Professor Raphael Levine has been elected to the Honorary Board of the International Society for Theoretical Chemical Physics (ISTCP).  “We congratulate the new members and thank them for their invaluable […]

The UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry is pleased to announce that Professor Paul Alivisatos (UC Berkeley) has been chosen for the 2019 Seaborg Medal in recognition of his seminal […]

On Tuesday, September 24, EH&S will hold a “Meet and Greet” event for students, postdocs, and faculty of the department. Because laboratory safety is at its best when Environmental Health […]

Chemistry lecturer and author Dr Eric Scerri, an expert of the periodic table, was involved in the conversations about possible changes to the periodic table. Scerri, and some of his […]

Scientists from around the world attended the UCLA Research Showcase at the American Chemistry Society (ACS) National Meeting in San Diego on August 27.      The Research Showcase included […]

Professor Nancy Goroff, Stony Brook University, is hoping to be Congress’ first female scientist with a PhD.  An accomplished physical organic chemist, Stony Brook University professor and Department Chair, Goroff […]

Lisa Dreesens, who conducted research with the Gelbart/Knobler group in 2015, achieves her goal of swimming across the English Channel. Swimming the English Channel is a feat that 75% of […]

Organic chemistry professor Ken Houk is co-author of a newly released textbook titled “Organic Chemistry: Theory, Reactivity and Mechanisms in Modern Synthesis”. Houk’s co-author is Professor Pierre Vogel of the […]