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), […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

This year’s annual Organic Graduate Symposium on Friday, June 12, 2020, featured online research talks by 13 chemistry graduate students, and two alums.  The annual Organic Graduate Symposium provides a […]

Materials chemistry graduate student Omar Leon (Schwartz group) has been selected to receive a prestigious 2020-21 UCLA Graduate Council Diversity Fellowship. The purpose of the Graduate Council Diversity Fellowship (GCDF) […]