This June we will honor our graduating students through virtual celebrations and then hold an in-person ceremony later during the 2020-21 academic year.   After surveying our majors and graduate students, […]

36 Chemistry & Biochemistry undergraduate students presented their research at the UCLA Undergraduate Research Showcase, five were awarded the prestigious Science Dean’s Prize.  At the event, which is part of […]

In honor of National Women’s Health Week, BMSB PhD student Nicole Lynn (Torres lab) writes article about women’s health for ASBMB Today magazine.   Lynn’s article was featured in the May 10, 2020, […]

We are sad to report that alumnus Professor Hans J Reich (PhD ’68 Cram) died on May 1 at the age of 76 from an injury sustained in a bicycle […]

Educational innovator Laurence Lavelle receives 2019-20 UCLA NSF Professional Development Award for successful student resources. In addition to teaching large diverse undergraduate chemistry courses, Lavelle conceptualized and developed Chemistry Community, […]

Research by Professor Richard Kaner’s group, published in Advanced Materials, is one of the top downloaded papers in journal’s recent publication history. Their paper titled “A Simple Route to Porous […]

Professor Neil Garg and former postdoc Evan Darzi report the key chemical discovery necessary for the creation of a small, electronic marijuana breathalyzer.  Professor Neil Garg is UCLA’s Kenneth N. Trueblood […]

Jim Gimzewski and alum Adam Stieg are part of team whose paper is #3 on Nature’s Scientific Reports top 100 downloaded physics papers published in 2019.  In the paper “Emergent […]