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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

We celebrated the many accomplishments of our faculty, postdocs, students, staff, and alumni at our annual departmental awards ceremony on April 22, 2019. Each year at this event we recognize […]

Professor Heather Maynard has been chosen as the recipient of the American Chemical Society (ACS) 2019 Bioconjugate Chemistry Lectureship Award.  Maynard is being recognized for her “extensive contributions at the […]