The Department is delighted to welcome Professor Giulia Palermo, a world-renowned computational biophysicist recognized for her pioneering computational studies of genome editing systems. She will join the UCLA faculty as […]

We are sad to report that Dr. Richard “Rich” Cross, a former postdoctoral fellow in Professor Paul Boyer’s laboratory and a longtime supporter of the department, passed away on February […]

Distinguished Professor Sarah Tolbert, the Charles and Carolyn Knobler Endowed Term Chair, has been selected for one of UCLA’s highest teaching honors, the 2026 Distinguished Teaching Award for Senate Faculty […]

Department Chair Professor Alexander Spokoyny is one of 18 U.S. academic researchers chosen for the US Defense Science Study Group (DSSG) class of 2027-28. The two-year program introduces outstanding scientists […]

Vice Chair of Undergraduate Education Professor Jorge Torres has been selected for one of UCLA’s highest teaching honors, the 2026 Distinguished Teaching Award for Senate Faculty for Undergraduate Mentorship, in […]

Chemical Biology Ph.D. student Glenn Nurwono (Park and Tang groups) is one of six students selected for the 2026 Distinguished Teaching Award for Teaching Assistants. This award celebrates teaching assistants […]

Third-year organic chemistry graduate students Branden Chaffin (Doyle), Allison Clark (Garg), Alexander Maertens (Doyle/Houk), Giulianna Miseo (Garg), and Christina Rivera (Garg) have been named the 2026 Senior Foote Fellows. The […]

Professor Kendall Houk and graduate students Alexander Maertens and Qingyang Zhou collaborate with Professor Grace Han’s group at University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), to design a system that captures […]