2025 Tillman Scholar
3 days ago
- Awards, Grants, & Recognition
- Graduate
- Student
Chemistry Ph.D. candidate and U.S. Marine Corps veteran Jason Q.L. Williams (P. Weiss group) is named a Tillman Scholar for the class of 2025. Williams is among an elite group […]

Welcoming Professor Steffen Lindert
3 days ago
- Faculty
The department welcomes world-class computational chemical biologist Professor Steffen Lindert, who joined the UCLA faculty as an Associate Professor on July 1, 2025. Prior to joining the Department of Chemistry […]

Ph.D. candidate AJ Addae gives TEDx talk
4 days ago
- Awards, Grants, & Recognition
- Graduate
- Student
Chemical biology Ph.D. candidate AJ Addae (P. Weiss/Caram groups) recently delivered a TEDx talk highlighting her journey in using scientific research to close inclusivity gaps in the beauty industry by […]

2025 Arnold J. Berk Research Achievement Award
5 days ago
- Awards, Grants, & Recognition
- Graduate
- Student
BMSB graduate student Lily Taylor (Rodriguez group) is the 2025 graduate student recipient of the Arnold J. Berk Research Achievement Award, presented by the Molecular Biology Institute (MBI) at UCLA. […]

Heather Maynard and Neil Garg deliver Plenary Lectures at 100th NOS
6 days ago
- Awards, Grants, & Recognition
- Faculty
This June, Professors Heather Maynard and Neil Garg – both New York natives – had the opportunity to return to their roots as plenary speakers at the 49th National Organic […]

Welcoming New Faculty
1 week ago
- Faculty
We are excited to announce that six talented researchers and educators joined the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry faculty on July 1, 2025. Please join us in welcoming them to […]

2025 Distinguished Teaching Award
2 weeks ago
- Awards, Grants, & Recognition
- Graduate
- Student
Ph.D. student Caitlyn Fick (Srivastava group) is one of only five UCLA Ph.D. students selected for the 2025 Distinguished Teaching Award for Teaching Assistants. According to the Academic Senate Committee […]

2025 Commencement Ceremony
2 weeks ago
- Alumni & Friends
- Awards, Grants, & Recognition
- Events
- Graduate
- Student
- Undergraduate
On June 14, the UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry hosted this year’s commencement ceremony to celebrate the graduating class of 2025. At the ceremony, 37 of our students received […]
