Feb 26, 2021
In new article, Professor Alex Spokoyny and former and current members of his group write about undergraduate teaching and mentorship at UCLA.
Feb 25, 2021
We are celebrating Dr James Ellis "Jimmy" LuValle who graduated from UCLA’s Chemistry & Biochemistry Department 85 years ago and led an extraordinary life.
Inaugural ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety (CHAS) Graduate Student Safety Leadership Award
Feb 25, 2021
PhD student Omar Leon (Schwartz lab) receives 2021 ACS CHAS Graduate Student Safety Leadership Award in recognition of his safety work on campus and nationally.
Feb 22, 2021
Materials chemistry PhD student Samantha Theresa Mensah’s interview with Professor Davita Watkins of the University of Mississippi is featured in Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN).
Feb 18, 2021
A highly-collaborative study at UCLA by García-Garibay, Houk and Brown (Physics) groups show promising applications of dipolar rotors in the solid state.
The team's research
Feb 17, 2021
Professor Jorge Torres has been awarded a highly prestigious Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) R35 Grant from the NIH/NIGMS.
Feb 15, 2021
Professors Anne Andrews and Heather Maynard have been elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows.
Feb 10, 2021
Professor Justin Caram is named as one of 25 Cottrell Scholars for the quality and innovation of his research program and his academic leadership skills.
Feb 9, 2021
Professor Anne Andrews has received the 2021 IUPAC Distinguished Women in Chemistry/Chemical Engineering award.
Feb 3, 2021
Chemistry & Biochemistry graduate students help continue CNSI’s education and outreach mission during the pandemic by developing at-home experimental protocols and delivering content to students virtually.
Feb 1, 2021
Ken Houk, postdoc Yike Zou, and collaborators design and improve, by directed evolution, most potent protein catalyst yet known for a Diels-Alder reaction.
Feb 1, 2021
Professor Heather Maynard named an Associate Editor of the Journal of the American Chemical Society (ACS) and starts the position on February 1, 2021.
Jan 27, 2021
Professor William Gelbart’s research and its influence on the field of physical virology is featured in the New York Times Science Section.
Jan 26, 2021
Chemistry & Biochemistry faculty, postdocs, grad students, and undergrads helped make Exploring Your Universe (EYU) on November 1, 2020, a huge success.
Jan 26, 2021
Research team of Professor Chong Liu and UCLA postdoc alum Professor Nanette Boyle (CO School of Mines) receives $55K 2020 Scialog Collaborative Innovation Award.
Jan 22, 2021
Professor Neil Garg's laboratory has been awarded a highly prestigious Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) R35 Grant from the NIH/NIGMS.
Jan 21, 2021
Essays by graduate students Arundhati Deshmukh and Xiaofei “Fay” Lin are featured in C&EN article about the chemistry graduate school experience.
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Jan 12, 2021
Retrospective by Professors Ken Houk and J Fraser Stoddart honors UCLA postdoc alum and former faculty member Professor François Diederich (ETH Zürich).
Jan 7, 2021
To earn bonus points, undergraduate students in Teacher Scholar Instructor Dr Daniel Nasrallah’s Fall Chem 30BL class created clever Zoom background images.
Dec 17, 2020
Graduate student and LS 192 Teaching Assistant Dayanni Bhagwandin analyses the correlation between student engagement and camera usage in breakout rooms.
Dec 17, 2020
UCLA chemistry lecturer and author Eric Scerri discusses how philosophy and chemistry combine in new Academic Influence video.
Dec 16, 2020
Professor Hosea Nelson receives the 2020 Novartis Early Career Award in Organic Chemistry in recognition of his outstanding scientific achievements in academia.
Dec 15, 2020
Professor Paul Weiss' group’s research is included in the University of California's “10 biggest (non-COVID) science stories you might have missed in 2020”.
Dec 11, 2020
A collaboration between UCLA, University of Washington, and Beijing Institute of Technology discovers a doped polymer system that exclusively forms bipolarons.
Dec 9, 2020
In a new video, UCLA physical virologist Professor William Gelbart discusses the therapeutic and preventative COVID-19 vaccine that his group is developing.