In new article, Professor Alex Spokoyny and former and current members of his group write about undergraduate teaching and mentorship at UCLA. Specifically, the authors discuss how individual undergraduate researchers contributed and jump-started multiple research themes since the conception of the Spokoyny research laboratory. The paper also describes several recent innovations in the inorganic and […]

We are celebrating Dr James Ellis “Jimmy” LuValle who graduated from UCLA’s Chemistry & Biochemistry Department 85 years ago and led an extraordinary life. From being an Olympic medalist, to establishing the UCLA Graduate Student Association, to achieving greatness in the chemistry field for decades, Jimmy was the embodiment of the True Bruin spirit. LuValle […]

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.  Omar was part of a team of four graduate students from around the nation recognized for their work on graduate student safety at their home institutions and for their work […]

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). Mensah’s article titled “ONE ON ONE WITH DAVITA L. WATKINS – Grad student Samantha Theresa Mensah talks with this supramolecular chemist about the collaborations central to her chemistry” was published […]

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 is a key step to the development of emergent dipolar arrays and other types of crystalline molecular machines. Their paper titled “Dipolar Order in an […]

Professor Jorge Torres has been awarded a highly prestigious Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) R35 Grant from the NIH/NIGMS. The $1.95M NIH/NIGMS Maximizing Investigator Research Award (MIRA) will be used to support Torres’ research focused on investigating the human cell division machinery. His lab will take multidisciplinary approaches to advance current knowledge on the repertoire […]

Professors Anne Andrews and Heather Maynard have been elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows. The inductees were nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows for outstanding contributions to particular research areas – Andrews for developing and applying the tools to eavesdrop […]

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.  Caram will receive a $100,000 award for his project “Chemical Physics Informed Design of SWIR Emissive Molecules”.  “In these challenging times, more than ever, science needs young faculty with fresh […]