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 […]

2025 Tillman Scholar
July 10

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 […]

Welcoming Professor Steffen Lindert
July 10

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 […]

Ph.D. candidate AJ Addae gives TEDx talk
July 9

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. […]

2025 Arnold J. Berk Research Achievement Award
July 8

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 […]

Heather Maynard and Neil Garg deliver Plenary Lectures at 100th NOS
July 7

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 […]

Welcoming New Faculty
July 3

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 Distinguished Teaching Award
July 2

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 […]

2025 Commencement Ceremony
July 2