Thanks to MIC’s UV-visible spectrophotometer, Gavin Loughran was able to investigate the absorbance rate of UVA rays by various colors of glass.      ** Update as of April 3, 2019 – Gavin placed third out of about 40 entries in the Material Science Division at the Los Angeles County Science Fair and he is now […]

Ground-breaking solvent research by Professor Benjamin Schwartz’s group was recently highlighted by the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science. Schwartz and graduate student Devon Widmer (pictured right) reported on the highlighted research in their 2018 Nature Chemistry paper.  A professor of physical chemistry at UCLA, Schwartz is Senior Editor of the Journal of Physical Chemistry. […]

The team, co-led by Professor Xiangfeng Duan, has developed a highly durable aerogel which could ultimately be an upgrade for insulation on spacecraft. Their study titled “Double-negative-index ceramic aerogels for thermal superinsulation” was published in the February 15, 2019, issue of the prestigious journal Science. The research team was led by Xiangfeng Duan, UCLA professor […]

First-year graduate students Ernest Armenta, Milauni Mehta, Yi Shen, and Stephanie Tenney have been awarded 2019 Stone Graduate Fellowship Awards. The fellowships are awarded by the UCLA College of Letters and Sciences in recognition of the recipients’ achievements. The Irving and Jean Stone Graduate Fellowship Awards are made possible by the generosity of Jean Stone […]

First-year chemistry graduate student Daniel Robertson (Tolbert group) has been awarded a prestigious UCLA Alumni Association Fellowship. The award, which is funded by a grant from the UCLA Foundation, was given to Daniel by the UCLA College of Letters and Sciences in recognition of his achievements.  Daniel “Danny” Robertson is a first-year materials chemistry graduate student […]

Organic chemistry graduate students Sarah Anthony, Daniel Estabrook, Kersti Caddell Haatveit, and Stasik Popov have been named the 2019 Senior Foote Fellows.   The Christopher S. Foote Fellowship in Organic Chemistry recognizes organic students’ accomplishments in graduate studies and research as well as their performance on the qualifying examination for the Ph.D. degree. The recipients, who […]

Kendall Houk, UCLA’s Saul Winstein Professor of Organic Chemistry, gave the Andrew Steitwieser lecture at UC Berkeley on January 29, 2019.   In Houk’s lecture titled “Mechanisms and Dynamics of Pericyclic Reactions – Homage to Andy Streitwieser”, he described his ongoing research to explore and visualize how reactions occur and what features of molecular control their reactivity […]

The new lab coats are made of a highly protective light-weight fabric which was developed by a former UCLA organic chemistry graduate student. The department was able to purchase a large supply of the new innovative lab coats through a financial collaboration with the UCLA Office of Environment, Health & Safety (EH&S).   UCLA is one […]