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. Eric Scerri celebrates 20 years as a UCLA this year. His much cited 2007 book has become the definitive account of the development and significance […]

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 December 20, 2019 issue of the journal Science.  Professor Ken Houk and graduate student Selbi Nuryyeva collaborated with Professor Yang Yang from the Department […]

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 in a conference room in the Molecular Sciences Building. The virtual symposium, projected on to a screen via YouTube, featured talks by Ruben Martin (Institute of […]

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 consultation with leading organic chemists in academia. The award recognizes faculty in the early stages of their careers who have made a fundamental contribution to […]

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, and an evening banquet were held in Alivisatos’ honor on Saturday, November 23, 2019, on the UCLA campus.  A photo gallery from the event can […]

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 about her unconventional, multidisciplinary scientific training and how Andrews’ experiences, beginning in childhood, shaped her scientific path. Andrews intimates the use of conceptualization to understand […]

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, and launched Chemistry Community October 2013 for his large diverse undergraduate chemistry courses. Lavelle’s focus was to develop an educational tool that encouraged and facilitated a […]

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 events, drawing in thousands of children, parents, and friends from the Los Angeles community to our campus on the first Sunday of November. Organized by […]