Professor Kendall Houk and graduate students Alexander Maertens and Qingyang Zhou collaborate with Professor Grace Han’s group at University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), to design a system that captures […]

Professor Richard Kaner and researcher Maher El-Kady are part of a research team whose study demonstrates how graphene oxide, a carbon-based nanomaterial, can be incorporated into cementitious mixtures to create […]

Distinguished Kenneth N. Trueblood Professor Neil Garg has been named one of three UCLA faculty members to receive the 2026 Faculty Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring from the […]

Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN) includes Professor Soumitra Athavale in its annual Talented 12 feature, highlighting young investigators who are doing groundbreaking work in the field. The Talented Twelve list, created […]

by Professors Al Courey, Cathy Clarke, and Steve Clarke Our beloved colleague Emeritus Professor Charles A. West passed away on May 5 in Houston, Texas, at the age of 98. Charles […]

Professor Soumitra Athavale has been awarded a highly prestigious Early Stage Investigator Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (ESI MIRA) R35 grant from the National Institutes of Health / National Institute of […]

On March 13, 2026, the UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry honored Professor Richard Kaner (UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry) with the 2026 Glenn T. Seaborg Medal in recognition of […]

Researchers led by Professor Philippe Sautet have mapped out a promising method to improve the conversion of propane gas into propene, the world’s second most widely produced plastic precursor, after […]