Faculty in the News – Michael Jung
11 months ago
- Awards, Grants, & Recognition
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Distinguished Professor Michael Jung and his UCLA collaborators are featured in a recent New York Magazine article about their groundbreaking research on a potential cure for baldness. The New York Magazine article […]
Semiconductors get magnetic boost with new method from UCLA researchers
12 months ago
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Professor Xiangfeng Duan is co-leader of a group of UCLA researchers who have developed a new method for combining magnetic elements with semiconductors — which are vital materials for computers […]
UCLA scientists break imaging barrier to unlock secrets of deadly “chaotic” viruses
12 months ago
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A team of researchers at UCLA, led by Professor Jose Rodriguez and BMSB Ph.D. candidate Lily Taylor, in collaboration with Professors Gustavo Helguera (YBIME, Buenos Aires, Argentina), Brian Gowen (USU […]
Breakthrough method helps design better light-based technologies
12 months ago
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- Research
Research by the Neuhauser and Caram groups introduces a fast and efficient method, TDHF@vW, for accurately predicting how molecules absorb light, dramatically reducing computational costs and enabling faster discovery of […]
Chemistry and Mathematics Join Forces for Human Health
12 months ago
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UCLA Professors Anne Andrews (Chemistry & Biochemistry) and Andrea Bertozzi (Mathematics) have developed a breakthrough method to identify DNA-based aptamers for detecting stress hormones. By combining machine learning with chemical […]
UCLA researchers achieve antibiotic breakthrough with support from NSF-Funded BioPACIFIC MIP
1 year ago
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Professors Heather Maynard, Irene Chen, Abigail Doyle, José Rodriguez, and Yi Tang, along with members of their research groups, are part of a team that has successfully synthesized analogs of […]
SMACS hosts second annual Undergraduate Poster Session
1 year ago
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- Undergraduate
On May 27, 2025, 28 undergraduate students presented posters summarizing their research efforts at the second annual SMACS and UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry Undergraduate Poster Session, hosted jointly by the […]
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 […]