Eight seniors win Dean’s Prize Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Research
2 years ago
- Awards, Grants, & Recognition
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- 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 […]
Breakthrough study reveals edge sites on platinum nanostructures as key active sites for efficient hydrogen production
2 years ago
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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 […]
AFRL Space Scholars Program
2 years ago
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- Research
- Student
Ph.D. student Victoria Rubio (Spokoyny lab) has been selected for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) 2024 Space Scholars Program to work on the synthesis and characterization of polymer films […]
Genomic Analysis and Interpretation Training Program Fellowship
2 years ago
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Graduate student Lajoyce Mboning (Bouchard/Pellegrini groups) has been awarded a Genomic Analysis and Interpretation Program (GATP) Fellowship for 2024-25. Mboning is a third-year chemistry and biochemistry, theory and computation graduate […]
2024 Senior Foote Fellows
2 years ago
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Third-year organic chemistry graduate students Jordan Gonzalez (Garg lab), Daniel Seungwook Min (Doyle lab), Madeline Ruos (Doyle lab), and Georgia Scherer (Garg lab) have been named the 2024 Senior Foote […]
Graduate student in the news – AJ Addae
2 years ago
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“CBS Evening News” correspondent Danya Bacchus was on campus recently to interview chemical biology graduate student AJ Addae (Paul S. Weiss group) about her work to create a more inclusive […]
Drug Discovery Chemistry 2024 Poster Competition Winner
2 years ago
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- Student
Lisa Boatner, a fifth-year graduate student in the Backus/Houk research groups, is one of two students to win the poster competition at the Drug Discovery Chemistry Conference in San Diego […]
Chemistry graduate student wins third place in the 2024 UCLA Grad Slam
2 years ago
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Third-year chemistry graduate student Shelby Vexler (biophysics track, Chen group) won third place at the UCLA Graduate Division Grad Slam competition on April 2, 2024. Vexler’s 3-minute prize-winning talk was […]