Ohyun Kwon wins the prestigious 2019-2020 McCoy Award, which recognizes the greatest contribution of the year to the science of chemistry and biochemistry.   Professor Ohyun Kwon has discovered a new […]

The UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry stands with the Black Lives Matter movement.  The past and present murders of African Americans, and the skewed way the COVID-19 pandemic has […]

On Saturday, June 13, 2020, we will honor the department’s graduating students through virtual celebrations.  The Departmental 2020 Virtual Graduation Celebration for our 30 graduating Ph.D. degree candidates and two […]

19 chemistry & biochemistry graduate student researchers receive the 2020-2021 UCLA Graduate Division Dissertation Year Fellowship (DYF).  The fellowship is intended to support doctoral students who are within one year […]

The Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science honors Jorge Torres for his lifelong commitment to mentoring students. Torres received the organization’s 2019 Outstanding College/University Mentor […]

Congratulations to Professor Alexander Spokoyny on his promotion to associate professor with tenure, effective July 1, 2020. A true-Bruin, Spokoyny received his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from UCLA in 2006 […]

Thanks to our generous donors, 28 undergraduate students will conduct research in our faculty labs this year as summer research fellows. The summer research experience can be one of the […]

Each year we recognize our graduate students for their accomplishments in research and teaching, two of the primary missions of our university. The 2020 Chemistry & Biochemistry Graduate Awards have […]