UCLA chemistry lecturer and author Eric Scerri is ranked 2nd in all chemical influencers in the world over the last decade (2010-2020) by AcademicInfluence.com. According to the AcademicInfluence.com website, their team of academics and data scientists looked at influential chemists over the last decade to determine the most influential chemists today. Based on their ranking methodology, the individuals […]

Professor Patrick Harran’s group and collaborators have discovered how the marine natural product callyspongiolide kills cancer cells.  The discovery was the result of a collaboration between the Harran group and Professor Jared Rutter’s group at the University of Utah/HHMI and Professor Karlett Parra’s group at the University of New Mexico. They reported on their discovery […]

Xiangfeng Duan and co-authors develop electrode material that could enable construction of lithium-ion batteries with a high charging rate and storage capacity. A UCLA professor of chemistry since 2008, Duan has pioneered unconventional material integration approaches to functional heterostructures for electronic and energy devices. He is an Associate Editor for the journal  Nano Research .  In […]

Each year, Exploring Your Universe brings thousands of people to campus each year to learn about science – this year it will be virtually. On Sunday, Nov. 1, from noon to 5 p.m. Pacific time, visitors from all over the world can take part in guided, do-it-yourself science experiments while engaging with scientists on a […]

Graduate students Claire Dickerson (Alexandrova lab) and Ashley Shin (Caram lab) receive Center for Quantum Science & Engineering graduate fellowships. They are among four UCLA students to receive the new fellowships, which help support graduate appointments for the academic year 2020-2021.  The interdisciplinary Center for Quantum Science and Engineering (CQSE) at UCLA was established in 2018 by […]

For a second year, Professor Joseph Loo has been named as one of the world’s leading analytical chemists by The Analytical Scientist magazine. Loo appears in The Power List 2020, which features 60 scientists, nominated by their peers and selected by a judging panel, and celebrates achievement in analytical chemistry across the globe. He was […]

Ellen Sletten’s group, in collaboration with scientists in Germany, develops new imaging probes and technologies to allow for real-time multicolor imaging.  These combined technological advances provide simultaneous visualization of multiple biological structures in different colors at video speeds and has promise for applications in non-invasive and intraoperative diagnostics. Professor Ellen Sletten (pictured above) joined the faculty […]

Graduate students Musibau Francis Jimoh (Kaner lab) and Rachel Knapp (Garg lab) are featured in video with alum Dr Jeffrey Vinokur (PhD ’17 Bowie lab). Jimoh and Knapp are interviewed about their research in the latest episode of Vinokur’s educational streaming platform for K-8 schools, Generation Genius. The episode titled “How to be a Scientist […]