New paper describes race between groups at UCLA and the Fukui Institute to determine the mechanism of a novel rearrangement discovered in Stoltz lab at Caltech. Published in the Journal […]

Professor Xiangfeng Duan is co-senior author of a forward looking Perspective article in a recent issue of the prestigious journal Nature.  The article was also selected for Nature‘s 150 Year […]

Professor Anastassia Alexandrova has been selected for one of UCLA’s highest teaching honors, the 2018-2019 Distinguished Teaching Award for Senate Faculty. Department Chair Professor Catherine Clarke said of Alexandrova, “Anastassia […]

Professor Richard Kaner has been named the recipient of this year’s American Institute of Chemists (AIC) 2019 Chemical Pioneer Award. The award recognizes chemists and chemical engineers who have made […]

Alumnus Georgiy Akopov (PhD ’18 Kaner group) has been named as a recipient of the 2019 ACS-DIC Young Investigator Award. Georgiy was recognized by the American Chemical Society (ACS) Division […]

Chemistry instructor Hủng Viêt Pham (PhD ’15 Houk group) reflects on his hometown of Little Saigon and his experiences as a Vietnamese American. In the short video, which is part of […]

Professor Michael Jung has been selected to receive the 13th AACR Award for Outstanding Achievement in Chemistry in Cancer Research. The prestigious award is presented to researchers for outstanding, novel, […]

Department Chair Professor Catherine Clarke has been awarded a $100,000 Barth Syndrome Foundation (BSF) research grant to study lipid replacement therapy. Clarke will receive the grant over a two-year period […]