We celebrated the many accomplishments of our alumni, faculty, postdocs, students, and staff at our annual departmental awards ceremony on May 13, 2022. Each year at this event we recognize […]

Thanks to our generous donors, 35 talented undergraduates received departmental awards this year in recognition of their accomplishments in academics and in research. The 2022 Chemistry & Biochemistry Undergraduate Departmental […]

Dr. Robert and Carole Foran have made a generous commitment to the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry in honor of Professor Kenneth Trueblood.   Their gift establishes the Robert and Carole […]

Students from Dr Laurence Lavelle’s Chem 14B classes thoroughly enjoyed a fun “Karaoke Night w/ DJ Lavelle” virtual event and contest on March 11th.  Students from Dr. Laurence Lavelle’s Winter 2022 […]

Thanks to our generous donors, 21 undergraduate students will conduct research in our faculty labs this year as summer research fellows. The summer research experience can be one of the […]

73 of our undergraduate student researchers presented their research at the UCLA Undergraduate Research Showcase, nine were awarded the prestigious Science Dean’s Prize.  At the event on May 25, 2021, […]

Each year we recognize our undergraduate students with departmental awards for their accomplishments in academics and in research. The 2021 Chemistry & Biochemistry Undergraduate Departmental Awards have been announced. Congratulations […]

In new article, Professor Alex Spokoyny and former and current members of his group write about undergraduate teaching and mentorship at UCLA. Specifically, the authors discuss how individual undergraduate researchers […]