Professor Jorge Torres has been selected by the UCLA Academic Senate for the 2019 Student Development Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award.   “This award is very well-deserved,” said UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry Department Chair Professor Catherine F. Clarke. “Through Jorge’s service, teaching, and research program, he has shown a self-less dedication to the advocacy and mentoring […]

Six graduate students, three undergraduate student researchers, and two alumnas receive highly competitive 2019 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program awards.    In addition, two graduate students received 2019 NSF Honorable Mentions. 2019 NSF Graduate Research Fellowships (GRFP) were awarded to graduate students Kierstyn Anderson (Spokoyny group), Maria Flores (Rodriquez group), Janine Fu (Loo group), Francesca […]

Professor Paul Weiss has been chosen for the 2019 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Pioneer Award in Nanotechnology. Weiss is being recognized for “exploring the ultimate limits of miniaturization and function and championing nanotechnology worldwide”. Since 2007, the IEEE Pioneer Award in Nanotechnology has recognized individuals who, by virtue of initiating new areas […]

Dr Roshini Ramachandran led the team whose study shows that using educational videos to supplement face-to-face lectures significantly boosts student learning. The team’s study titled “Investigating the Effectiveness of Using Application-Based Science Education Videos in a General Chemistry Lecture Course” was published in the February 22, 2019 issue of Journal of Chemical Education.  Ramachandran joined […]

Professor Gregory Engel (The University of Chicago) gave the 2019 Richard Bernstein Lecture on April 8, 2019. In his lecture titled “Tracking Ultrafast Dynamics and Transport at the Mesoscale: From Coherent Dynamics in Photosynthesis to Optical Resonance Imaging”, Engel presented his group’s recent work on capturing the initial events of photosynthesis and energy transfer. Select […]

Undergraduate researcher senior Claire Page (Yi Tang group) has been selected to receive the ACS DOC Undergraduate Organic Chemistry Award. The American Chemical Society (ACS) Division of Organic Chemistry (DOC) sponsors the Undergraduate Award in Organic Chemistry to recognize senior students who display a significant aptitude for organic chemistry and to encourage further interest in […]

UCLA’s Alpha Chi Sigma Beta Gamma chapter will hold their first Seaborg Industrial Lecture Symposium on Saturday, April 27, 2019. The theme of the symposium will focus on current frontiers in the area of industrial chemistry research and development and will feature scientific talks by three researchers working in industry.  The event will be held in […]

An international team led by biophysical chemist Shimon Weiss has been awarded a prestigious Human Frontier Science Program research grant. The grant is for $1.2 million over three years. The HFSP international program supports cutting-edge research on the complex mechanisms of living organisms, and is funding only the top four percent of grant applicants. Weiss, […]