Graduate student Mai Abdusamad awarded prestigious NIH fellowship

7 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 […]

Graduate student Mai Abdusamad awarded prestigious NIH fellowship
July 24

UCLA team wins the 2024 Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Materials Chemistry Horizon Prize: Stephanie L. Kwolek Prize

7 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) Materials Chemistry Horizon Prize: Stephanie L. Kwolek Prize
July 15

UCLA team wins the 2024 Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Faraday Horizon Prize

7 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 […]

UCLA team wins the 2024 Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Faraday Horizon Prize
July 15

Graduate student AJ Addae wins top innovator awards for Northeastern alumnae

7 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 […]

Graduate student AJ Addae wins top innovator awards for Northeastern alumnae
July 11

UCLA team wins the 2024 Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Organic Chemistry Horizon Prize

7 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 […]

UCLA team wins the 2024 Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Organic Chemistry Horizon Prize
July 10

2024 Graduate Student Commencement Awards

7 months ago

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Each year at commencement, we recognize our graduate students for their accomplishments in academics and research. The 2024 Chemistry & Biochemistry Graduate Commencement Awards were presented to our students at […]

2024 Graduate Student Commencement Awards
July 10

2024 Commencement Ceremony

7 months ago

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On June 15, the UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry hosted this year’s commencement ceremony to celebrate the graduating class of 2024. The ceremony, held in Drake Stadium, began with […]

2024 Commencement Ceremony
July 10

The 2024 Organic Graduate Symposium

8 months ago

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This year’s annual Organic Graduate Symposium on June 14, 2024, featured brilliant talks by nine chemistry graduate students. The annual Organic Graduate Symposium provides a forum for organic chemistry graduate […]

The 2024 Organic Graduate Symposium
June 23