Jun 17, 2021
This year’s annual Organic Graduate Symposia on June 4th and 11th featured online research talks by 23 chemistry graduate students.
Jun 17, 2021
Jun 15, 2021
Professor Hosea Nelson has been named one of 31 National Finalists for the 2021 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists.
Jun 15, 2021
17 talented Chemistry & Biochemistry graduate students have been awarded the 2021 Michael E Jung Excellence in Teaching Awards.
Jun 11, 2021
On Saturday, June 12, 2021, we honored the department’s graduating PhD degree candidates and undergraduate students through virtual celebrations.
Jun 10, 2021
Each year at commencement we recognize our graduate students for their accomplishments in academics and in research.
Jun 10, 2021
PhD student Samantha Mensah (Andrews/P Weiss labs) is one of the six co-founders of #BlackInChem to receive the RSC’s 2021 Inclusion & Diversity Prize.
Jun 9, 2021
73 of our undergraduate student researchers presented their research at the UCLA Undergraduate Research Showcase, nine were awarded the prestigious Science Dean's Prize.
At the event on May 25, 202
Jun 8, 2021
A team of 23 researchers from the Tang, Houk and Garg labs receive the RSC’s 2021 Horizon Prize: Bioorganic Chemistry Award for their discovery of a new class of enzymes.
The collaboration between
Jun 4, 2021
Five talented UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry scientists have been selected for the department's 2021 Postdoctoral Research Awards.
Jun 3, 2021
Professors Johnny Pang and Anish Nag have been named the recipients of the 2021 Hanson-Dow Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Jun 3, 2021
Eight talented chemistry & biochemistry graduate students have been awarded 2021 Excellence in Research awards.
May 28, 2021
Ten talented third-year chemistry & biochemistry graduate students who have been awarded the 2021 Jim and Barbara Tsay Excellence in Second Year Research and Academics Awards.
These awards were
May 28, 2021
Each year at commencement we recognize our undergraduate students for their accomplishments in academics and in research.
May 28, 2021
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2021 Staff Recognition Awards, which recognize outstanding contributions made to the department by our staff members.
May 20, 2021
Professor Ellen Sletten has been chosen for the prestigious 2020-2021 McCoy Award, which recognizes the researcher in the department who has made the greatest contribution of the year to the science of chemistry and biochemistry.
May 19, 2021
14 talented chemistry & biochemistry graduate students have been awarded the 2021 Ralph & Charlene Bauer Awards in recognition of their excellence in research, teaching, and service.
These a
May 14, 2021
UCLA organic chemists have launched virtual reality resources that they hope will make learning organic chemistry more engaging for students, allowing them to interact with 3D molecular models.
May 13, 2021
We are sad to report that Caroline Cram, widow of Professor Donald Cram, and longtime supporter of the department, passed away on March 12, 2021.
May 7, 2021
Chemist and physicist Professor Thomas Mason is one of five scientists from around the nation selected as a 2021 Fellow of the Society of Rheology (SOR).
May 6, 2021
Each year we recognize our undergraduate students with departmental awards for their accomplishments in academics and in research.
May 5, 2021
Congratulations to Professor Hosea Nelson on his promotion to associate professor with tenure, effective July 1, 2021.
Apr 30, 2021
A paper written by graduate students as the final project for Professor Anastassia Alexandrova’s 2020 “Computational Methods for Chemists” class (Chem 126/226) was recently published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry C.
Apr 30, 2021
PhD student Samantha Mensah (Andrews/P Weiss labs) has been selected by the UCLA Academic Senate for the 2021 Graduate Student Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Award.
Apr 30, 2021
Undergraduate researcher Samantha “Sam” Vi-Tang (Kaner group) is one of two UCLA students selected as 2021-2022 Beckman Scholars.