The 2025 Organic Graduate Symposium

1 year ago

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This year’s annual Organic Graduate Symposium, held in the Yoo Conference Hall and Collaboratory on June 13, 2025, featured brilliant talks by 11 chemistry graduate students. The annual Organic Graduate […]

The 2025 Organic Graduate Symposium
June 23

2025 Departmental Awards Ceremony

1 year ago

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On June 9, 2025, we celebrated the many accomplishments of our alumni, faculty, postdoctoral researchers, students, and staff at our annual departmental awards ceremony. Each year at this event, we […]

2025 Departmental Awards Ceremony
June 19

2025 Graduate Student Departmental Awards

1 year ago

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Thanks to our generous donors, 124 talented graduate students received departmental awards this year in recognition of their accomplishments in teaching, academics, research, and/or service. The 2025 Chemistry & Biochemistry […]

2025 Graduate Student Departmental Awards
June 19

Graduate student in the news – Arismel Tena Meza

1 year ago

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Arismel ‘Ari’ Tena Meza, a soon-to-graduate Ph.D. student in organic chemistry from the Garg group, is profiled in the UCLA Newsroom. From UCLA Newsroom (by Ben Paul): Arismel Tena Meza […]

Graduate student in the news – Arismel Tena Meza
June 10

Carbon capture method mines cement ingredients from the air

1 year ago

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Professor Anastassia Alexandrova is co-leader of a research team that has developed a method for creating cement precursors from carbon dioxide.  Alexandrova holds the Charles W. Clifford Jr. Chair in […]

Carbon capture method mines cement ingredients from the air
June 9

Congratulations to this year’s Dissertation Year Fellowship recipients

1 year ago

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This year, 16 chemistry and biochemistry graduate student researchers received the 2025-2026 UCLA Graduate Division Dissertation Year Fellowship (DYF). The fellowship is intended to support doctoral students who are within […]

Congratulations to this year’s Dissertation Year Fellowship recipients
June 5

3D Printing In Vivo Using Sound

1 year ago

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Professor Paul S. Weiss, graduate student Jason Williams, and two Weiss group alumni are part of a research team that has developed an imaging-guided ultrasound 3D printing platform. This technology […]

3D Printing In Vivo Using Sound
May 12

Three P.D. students receive international graduate scholarships

1 year ago

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Graduate students Arwen Ying Cai (Alexandrova and Diaconescu groups), Calvin Ho (Doyle group), and Samuel Hugie (Doyle group) have been awarded prestigious international graduate scholarships. Cai and Hugie received the […]

Three P.D. students receive international graduate scholarships
May 9