SMACS hosts second annual Undergraduate Poster Session
7 days ago
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- Student
- Undergraduate
On May 27, 2025, 28 undergraduate students presented posters summarizing their research efforts at the second annual SMACS and UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry Undergraduate Poster Session, hosted jointly by the […]

Graduate student in the news – Arismel Tena Meza
1 week ago
- Awards, Grants, & Recognition
- Graduate
- Student
Arismel ‘Ari’ Tena Meza, a soon-to-graduate Ph.D. student in organic chemistry from the Garg group, is profiled in the UCLA Newsroom. From UCLA Newsroom (by Ben Paul): Arismel Tena Meza […]

Michael Jung receives Rice University’s 2025 Distinguished Alumni Award
1 week ago
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- Faculty
Professor Michael Jung, UCLA’s Walter and Shirley Wang Chair in Medicinal Drug Discovery, has been selected as one of three alumni from Rice University’s Weiss School of Natural Sciences to […]

Carbon capture method mines cement ingredients from the air
1 week ago
- Faculty
- Graduate
- Research
- Student
Professor Anastassia Alexandrova is co-leader of a research team that has developed a method for creating cement precursors from carbon dioxide. Alexandrova holds the Charles W. Clifford Jr. Chair in […]

Faculty in the News – Michael Jung
2 weeks ago
- Awards, Grants, & Recognition
- Faculty
In advance of delivering the Academic Senate’s 130th Faculty Research Lecture on June 6, 2025, Professor Michael Jung, the Walter and Shirley Wang Professor of Medicinal Drug Discovery, is featured […]

Congratulations to this year’s Dissertation Year Fellowship recipients
2 weeks ago
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- Graduate
- Student
This year, 16 chemistry and biochemistry graduate student researchers received the 2025-2026 UCLA Graduate Division Dissertation Year Fellowship (DYF). The fellowship is intended to support doctoral students who are within […]

Hung V. Pham and Martin-Louis Riu participate in Saving Hearts Foundation’s Pie-your-Professor!
2 weeks ago
On May 16, 2025, Professors Hung V. Pham and Martin-Louis Riu participated in a lighthearted fundraiser for the Saving Hearts Foundation (SHF), where students could throw whipped cream pies at […]

Alumnus Dr. Tejas Shah named to the “Talented Twelve” by C&EN
3 weeks ago
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- Awards, Grants, & Recognition
Alumnus Dr. Tejas Shah (Ph.D. ’16, Garg group), now a Discovery Research Scientist with Corteva Agriscience, is named to the “Talented Twelve” by C&EN in recognition of his work automating chemistry […]
