“What is a Chemical Element?” is a collection of essays by chemists, philosophers, historians, and educators edited by Eric Scerri and Elena Ghibaudi. Scerri’s 7th book published by Oxford Press contains philosophical and historical debates concerning how to understand and present the concept of elements and provides a scholarly and unique overview of the current […]

Professor Bogdan Dragnea (Provost Professor, Departments of Chemistry and Physics, Indiana University at Bloomington) gave the 6th annual Carolyn & Charles Knobler Lecture on February 24, 2020. The well-attended lecture, entitled “Viruses – A Physical Chemistry of Materials Perspective”, was followed by a question-and-answer period and then by a reception in the Young Hall Cafe […]

Professor Andrew Weller (University of York, UK) gave the 2020 Ray and Dorothy Wilson Inorganic Lecture on February 19, 2020.  His lecture titled “Solid–State Molecular Organometallic Chemistry: “Impossible” Alkane Complexes, Catalysis and More” was held in the Cram Conference Room. Dr. Andrew Weller is a Professor of Chemistry at the University of York, moving with his […]

Graduate student Zisheng Zhang (Alexandrova group) has been awarded a Pauley Fellowship by the UCLA College of Letters and Sciences, Division of Physical Sciences.  The 2019-20/2022-23 Edwin W. Pauley Fellowship fellowship program is designed to provide fellowship support to first-year chemistry graduate students with outstanding records and promise of scholarly achievement. Recipients receive a $15,000 […]

Fourth-year chemistry graduate student Rachael Day (Sletten group) has been awarded a prestigious UCLA Alumni Association Fellowship. The one-time $10,000 award, which is funded by a grant from the UCLA Foundation, was given to Rachael by the UCLA College of Letters and Sciences in recognition of her achievements.  Rachael Day is a fourth-year chemical biology […]

PhD student Dayanni Bhagwandin (Rubin group) was chosen as one of 16 CCST Science Translators at the California State Capitol in Sacramento on February 5, 2020. A third-year chemistry Ph.D. candidate in Professor Yves Rubin’s group, Bhagwandin was part of a group of 16 talented graduate students and postdoctoral researchers invited to the California State […]

Organic chemist Professor Gonzalo Cosa (McGill University) gave the 2020 Foote Lecture on February 13, 2020. In his lecture titled “Visualising Chemistry at the Single Molecule Level”, Cosa discussed his work developing probes that fluoresce and reveal details about chemical reaction occurring in cells. He probes the development and reactions of reactive oxygen species, a […]

Professor Keriann Backus has been named to the Alexander and Renee Kolin Endowed Professorship of Molecular Biology and Biophysics Term Chair for five years.  This endowed chair is funded by Alexander and Renee Kolin to junior faculty to support career development of a molecular biologist with appointment in the College of Letter and Sciences or […]