Researcher in the news – Maher El-Kady
1 year ago
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In honor of Arab American Heritage Month, researcher Dr. Maher El-Kady (Ph.D. ’13), a native of Egypt, is featured in a UCLA Newsroom article and a short UCLA College video […]
New aerogel tech helps keep windows cool by releasing heat
1 year ago
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Professor Sarah Tolbert is part of a UCLA research team developing innovative technology aimed at reducing energy consumption in buildings. Their work is featured in a new video from the […]
David Eisenberg joins SPARK NS 2025 cohort of Parkinson’s researchers
1 year ago
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- Faculty
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From UCLA Newsroom (by Holly Ober): David Eisenberg, a distinguished professor of chemistry and biochemistry at UCLA, has been selected by SPARK NS for the 2025 cohort of research support for […]
Sensor technology uses nature’s blueprint and machinery to monitor metabolism in body
1 year ago
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Professor Chong Liu is part of an interdisciplinary research team that has developed sensor technology utilizing nature’s biochemical processes to continuously monitor multiple metabolites in the body, providing real-time insights […]
New! 2025 Chemistry & Biochemistry Departmental Magazine
1 year ago
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We are excited to share the highlights of the many achievements within the UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry community through our new 20-page color departmental magazine. Click here to view the magazine. We […]
Houk group collaborates with David Baker’s group on a breakthrough in enzyme design – The design of effective serine hydrolases from scratch
1 year ago
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2024 Nobel Laureate Professor David Baker (University of Washington), along with 20 of his coworkers, and Professor Ken Houk and his former UCLA graduate student, Dr. Cooper Jamieson (Ph.D. ’21, […]
Garg and Houk groups report diradicaloid coupling in Nature
2 years ago
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UCLA organic chemistry laboratories led by Distinguished Professors Neil Garg and Ken Houk have reported a groundbreaking study in Nature. The groups demonstrate that two highly strained reactants, a cyclic allene […]
The Houk and Tang groups discover an organocatalytic Diels-Alderase in Nature
2 years ago
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Iminium-catalyzed cycloadditions are a hallmark of organocatalysis, a concept that David MacMillan famously coined as “LUMO-catalysis” when he and Benjamin List were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their […]