2020 Education Innovation Award

6 years ago

  • Education

PhD students Tim Boit, Jason Chari, and Rachel Knapp receive the 2020 Education Innovation Award for creating and teaching a successful online summer course.  The team created and taught the […]

2020 Education Innovation Award
November 20

Alex Spokoyny discusses remote teaching and mentorship in new UCLA podcast

6 years ago

In the inaugural podcast of UCLA’s Bruin Family Insights, Professor Alex Spokoyny discusses the challenges of teaching and mentoring remotely during a pandemic.  Bruin Family Insights is a new podcast […]

Alex Spokoyny discusses remote teaching and mentorship in new UCLA podcast
November 20

Highly Cited Researchers 2020 List

6 years ago

Four UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry faculty have been named on the annual Highly Cited Researchers™ 2020 list from Clarivate, placing them among world’s most influential scholars, based on citations. Those recognized […]

Highly Cited Researchers 2020 List
November 18

#BlackInChem launches SPARK fundraising campaign

6 years ago

UCLA graduate students launch crowdfunding campaign to raise $100K to endow an annual UCLA lectureship series to celebrate Black chemists and biochemists. The goal of the annual lectureship is to […]

#BlackInChem launches SPARK fundraising campaign
November 17

Faculty in the News

6 years ago

KCET’s online magazine “Southland Sessions” and UCLA Arts “Works in Progress” podcast feature Professor Neil Garg and his passion for education.   The online article, by journalist and podcast host Avishay […]

Faculty in the News
November 13

UCLA team combines ultrathin semiconductors with supersonic conductors to devise programmable electronics

6 years ago

Professor Xiangfeng Duan’s group and UCLA collaborators devise an approach that could enable the development of programmable devices made of 2-D semiconductors.  A UCLA professor of chemistry since 2008, Duan […]

UCLA team combines ultrathin semiconductors with supersonic conductors to devise programmable electronics
November 12

2020 ICBS Young Chemical Biologist award

6 years ago

Professor Ellen Sletten is one of four young investigators selected for the 2020 International Chemical Biology Society (ICBS) Young Chemical Biologist Award.  Since 2013, this international award has been given […]

2020 ICBS Young Chemical Biologist award
November 10

Alexandrova group publishes top cited catalysis paper

6 years ago

Article by Anastassia Alexandrova and Borna Zandkarimi (PhD ’20) is one of five top cited Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters catalysis papers. Their highly cited paper titled “Dynamics of Subnanometer […]

Alexandrova group publishes top cited catalysis paper
November 9