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 […]

UCLA postdoc alum and former faculty member Professor François Diederich (ETH Zurich) returned to UCLA on April 18 to give the 2019 Orville L Chapman Lecture. Diederich was a postdoctoral scholar at UCLA with Professor Orville Chapman, for whom the lecture is named, from 1979 to 1981. After conducting research at the Max-Planck-Institute in Germany, […]

UCLA chemistry lecturer and author Eric Scerri discusses his passion for the periodic table in new UCLA College video. A world authority on the history and philosophy of the periodic table, Scerri has a busy year ahead of him during this the 150th anniversary of the periodic table. So far he has been invited to give […]

Former chemistry & biochemistry faculty member Emily Carter has been named UCLA’s new executive vice chancellor & provost, effective September 1.  From UCLA Newsroom: UCLA names Emily A. Carter new executive vice chancellor and provost Emily A. Carter, dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science at Princeton University, has been named UCLA’s new […]

3rd year biochemistry undergraduate researcher Abby Thurm (Gelbart/Knobler group) is one of three UCLA students to be named Goldwater Scholars in 2019.  496 undergraduate students nationwide were chosen for the award from a pool of more than 5,000 applicants and 1,200 nominees from 443 academic institutions. The prestigious award, established by Congress to honor the […]

Alumnus Dr Shyr-Jin “Jim” Tsay (PhD ’77) was honored with the 2019 Alumni Legacy Award at the Departmental Awards Ceremony on April 22nd. The award honors distinguished UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry alumni who have received a graduate-level degree from UCLA, in recognition of their achievements in life, and generous support and service to […]

Professor Zhenan Bao (Stanford) visited UCLA on Wednesday, April 17, 2019, to give the Spring 2019 Distinguished Lecture. Over 400 faculty, students, and researchers attended Bao’s lecture titled “Skin-Inspired Materials and Devices” in the UCLA California NanoSystems Institute auditorium.  A photo gallery from the event can be viewed here and select photos can be viewed […]