UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry alumnus and Reed College Professor Emeritus Thomas Dunne ’52 died on April 5, 2020, at the age of 89. Dunne received a B.S. in chemistry from […]

Alumnus Rafal Dziedzic (PhD ’19 Spokoyny group) has been named as a recipient of the 2020 ACS-DIC Young Investigator Award.  Rafal was recognized by the American Chemical Society (ACS) Division […]

Biotechnology analyst Dr Kennen MacKay (PhD ’12, S Clarke) has been appearing weekly on CNBC’s business news show to discuss the spread of COVID-19. In his role as Biotechnology Equity […]

Dr Ralph Bauer (BS ’52, PhD ’58) has been selected to receive the 2020 UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry Alumni Legacy Award. “Dr. Bauer, you honor us with your lifetime of […]

BMSB PhD student Xiaofei “Fay” Lin is gaining attention for her efforts to raise mental health awareness in Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM).  Having struggled with depression herself, Fay […]

3rd year biochemistry graduate student Evan Maltz (Wollman group) wins the Institute for Digital Research and Education (IDRE) Early Career Research Day award. A graduate student in the UCLA Biochemistry, […]

PhD student Santiago Vargas (Alexandrova group) is first UCLA student in nearly 20 years to receive a prestigious DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship. A first-year theoretical/computational chemistry graduate student in […]

Professor Jiaxing Huang (PhD ’04, Kaner group) has received funding to develop a new self-sanitizing medical face mask that deactivates viruses on contact. A professor of materials science in Northwestern’s McCormick School […]