Alumni in the News

6 years ago

Pierce College professor Benny Ng (BS ’03, MS ’09, PhD ’10 Tolbert group) features rapper Snoop Dogg in viral video encouraging students to read class syllabus. The video has racked […]

Alumni in the News
October 5

National Water Research Institute (NWRI) & Southern California Salinity Coalition (SCSC) graduate fellowship.

6 years ago

Graduate student Mackenzie Anderson ‘17 (Kaner group) is selected for prestigious 2020 NWRI-SCSC Fellowship. Anderson was selected for the Fellowship to support her graduate research project “Toward Deterministic Membrane Design […]

National Water Research Institute (NWRI) & Southern California Salinity Coalition (SCSC) graduate fellowship.
October 2

Tang-Garg-Houk groups discover first enzymes to catalyze a classic organic reaction

6 years ago

The Tang, Garg, and Houk research groups have discovered nature’s natural protein catalysts (enzymes) that catalyze the Alder-ene reaction. All groups are part of the UCLA Department of Chemistry & […]

Tang-Garg-Houk groups discover first enzymes to catalyze a classic organic reaction
September 30

2020-21 Fowler Fellows

6 years ago

BMSB graduate students Janine Fu, Calina Glynn, and Jiahui Lu have been selected as 2020-21 Audree Fowler Fellows in Protein Science. Each Fellow will present a talk at the Audree […]

2020-21 Fowler Fellows
September 28

2020 Fellow of the American Physical Society

6 years ago

Professor Richard Kaner has been elected a 2020 Fellow of the American Physical Society. From UCLA Newsroom (by Stuart Wolpert): Chemist Richard Kaner elected a 2020 Fellow of the American […]

2020 Fellow of the American Physical Society
September 28

Remembering Professor François Diederich (1952-2020)

6 years ago

We are sad to report that UCLA postdoc alum and former faculty member Professor François Diederich (ETH Zürich) passed away on September 23.  A well-known organic chemist, with research interests including […]

Remembering Professor François Diederich (1952-2020)
September 25

Dimitris N. Chorafas Foundation Award

6 years ago

Graduate student Chuanzhen Zhao (P Weiss/A Andrews groups) receives the prestigious Dimitris N Chorafas Foundation Award.  Zhao, who works with Professors Paul S. Weiss and Anne M. Andrews in the Department of Chemistry & […]

Dimitris N. Chorafas Foundation Award
September 24

Computer Program Enumerates 2 Billion Drug-Like Molecules

6 years ago

Harran and Houk groups create computer software that predicts structure and three-dimensional conformations of products made from synthetic reaction sequences.   The Composite Peptide Macrocycle Strategy, used to make the synthetic […]

Computer Program Enumerates 2 Billion Drug-Like Molecules
September 18