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 […]

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 awards were […]

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. Graduate students […]

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.  At the age of 79, […]

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).   A professor of physical […]

Each year we recognize our undergraduate students with departmental awards for their accomplishments in academics and in research. The 2021 Chemistry & Biochemistry Undergraduate Departmental Awards have been announced. Congratulations […]

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 […]

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 […]