To mark the 150th anniversary of the discovery of the periodic table, Eric Scerri’s book about the periodic table was featured in the New Yorker.   Chemistry lecturer and author Dr. […]

UCLA researchers and Ilhan Yavuz from Turkey, unraveled the surface defect-deactivation mechanism in perovskite solar cells using molecules found in tea, coffee and chocolate. The team’s investigation was reported in […]

The Houk group hosted the CCHF Virtual Symposum 16 sponsored by the Center for Selective C-H Functionalization (CHF). Professor Ken Houk’s group hosted the live virtual symposium on December 10, 2019, at UCLA […]

Professor Hosea Nelson has been awarded the 2020 Bristol-Myers Squibb Unrestricted Grant in Synthetic Organic Chemistry. The award for synthetic organic chemistry is bestowed annually by researchers at BMS, in […]

Nanoscience pioneer Professor Paul Alivisatos (UC Berkeley) was awarded the 2019 Seaborg Medal in recognition of his seminal contributions to the field. A symposium titled “The Nanotechnology Revolution”, a poster session, […]

Professor Anne Andrews discusses her trajectory, conceptualizing neurochemistry, and identifying “moon-shots” in interview with “extremophile” Nik Hawks. In this hour-long podcast, which aired on October 24, 2019, Andrews and Hawks talk […]

On December 5, 2019, Dr Laurence Lavelle’s Chemistry Community hit 10 million page views and 200,000 posts. In 2010 Laurence Lavelle conceptualized an online forum, developed it for three years, […]

Chemistry & Biochemistry faculty, postdocs, grad students, and undergrads helped make this year’s Exploring Your Universe (EYU) a huge success. Exploring Your Universe (EYU) is one of UCLA’s biggest annual […]