Professor Norman “Lou” Allinger (University of Georgia), pioneer of molecular mechanics, PhD with Donald Cram at UCLA, dies at age 92. Norman L. Allinger was born in 1928 in Alameda, California. He received his B.S. degree in chemistry from Berkeley and received his Ph.D. at UCLA under the direction of Nobelist Donald Cram, in 1954. […]

The annual CNSI Nanovation Competition at UCLA, directed by Professor Sarah Tolbert, sparks excitement about science and business in high schoolers. The competition is part of the CNSI Education Program which Tolbert, a professor of chemistry and biochemistry, directs. The program creates multidisciplinary education and training opportunities that supplement and enhance traditional degree programs and […]

Four talented UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry scientists have been selected for the department’s 2020 Postdoctoral Research Awards. Dr. Qin Cao (Eisenberg group), Dr. Lucía Fernández del Río (C. Clarke group), Dr. Chuancheng Jia (Duan group), and Dr. Dennis Svatunek (Houk group) were chosen for the award from a highly competitive group of nominations. The awardees […]

Professor Neil Garg discusses teaching and chemical “gadgets” to help solve societal problems with science journalist Robyn Williams on “The Science Show”. The Australian Broadcasting Corp’s award winning “The Science Show” is considered by many to be the world’s best science broadcast program. The 8-minute interview took place in Garg’s Chair’s office on campus in […]

Professors Jorge Torres and Jennifer Casey have been named the recipients of the 2020 Hanson-Dow Award for Excellence in Teaching.   The Hanson-Dow Award for Excellence in Teaching was established in 1986 as a means to celebrate outstanding teaching within the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry. The award recognizes our ladder and non-ladder faculty members for […]

We bid farewell to former Teacher-Scholars Agape Awad and Christian Beren and we welcome new Teacher-Scholar Daniel Nasrallah.  Our Boyer/Cram/Libby Teacher-Scholar program allows postdoctoral scholars to experience research and teaching at the same time as a way to prepare them for future faculty or research positions. “We commend Agape and Christian for their extraordinary teaching and research […]

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2020 Staff Recognition Awards, which recognize outstanding contributions made to the department by our staff members. Since 2018, the awards have been given to UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry staff members in recognition of the wide-ranging positive impact they have on the many areas of the department.  “Our […]

Professor Michael Jung has been selected for UCLA’s 130th Faculty Research Lectureship, placing him among the university’s most distinguished scholars. A tradition established at UCLA in 1925, the purpose of the annual UCLA Academic Senate Faculty Research Lecture is to accord Senate members the high recognition that is their due, and further to give faculty, […]