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 & […]

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 […]

Professors Jose Rodriguez and Jorge Torres are recognized in Cell Press’ list of 100 inspiring Hispanic/Latinx scientists in America. Cell Mentor, an online resource from Cell Press and Cell Signaling […]

The department is seeking outstanding candidates for tenure–track or tenured faculty positions at the level of Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor.  We welcome candidates whose experience in teaching, research, or […]

In Chemical & Engineering News article, Professor Neil Garg discusses mentoring with columnist and Emory chemistry professor Jen Heemstra. Garg is the inaugural holder of the Kenneth N. Trueblood Endowed […]

We are sad to report that UCLA cosmochemist Emeritus Professor John Wasson passed away peacefully at the age of 86 on September 7. Wasson was a professor of geochemistry and chemistry […]

Professor Chong Liu receives a highly prestigious Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA or R35) award from the NIH/NIGMS. The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), part of the National […]

In the journal Nature, the Garg and Houk groups report the use of unusual strained intermediates in asymmetric catalysis, work highlighted in C&EN.  “Intercepting fleeting cyclic allenes with asymmetric nickel […]