The UCLA Academic Senate’s Committee on Teaching has selected Dr Jennifer Casey for a 2019 Distinguished Teaching Award for Non-Senate Faculty. “Jennifer stands shoulder to shoulder with other exemplary UCLA teachers and is truly deserving of this prestigious award” said Department Chair Professor Catherine Clarke. “In every class, whether she was teaching it for the […]

This year’s UCLA College commencement speaker alumna Anna Fisher was recently profiled in The Washington Post. The article, published on May 11 to coincide with Mother’s Day, goes into depth about Fisher’s experience of being the first mother in space.  Read the article here. Fisher earned a B.S. in chemistry from UCLA in 1971 and […]

Professor Ohyun Kwon and her research group have invented a powerful new chemical reaction that potentially could reduce the cost of drug production.  They report this major discovery May 16 in the journal Science. Kwon has invented more than 30 reactions at UCLA. This is the first reaction she has patented. A perspective on the […]

Professor Michael Jung has been named the UC Presidential Chair in Medicinal Chemistry, retroactive to July 1, 2018. Presidential chairs are created by the Chancellor’s office and approved by the Office of the President to honor UCLA’s most accomplished faculty.  “Over the course of his long career Mike has made exceptional contributions to UCLA in […]

Collaboration by Liu, Sletten teams leads to incorporation of perfluorocarbon emulsions into an electrochemical system for a microbial solution to CO2 fixation. By Roselyn Rodrigues Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a gas that is produced by cars, boats, planes, concrete production and numerous other sources. For years, scientists have discussed the effect that carbon dioxide has […]

Undergraduate researcher senior Matthew Ye (Paul Weiss group) has been selected to receive the ACS Division of Physical Chemistry 2019 Undergraduate Award. The American Chemical Society (ACS) Division of Physical Chemistry sponsors the award to recognize outstanding achievement by undergraduate students in physical chemistry, and to encourage further pursuits in the field. “It is curious, […]

Alumnus Michael Varney ’80 has been selected for the 2019 UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry Alumni Award.  Dr. Varney will accept the award and present his commencement address at the UCLA Chemistry and Biochemistry graduation ceremony on Saturday, June 15, 2019 in the Court of Sciences. As a UCLA chemistry undergraduate, Dr. Varney conducted research in […]

Graduate student Katharine “KJ” Winchell (Sarah Tolbert group) has been selected for the 2019 Distinguished Teaching Award for Teaching Assistants. Winchell is one of five awardees selected from a large field of extraordinary nominees. She will be recognized at the annual “Andrea L. Rich Night to Honor Teaching” dinner in the Fall 2019 quarter. Awardees […]