Fourth-year BMSB PhD student Colleen Hui from Merchant lab has been selected as a Graduate Scholar at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL).  Funded by LLNL, the Livermore Graduate Scholar Program […]

Alum Professor Patrick Y-S Lam (Postdoc, ’80-84 Jung/Cram) leads symposium celebrating the 20th anniversary of the discovery of the Chan-Lam Reaction. A Distinguished Professor at the Baruch S. Blumberg Institute […]

Photos from the 2019 Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Commencement Ceremony and a video of Dr Michael Varney’s commencement address are now available. A video of Dr. Varney’s commencement address […]

Department Chair Professor Neil Garg has been selected for the American Chemical Society (ACS) Division of Organic Chemistry’s 2019 Leete Award. Since 1995, the Edward Leete Award has honored ACS members who have […]

Albert Liu, former Houk group high school student researcher, wins silver medal at the 51st International Chemistry Olympiad in Paris. The four high school chemistry whiz kids representing the U.S. […]

On August 27, at the UCLA Research Showcase and Reception in San Diego, we will toast faculty and alumni who are being honored by the ACS.  The 2019 UCLA Chemistry […]

Professor Ellen Sletten has been named a 2019 ACS Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE) Young Investigator. The distinction, bestowed by the Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE) Division of […]

Alumna Professor JoAnne Stubbe (Postdoc, ‘71-72 Rebek) has been awarded the American Chemical Society’s highest honor, the 2020 Priestley Medal. The Novartis Professor of Chemistry and Biology, emerita, at the […]