Professor Jose Rodriguez is one of four UCLA assistant professors selected to receive the prestigious 2020 Sloan Research Fellowship.   Awarded annually since 1955, the Sloan Fellowships honor scholars in the U.S. and Canada whose creativity, leadership, and independent research achievements make them some of the most promising researchers working today. A true Bruin, Rodriguez received […]

Alumna Ramya “Maya” Pathuri (’19, Spokoyny group) shares her experiences as an Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Phillips Scholar in new video.  The video can be viewed here.  Pathuri was an AFRL Scholar during the summers of 2018 and 2019. She received her bachelor’s degree in chemistry from UCLA in June 2019. “I graduated on […]

Professor Paul Weiss and alum Adam Stieg (PhD ’07) made presentations at the Vision 2020 Series “It Came From Nano Space” event on February 1. The event explored the opportunities and challenges presented by nanoscience and featured presentations by UC Presidential Chair Professor Paul Weiss, a distinguished professor of chemistry and biochemistry, and of materials science […]

BMSB graduate student Joseph Ong’s in-depth article about cancer is featured in ASBMB Today magazine on World Cancer Day, February 4. A science writer, Ong’s article on the characteristics, development, treatment, and current research of cancers was written to be easily understood by non-scientists. Read the  ASBMB Today  article here. ASBMB Magazine is a publication for the members […]

UCLA’s Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Professor Emily Carter gave the Winter 2020 Distinguished Lecture on January 22.   Department Chair Professor Neil Garg made the welcoming remarks, followed by introductory remarks by Carter’s former “across-the-hall neighbor” at UCLA, Professor William Gelbart. In his remarks, Gelbart recounted how Carter’s academic career began at UCLA in 1988 […]

Third-year organic chemistry graduate students Jason Chari, Cooper Jamieson, Chris Jones, and Ishika Saha have been named the 2020 Senior Foote Fellows.   The Senior Foote Fellowships support our most outstanding third-year graduate students upon completion of their qualifying examination for their Ph.D. degree and the Junior Foote Fellowships support our most promising applicants to our […]

Professor Sarah Tolbert and several chemistry & biochemistry researchers are featured in a new video about the CNSI Education Program. CNSI creates multidisciplinary education and training opportunities that supplement and enhance traditional degree programs and classroom curricula to prepare a new generation of science leaders who will apply science to emerging global challenges. For over […]

Walter and Shirley Wang have donated $2M to the UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry to establish two new endowments. This transformative gift will establish The Walter and Shirley Wang Endowed Chair in Drug Discovery and, in honor of Shirley’s mother, the Evelyn Pan Scholarships and Fellowships (for graduate students).  Thanks to Physical Sciences Matching […]