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 […]

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 our faculty, postdocs, and students for their accomplishments in research and teaching, two of the primary missions of our university. We also recognize staff members […]

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 interface between chemistry, materials and biology that have moved forward our understanding and capabilities at the bio-nano interface”.  View the official ACS announcement here. The […]