Professors Paula Diaconescu and Chong Liu are part of the Center for Integrated Catalysis with the goal to mimic biological systems in the development of synthetic chemical catalytic processes. The Center for Integrated Catalysis (CIC) will be led by Diaconescu (pictured left) and Liu (pictured below) will be one of the center’s UCLA faculty members.   […]

Professor Heather Maynard will serve as Co-director of BioPACIFIC MIP, which will seek to advance fundamental science toward sustainable material development. The National Science Foundation (NSF) has named UCLA and the University of California, Santa Barbara partners in a collaboration called BioPACIFIC MIP — for BioPolymers, Automated Cellular Infrastructure, Flow, and Integrated Chemistry: Materials Innovation […]

Several members of the UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry are featured in a special centennial issue of the UCLA College Magazine.   The issue “celebrates the College’s defining moments over the past 100 years”. An online version of the 48-page magazine can be viewed here. Printed copies will be available in the future.   Two articles […]

An article by instructors Roshini Ramachandran and Marlius Castillo provides student perspectives and insight on remote learning in a large chemistry class.  Their article titled “Student Perspectives on Remote Learning in a Large Organic Chemistry Lecture Course” was published in the July 22, 2020 issue of the American Chemical Society (ACS) Journal of Chemical Education. “The […]

Postdoctoral alum Professor William Dichtel (Northwestern)  receives the prestigious 2020 Blavatnik National Award in Chemistry . An expert in organic and polymer chemistry, Dichtel is the Robert L. Letsinger Professor of Chemistry in Northwestern’s Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. He also was a finalist for the Blavatnik National Award in 2017 and 2019.  He […]

The July edition of UCLA’s TDG Innovation Magazine features articles about three Chemistry & Biochemistry faculty members.                The magazine is published by the UCLA Technology Development Group (TDG) which serves as a campus-wide gateway to innovation, research and entrepreneurship.  Professor Richard Kaner ‘s company Nanotech Energy, Inc. started as a UCLA Energy […]

Professor Paul Weiss has been elected as Honorary Fellow of the Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) for the year 2020-21.  This fellowship is given to eminent chemists in recognition of their monumental contributions to chemistry and related areas. Weiss will deliver a lecture on the topic of his current research at a CRSI symposium […]

The construction of the  Mani L Bhaumik Centennial Collaboratory  has continued while campus has been closed and the results are exciting!   Expected to be completed by the end of 2020/early 2021, the 6,500 square foot Collaboratory on the 4th floor of Young Hall will be the heart of fostering collaboration in the UCLA Chemistry & […]