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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]