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 & […]

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 […]