Six undergraduate students from five Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) will contribute to research projects this summer. For the fifth year, the UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry is hosting undergraduate students from various Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) fields for the UCLA Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Geoscience HBCU Summer Research Program. Our visiting […]

Professor Richard Kaner has been named a fellow of the American Institute of Chemists, in recognition of his outstanding achievements in the chemical profession. At the AIC Chemical Pioneer Symposium held in May 2019, Kaner gave a special lecture and was presented with institute’s 2019 Chemical Pioneer Award, which recognizes chemists and chemical engineers who […]

In celebration of UCLA’s centennial, research and ideas from UCLA faculty and collaborators are featured in the special June 25 issue of ACS Nano. UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry faculty Professors Anne Andrews, Sarah Tolbert, Jeffrey Zink, and Paul Weiss were among the co-authors of the editorial titled “Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at UCLA”. Weiss is the […]

Professor Michael Jung, UC Presidential Chair in Medicinal Chemistry, is featured in Innovate, the UC Investments’ annual report.  Jung is the researcher at the forefront of the largest-ever technology transfer deal involving a University of California invention. UCLA sold the royalty rights to Jung’s compound, Xtandi, which is a drug for the treatment of prostate […]

Professor Neil Garg has been selected as the 2019 ACS James Flack Norris Teaching Award winner in recognition of his extraordinary teaching excellence. Garg will give a formal address at a ceremony on the evening of November 20, 2019, at Northeastern University, as part of the Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society (NESACS) annual […]

On June 12, 2019, faculty, staff, and students gathered for a celebration to honor Chemistry & Biochemistry department Chair Professor Catherine Clarke.  Clarke made history when she became the first female Chair of the department on July 1, 2016. Her three-year term ends on June 30, 2019. Professor Neil Garg will serve as the next Chair […]

On May 28, 2019, we celebrated the inaugural Trueblood Endowed Chair in Chemistry & Biochemistry appointed to Professor Neil Garg. An intimate gathering of close supporters, donors, faculty, students, alumni, staff, and immediate Garg family members gathered for a reception and dinner at the UCLA Faculty Center.  An organic chemist, Professor Neil Garg is known […]