Neil Garg and alumni Luis Campos and Will Dichtel named National Finalists for the 2020 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists. The thirty-one finalists, chosen from a pool of 305 […]

Ohyun Kwon wins the prestigious 2019-2020 McCoy Award, which recognizes the greatest contribution of the year to the science of chemistry and biochemistry.   Professor Ohyun Kwon has discovered a new […]

Professor Hosea Nelson and PhD students Sophia King and Ani Mustafa quoted in article discussing how chemists are acting against racism and inequality in STEM.  Nelson is an assistant professor […]

Each year at commencement we recognize our undergraduate students for their accomplishments in academics and in research. The 2020 Chemistry & Biochemistry Undergraduate Commencement Awards have been announced. Congratulations to […]

The UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry stands with the Black Lives Matter movement.  The past and present murders of African Americans, and the skewed way the COVID-19 pandemic has […]

On Saturday, June 13, 2020, we will honor the department’s graduating students through virtual celebrations.  The Departmental 2020 Virtual Graduation Celebration for our 30 graduating Ph.D. degree candidates and two […]

Professor William Gelbart was one of three UCLA Physical Sciences faculty members who spoke about their research pertaining to the COVID-19 pandemic. Physical Sciences Dean Miguel García-Garibay moderated the panel […]

19 chemistry & biochemistry graduate student researchers receive the 2020-2021 UCLA Graduate Division Dissertation Year Fellowship (DYF).  The fellowship is intended to support doctoral students who are within one year […]