Each year at commencement we recognize our undergraduate students for their accomplishments in academics and in research. The 2020 Chemistry & Biochemistry Undergraduate Commencement Awards have been announced. Congratulations to […]

Professor William Gelbart was one of three UCLA Physical Sciences faculty members who spoke about their research pertaining to the COVID-19 pandemic. Physical Sciences Dean Miguel García-Garibay moderated the panel […]

Three chemistry & biochemistry graduate students demonstrate how biopolymers work in the first of CNSI’s Kitchen Science Experiment video series. In the 58 minute video, Dayanni Bhagwandin (Rubin group), Liv […]

36 Chemistry & Biochemistry undergraduate students presented their research at the UCLA Undergraduate Research Showcase, five were awarded the prestigious Science Dean’s Prize.  At the event, which is part of […]

In honor of National Women’s Health Week, BMSB PhD student Nicole Lynn (Torres lab) writes article about women’s health for ASBMB Today magazine.   Lynn’s article was featured in the May 10, 2020, […]

We are sad to report that alumnus Professor Hans J Reich (PhD ’68 Cram) died on May 1 at the age of 76 from an injury sustained in a bicycle […]

Educational innovator Laurence Lavelle receives 2019-20 UCLA NSF Professional Development Award for successful student resources. In addition to teaching large diverse undergraduate chemistry courses, Lavelle conceptualized and developed Chemistry Community, […]

Jim Gimzewski and alum Adam Stieg are part of team whose paper is #3 on Nature’s Scientific Reports top 100 downloaded physics papers published in 2019.  In the paper “Emergent […]