2024 Undergraduate Student Departmental Awards

2 years ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Student
  • Undergraduate

Thanks to our generous donors, 52 talented undergraduates received departmental awards this year in recognition of their accomplishments in research and in academics. The 2024 Chemistry & Biochemistry Undergraduate Departmental […]

2024 Undergraduate Student Departmental Awards
June 17

2024 Undergraduate Research Fellowships

2 years ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Student
  • Undergraduate

Thanks to our generous donors, 44 undergraduate students will have the opportunity to conduct cutting-edge research in our faculty labs as research fellows. The 2024 Chemistry & Biochemistry Undergraduate Research […]

2024 Undergraduate Research Fellowships
June 16

2024 Mautner Perkins Memorial Lecture Series and Graduate Awards

2 years ago

  • Alumni & Friends
  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Faculty
  • Graduate
  • Research
  • Student

In early May 2024, Professor Omar Yaghi from the University of California, Berkeley, visited UCLA to deliver the Mautner Perkins Memorial Lectures, including a scientific lecture and a public lecture. […]

2024 Mautner Perkins Memorial Lecture Series and Graduate Awards
June 12

UC LEADS Scholars

2 years ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Student
  • Undergraduate

Chemistry & Biochemistry undergraduate students Sofia Ando (Shafaat group) and Isabel Rosales (Diaconescu group) have been accepted into the prestigious UC LEADS program. The University of California Leadership Excellence through […]

UC LEADS Scholars
June 5

Current undergraduate peer learning assistants (UAs) reflect on their experience in Chem 192 with Laurence Lavelle

2 years ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Faculty
  • Student
  • Undergraduate

The current undergraduate peer learning assistants (UAs) in the Chem 192 C/D classes self-reflect and describe their growth as students, peers, educators, and mentors in the undergraduate assistant teaching practicum […]

Current undergraduate peer learning assistants (UAs) reflect on their experience in Chem 192 with Laurence Lavelle
June 2

SMACS second Chemistry & Biochemistry Department Student-Faculty Mixer

2 years ago

  • Events
  • Faculty
  • Graduate
  • Student
  • Undergraduate

On the morning of March 15, 2024, UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry faculty, graduate students, and eager undergraduates gathered in Boyer Hall 159 for a student-faculty mixer, hosted by UCLA’s Student […]

SMACS second Chemistry & Biochemistry Department Student-Faculty Mixer
May 29

Eight seniors win Dean’s Prize Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Research

2 years ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Research
  • Student
  • Undergraduate

Chemistry & Biochemistry undergraduate researchers Katie Bogue (Quinlan group), Juliana Girdner (Li group), Amanda Nguyen (Schwartz group), Shivani Patel (Kruglya group), Srihari Prabu (Araujo group), Jordan Tatang (Radu group), Jeff […]

Eight seniors win Dean’s Prize Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Research
May 29

Breakthrough study reveals edge sites on platinum nanostructures as key active sites for efficient hydrogen production

2 years ago

  • Faculty
  • Graduate
  • Recent Research
  • Research
  • Student

In a study just published in Nature Catalysis, a research collaboration between Professor Xiangfeng Duan’s group in the UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Professor Yu Huang’s group in the […]

Breakthrough study reveals edge sites on platinum nanostructures as key active sites for efficient hydrogen production
May 27