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 […]

We are pleased to honor eminent UCLA biochemist Emeritus Professor Daniel Atkinson who turned 100 on April 8, 2021. Dan was born in Pawnee City, Nebraska and did his undergraduate work at the University of Nebraska, followed a Ph.D. at Iowa State University. He was a postdoc at the California Institute of Technology and a […]

Chemistry & Biochemistry undergraduate students Francisco Galang and Kylie Williams have been accepted into the prestigious UC LEADS program.  The University of California Leadership Excellence through Advanced Degrees (UC LEADS) program is one of the most prestigious fellowships awarded by the University of California system. Each year this honor is awarded to up to nine […]

Cheylene Tanimoto (Gelbart/Knobler group) is one of only five UCLA graduate students selected campus-wide for the 2021 Distinguished Teaching Award for Teaching Assistants. Tanimoto was selected for the Distinguished Teaching Award by the Academic Senate Committee on Teaching from a large field of extraordinary nominees.  Her award will be recognized in a ceremony organized by […]

Ishika Saha (Harran group) is one of eight 4th year PhD students chosen from labs around the country to participate in the 2021 Genentech Graduate Student Symposium in Chemical Research. The virtual two-day event, scheduled for May 10-11, 2021, recognizes promising young scientists while highlighting career opportunities in pharmaceutical research and development. This year’s research […]