Congratulations to Professor Hosea Nelson on his promotion to associate professor with tenure, effective July 1, 2021. Nelson earned a B.S. in Chemistry from University of California at Berkeley in 2004 and a Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology in 2012 with Professor Brian Stoltz. After postdoctoral training at University of California at Berkeley […]

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. Their paper titled “Understanding the Hardness of Doped WB4.2”, was published on April 23, 2021, as part of journal’s virtual special issue “Alexander […]

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.  According to the Academic Senate’s DEI website, the prestigious award is given to just one graduate student each year in order “to honor those who have motivated other members […]

Undergraduate researcher Samantha “Sam” Vi-Tang (Kaner group) is one of two UCLA students selected as 2021-2022 Beckman Scholars.   The 2021-22 Beckman Research Scholarship at UCLA is awarded to outstanding undergraduate researchers committed to completing a thesis project under the supervision of select UCLA Beckman Faculty. The $18,200 award will be distributed over one academic year […]

Postdoctoral Scholars Lucía Fernandez-del-Rio (Catherine Clarke group) and Zipeng Zhao (Yu Huang and Xiaofeng Duan groups) receive the 2021 UCLA Chancellor’s $7,500 Awards for Postdoctoral Research.   The award honors UCLA’s postdoctoral scholars for their important contributions to the university’s interrelated missions of research, teaching, and service. Lucía Fernández del Río and Zhao were recognized at the 2021 […]

The American Chemical Society (ACS) paid tribute to the accomplishments of UCLA’s Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Professor Emily Carter in a special issue of The Journal of Physical Chemistry. Carter is a Distinguished Professor in the UCLA Departments of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Chemistry & Biochemistry. The March 4, 2021 special issue, titled […]

In her new paper, Dr Roshini Ramachandran discusses the teaching practices and pedagogical strategies that she used in her Fall 2020 CHEM 3: Material World general education course. In the course Ramachandran utilized high-impact practices to introduce students to the scientific process and impart skills of critical thinking and scientific communication. Course activities and assignments […]

Professor Richard Kaner and postdoc Cheng-Wei Lin are part of the UCLA team to win the grand prize in the NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE global competition.  By mitigating the carbon footprint of concrete, the team’s invention could eventually be a major step in the global battle against climate change. Kaner and Lin provided advice on […]