Kaner group postdoc discusses UCLA research on TV show

7 years ago

Postdoctoral scholar Maher El-Kady was the featured guest on the show which is produced by the largest media company in the Middle East and North Africa. El-Kady was interviewed by Sherif […]

Kaner group postdoc discusses UCLA research on TV show
October 12

2018 Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award

7 years ago

Professor Heather Maynard is one of ten organic chemists to be selected for the Arthur C Cope Scholar Award by the American Chemical Society (ACS).  Arthur C. Cope Scholars Award […]

2018 Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award
August 21

ACS Women Chemists Committee/Merck Research Award

7 years ago

Graduate student Elaine Qian (Spokoyny lab) is one of nine women selected to receive the ACS Women Chemists Committee’s 2nd Annual Merck Research Award. The American Chemistry Society (ACS) Women Chemists […]

ACS Women Chemists Committee/Merck Research Award
August 17

Celebrating our undergraduate and high school student researchers

8 years ago

  • Graduate
  • Research
  • Undergraduate

On August 3, 2017, the department hosted a reception for all undergraduate and high school students who conduct research in faculty labs.  The student researchers gathered with their faculty mentors, […]

Celebrating our undergraduate and high school student researchers
August 10

Training graduate students to meet global climate change challenges

8 years ago

Professor Paula Diaconescu is playing a leading role in a new UCLA NSF-funded program to train graduate students on issues of sustainable food, energy and water. Thanks to a five-year, […]

Training graduate students to meet global climate change challenges
August 10

Faculty in the News – Dr. Eric Scerri

8 years ago

UCLA chemistry lecturer and author Eric Scerri’s public lecture at the Royal Institution of Great Britain is featured in the British newspaper The Wharf. Scerri’s July 20th lecture at the […]

Faculty in the News – Dr. Eric Scerri
August 9

NIH/NIGMS Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award

8 years ago

Professor Alexander Spokoyny has received a highly prestigious Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA or R35) award from the NIH/NIGMS. The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), part of the […]

NIH/NIGMS Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award
August 3

Remembering Carol Venerable West

8 years ago

We are sad to report that Carol West, wife of UCLA biochemistry professor emeritus Charles West, passed away on July 21, 2017. Carol died peacefully at her home at the […]

Remembering Carol Venerable West
August 1