A collaboration between UCLA, University of Washington, and Beijing Institute of Technology discovers a doped polymer system that exclusively forms bipolarons. By Dr. Matthew Voss (Schwartz group) The groups of […]

In a new video, UCLA physical virologist Professor William Gelbart discusses the therapeutic and preventative COVID-19 vaccine that his group is developing.  A Distinguished Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Gelbart […]

Inspired by the pandemic, UC Merced professor Michael Thompson (PhD ’14 BMSB Yeates) uses X-ray crystallography to visualize therapeutic molecules for antiviral therapies. Thompson received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular […]

Graduate student Chuanzhen Zhao (P Weiss/A Andrews groups) wins Materials Research Society (MRS) Gold Graduate Student Award.  The MRS Graduate Student Award, which includes $400 and a presentation plaque, is […]

Postdoc alum Carole Linster and her team at the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) win FNR 2020 Award for Outstanding Scientific Publication. Linster leads the Enzymology and Metabolism group […]

Professor Ellen Sletten and collaborators are one of 13 research teams chosen for a Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) Deep Tissue Imaging grant.   Sletten, Dr. Oliver Bruns at the Helmholtz Pioneer […]

Professor Paul Weiss has been named an IEEE Fellow in recognition of his contributions to nanoscience and specifically electronic transport in molecular systems.  The IEEE Grade of Fellow is conferred […]

We are pleased to welcome to the department our two new Teacher-Scholar Instructional faculty members.  Dr. Kristopher Barr (M.S. ’15, Ph.D. ’20) and Dr. Daniel Nasrallah have joined our Teacher-Scholar […]