Congratulations to this year’s Dissertation Year Fellowship recipients
4 days ago
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This year, 11 chemistry and biochemistry graduate student researchers received the 2024-2025 UCLA Graduate Division Dissertation Year Fellowship (DYF). Additionally, two students from the MBIDP and MIMG programs, working in […]
Graduate student Alexandra Turmon awarded prestigious NIH fellowship
3 weeks ago
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Biochemistry graduate student Alexandra Turmon (Backus group) has been awarded a prestigious Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (NIH F31). The NIH F31 award, formally known as the […]
Graduate student Nikki Cheung wins $25K 2024 SOAR grant
1 month ago
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Biochemistry graduate student Nikki Cheung (Clubb group) is one of only two students nationwide to be chosen as winner of the 2024 Science Olympiad Alumni Research (SOAR) Grant for Medical […]
Graduate student Mai Abdusamad awarded prestigious NIH fellowship
2 months ago
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Biochemistry graduate student Mai Abdusamad (Torres group) has been awarded a prestigious Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (NIH F31). The NIH F31 award, formally known […]
UCLA team wins the 2024 Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Materials Chemistry Horizon Prize: Stephanie L. Kwolek Prize
2 months ago
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The Van der Waals Thin Film Team, co-led by Professor Xiangfeng Duan, Professor Yu Huang (Materials Science and Engineering), and Professor Jun Chen (Bioengineering), receives the RSC 2024 Materials Chemistry […]
UCLA team wins the 2024 Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Faraday Horizon Prize
2 months ago
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The Electrical Transport Spectroscopy Team, co-led by Professor Xiangfeng Duan, Professor Anastassia Alexandrova, and Professor Yu Huang (Engineering), receives the RSC 2024 Faraday Horizon Prize for the development of electron […]
Graduate student AJ Addae wins top innovator awards for Northeastern alumnae
2 months ago
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Chemical biology graduate student AJ Addae (Paul S. Weiss group) has won Northeastern University’s first place Women Who Empower Women Innovator Award, and second place in Powering Diverse and Inclusive […]
UCLA team wins the 2024 Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Organic Chemistry Horizon Prize
2 months ago
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The Molecular Strainers Team at UCLA, led by Professor Neil Garg and Professor Ken Houk, receives the RSC 2024 Organic Chemistry Horizon Prize: Perkin Prize in Physical Organic Chemistry for […]