2024- 2025 UCLA Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society (BGHS)
3 days ago
- Awards, Grants, & Recognition
- Graduate
- Student
Fourth-year chemistry Ph.D. candidate Jason Q.L. Williams (P. Weiss group) is one of six outstanding scholars joining the UCLA chapter of the national Edward Alexander Bouchet Graduate Honor Society (BGHS) […]

2025 Glenn T. Seaborg Medalist
5 days ago
- Alumni & Friends
- Events
In the Fall of 2024, the UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry named Nobel Laureate Sir Fraser Stoddart as the 2025 Seaborg Medalist—the highest honor the department bestows annually on […]

Garg and Houk groups report diradicaloid coupling in Nature
5 days ago
- Recent Research
- Research
UCLA organic chemistry laboratories led by Distinguished Professors Neil Garg and Ken Houk have reported a groundbreaking study in Nature. The groups demonstrate that two highly strained reactants, a cyclic allene […]

The Houk and Tang groups discover an organocatalytic Diels-Alderase in Nature
2 weeks ago
- Recent Research
- Research
Iminium-catalyzed cycloadditions are a hallmark of organocatalysis, a concept that David MacMillan famously coined as “LUMO-catalysis” when he and Benjamin List were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their […]

Maher El-Kady named one of 10 Most Influential Leaders in E-Mobility
2 weeks ago
- Alumni & Friends
- Awards, Grants, & Recognition
Assistant Researcher Dr. Maher El-Kady (Ph.D. ’13) has been named by CIOLOOK Magazine as one of The 10 Most Influential Leaders in E-Mobility for 2025. This recognition honors individuals who […]

Chemistry and Materials for Space Science and Technology
2 weeks ago
- Events
UCLA Hosts Cutting-Edge Workshop on the role of chemistry in the future of space science and exploration. The UCLA SPACE Institute and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry recently hosted […]

Faculty in the News – Michael Jung
2 weeks ago
- Faculty
- Research
Distinguished Professor Michael Jung and his UCLA collaborators are featured in a recent UCLA Newsroom article for their groundbreaking research on a potential cure for baldness. Jung played a pivotal […]

Yi Tang named 2025 ACS BIOT Marvin Johnson Award winner
2 weeks ago
- Awards, Grants, & Recognition
- Faculty
Professor Yi Tang has been named the winner of the 2025 Marvin J. Johnson Award in Microbial and Biochemical Technology by the American Chemical Society (ACS) Division of Biochemical Technology […]
