]

New center to explore new technologies for energy conversion and carbon capture
September 13

Teacher-Scholar News

4 years ago

  • Alumni & Friends
  • Faculty

We are pleased to welcome alumna Mackenzie Anderson (BS ’17, MS ’19, PhD ’22, Kaner group) as the department’s new 2022-25 Willard F Libby Teacher-Scholar. Our Teacher-Scholar program allows postdoctoral […]

Teacher-Scholar News
September 9

Video by Duan group postdoc is among the top 50 videos in Nature’s “science in shorts” competition

4 years ago

  • Faculty

Dr Zhong Wan, a postdoctoral researcher in the Duan group, has found an engaging way to explain his research to the public through sandwich making.  His fun 1-minute video explaining […]

Video by Duan group postdoc is among the top 50 videos in Nature’s “science in shorts” competition
August 18

Remembering Professor Alex J. Levine

4 years ago

  • Faculty

We are sad to report that devoted father and loving husband Professor Alex Levine died on July 8, 2022 in Santa Monica.  Los Angeles Times obituary: Alex J. Levine January […]

Remembering Professor Alex J. Levine
July 14

Newly Endowed Inorganic Chemistry Seminar Series & Annual Lectureship

4 years ago

  • Faculty

The Jeffrey I. Zink Inorganic Chemistry Seminar Series at UCLA has been named with a generous gift by Helo Zink and Distinguished Professor Jeffrey Zink.  The newly endowed seminar series […]

Newly Endowed Inorganic Chemistry Seminar Series & Annual Lectureship
July 13