Professor Michael Jung has been awarded the 2022 IUPAC-Richter Prize in recognition of his research, which has afforded new drugs for the treatment of advanced prostate cancer. The IUPAC-Richter prize […]

17 talented Chemistry & Biochemistry graduate students have been awarded the 2021 Michael E Jung Excellence in Teaching Awards. These awards are given to students who have excelled as teaching […]

Professor Michael Jung, the UC Presidential Chair in Medicinal Chemistry, is co-leader of UCLA team working to develop a new drug to treat multiple sclerosis.   A distinguished professor of chemistry […]

Professor Michael Jung has been selected for UCLA’s 130th Faculty Research Lectureship, placing him among the university’s most distinguished scholars. A tradition established at UCLA in 1925, the purpose of […]

On March 1, 2020, we celebrated the official installation of Professor Michael Jung as the UC Presidential Chair in Medicinal Chemistry. An intimate gathering of close supporters, donors, faculty, alumni, […]

Alum Professor Patrick Y-S Lam (Postdoc, ’80-84 Jung/Cram) leads symposium celebrating the 20th anniversary of the discovery of the Chan-Lam Reaction. A Distinguished Professor at the Baruch S. Blumberg Institute […]

Professor Michael Jung, UC Presidential Chair in Medicinal Chemistry, is featured in Innovate, the UC Investments’ annual report.  Jung is the researcher at the forefront of the largest-ever technology transfer […]

Professor Michael Jung and collaborators have discovered a new way to activate the stem cells in hair follicles that are responsible for hair growth. A leader in the field of […]