UCLA chemical engineers and their French and Belgian colleagues discover heterogeneous catalysts for a more sustainable and selective production of amines.  The study was published in Nature Catalysis and was led by Professor Philippe Sautet, who holds faculty appointments in both the UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and in the UCLA Samueli School of […]

Professors Ellen Sletten and Jeffrey Zink and their group members join with researchers in Germany to develop new optical imaging agents. Their paper titled “Shortwave Infrared Imaging with J-Aggregates Stabilized in Hollow Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles” was published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS).  Graduate students Wei Chen, Emily Cosco, and Chi-An Cheng, Professors […]

UCLA chemistry lecturer and author Eric Scerri, world expert on the periodic table, discusses the 150th anniversary of the periodic table with NBC TV. A reporter from NBC’s Dateline visited UCLA to talk with Scerri about the periodic table. The short video, which aired on July 22, 2019, can be viewed here. Scerri recently visited […]

PhD student Erick Velasquez and Professor Jorge Torres selected by the HHMI to be one of 44 doctoral adviser-student pairs to receive a 2019 Gilliam Fellowship. The prestigious Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Gilliam Fellowship is awarded to advisor-student pairs to support the development of their scientific leadership and commitment to advance diversity and inclusion […]

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 allows participants to gain hands-on experience with the cutting-edge instruments available at LLNL, and to apply them toward solving problems in the context of questions […]

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 and a drug discovery consultant, Lam is internationally known as the co-discoverer of the powerful copper-promoted Chan-Lam Coupling Reaction, a complementary reaction to the Nobel-prize […]

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 as well as Prof. Clarke’s welcoming remarks and the presentation of the Alumni Award by Dean of Physical Sciences Professor Miguel García-Garibay can be viewed here. […]

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 made outstanding contributions to both teaching and research in organic chemistry. The biennial award will be formally presented at the ACS National Meeting in San Diego, […]