Kalli Kappel appointed as the Linda and Fred Wudl Term Chair

8 months ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Faculty

The UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry has appointed Professor Kalli Kappel as the Linda and Fred Wudl Term Chair, effective retroactively to July 1, 2025. Established in 2005, the […]

Kalli Kappel appointed as the Linda and Fred Wudl Term Chair
October 16

Five graduate students receive UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (JCCC) 2025 Fellowship Awards

9 months ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Graduate
  • Student

Ph.D. candidates Mai Abdusamad, Katarina Cohen, Teagan Dean, Jadyn Malone, and Jack Scully receive UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (JCCC) 2025 Fellowship Awards to support their cancer research projects. […]

Five graduate students receive UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (JCCC) 2025 Fellowship Awards
October 10

Justin Caram receives $1.3M Moore Foundation Award

9 months ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Faculty

Professor Justin Caram has been selected by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation as a member of the 2025 cohort of Experimental Physics Investigators. He joins 22 other mid-career researchers […]

Justin Caram receives $1.3M Moore Foundation Award
October 9

Omar Yaghi wins 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry

9 months ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Faculty

Omar M. Yaghi, a former professor of chemistry and biochemistry at UCLA who is currently the James and Neeltje Tretter Professor of Chemistry at UC Berkeley, has been awarded the […]

Omar Yaghi wins 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry
October 8

Ph.D. candidate Kodi Thurber receives 2025 SSRL Scientific Development Award

9 months ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Graduate
  • Student

Materials chemistry graduate student Kodi Thurber (Tolbert group) has been awarded the 2025 Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL) Scientific Development Award for his development of a novel battery cell that […]

Ph.D. candidate Kodi Thurber receives 2025 SSRL Scientific Development Award
October 2

Mitochondrial secrets revealed: team discovers physics of how cell’s powerhouse splits to reproduce

9 months ago

  • Recent Research
  • Research

In a pair of recent studies published as back-to-back articles in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, a research team led by the Wong group has unveiled new insights […]

Mitochondrial secrets revealed: team discovers physics of how cell’s powerhouse splits to reproduce
September 30

New stretchable light-emitting material holds promise for photon-based devices

9 months ago

  • Faculty
  • Graduate
  • Recent Research
  • Research
  • Student

Professor Xiangfeng Duan and graduate student Boxuan Zhou (Materials Science and Engineering) lead a research team that has developed a durable, low-cost, printable light-emitting membrane from ultrathin molybdenum disulfide and […]

New stretchable light-emitting material holds promise for photon-based devices
September 26

From lab coat to rhinestones: undergraduate researcher Olivia Pacheco shines as UCLA’s only baton twirler

9 months ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Student
  • Undergraduate

At UCLA football home games, the Rose Bowl crowd sees UCLA’s only featured baton twirler, Olivia Pacheco, sparkle under the stadium lights. What most fans don’t see is the same […]

From lab coat to rhinestones: undergraduate researcher Olivia Pacheco shines as UCLA’s only baton twirler
September 25