Essays by graduate students Arundhati Deshmukh and Xiaofei “Fay” Lin are featured in C&EN article about the chemistry graduate school experience. According to Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN) editor Linda Wang, […]

Graduate student and LS 192 Teaching Assistant Dayanni Bhagwandin analyses the correlation between student engagement and camera usage in breakout rooms.  In the Fall quarter 2020, Bhagwandin served as the […]

UCLA chemistry lecturer and author Eric Scerri discusses how philosophy and chemistry combine in new Academic Influence video.  In November 2020, Scerri was ranked 2nd in all chemical influencers in […]

Professor Paul Weiss’ group’s research is included in the University of California’s “10 biggest (non-COVID) science stories you might have missed in 2020”. Chemistry graduate student Jason Belling is lead […]

A collaboration between UCLA, University of Washington, and Beijing Institute of Technology discovers a doped polymer system that exclusively forms bipolarons. By Dr. Matthew Voss (Schwartz group) The groups of […]

In a new video, UCLA physical virologist Professor William Gelbart discusses the therapeutic and preventative COVID-19 vaccine that his group is developing.  A Distinguished Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Gelbart […]

Inspired by the pandemic, UC Merced professor Michael Thompson (PhD ’14 BMSB Yeates) uses X-ray crystallography to visualize therapeutic molecules for antiviral therapies. Thompson received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular […]

Graduate student Chuanzhen Zhao (P Weiss/A Andrews groups) wins Materials Research Society (MRS) Gold Graduate Student Award.  The MRS Graduate Student Award, which includes $400 and a presentation plaque, is […]