Welcoming our new graduate student cohort

7 years ago

  • Graduate

A welcome party for first-year Chemistry & Biochemistry graduate students was held in the Court of Sciences patio on Friday, September 20, 2019. This year, we welcome 65 new graduate […]

Welcoming our new graduate student cohort
September 27

Houk group collaboration featured in Nature Chemistry

7 years ago

Collaboration by Professor Ken Houk’s group and Chinese researchers leads to breakthrough in the field of metal difluorocarbene chemistry.  In their paper, published in the September 23, 2019 issue of […]

Houk group collaboration featured in Nature Chemistry
September 27

Centenary Lecture in honor of Nankai University

7 years ago

Professor Ken Houk recently visited Tianjin, China to give a special lecture to commemorate Nankai University’s 100th birthday. In honor of Nankai University’s birthday, Houk gave a special lecture titled […]

Centenary Lecture in honor of Nankai University
September 26

EH&S to hold first “Meet & Greet” for Chemistry & Biochemistry department

7 years ago

On Tuesday, September 24, EH&S will hold a “Meet and Greet” event for students, postdocs, and faculty of the department. Because laboratory safety is at its best when Environmental Health […]

EH&S to hold first “Meet & Greet” for Chemistry & Biochemistry department
September 13

UCLA expert on the Periodic Table featured in New York Times

7 years ago

Chemistry lecturer and author Dr Eric Scerri, an expert of the periodic table, was involved in the conversations about possible changes to the periodic table. Scerri, and some of his […]

UCLA expert on the Periodic Table featured in New York Times
September 10

2019 UCLA Research Showcase at ACS National Meeting

7 years ago

Scientists from around the world attended the UCLA Research Showcase at the American Chemistry Society (ACS) National Meeting in San Diego on August 27.      The Research Showcase included […]

2019 UCLA Research Showcase at ACS National Meeting
September 6

Summer Programs for Undergraduate Research (SPUR) poster session

7 years ago

  • Graduate
  • Research
  • Undergraduate

Undergraduate summer researchers from SPUR ten-week programs presented their posters at the August 29, 2019 poster session at Ackerman Union. The poster session is the culminating experience for our ten-week […]

Summer Programs for Undergraduate Research (SPUR) poster session
August 29

UCLA researchers, led by the Kaner group, develop next-generation filtration

7 years ago

Kaner lab members Dr Brian McVerry and PhD student Mackenzie Anderson led team developing technique that could improve many types of filtration processes. The technique, called Thin Film Lift-Off or […]

UCLA researchers, led by the Kaner group, develop next-generation filtration
August 28