Graduate student in the news – Jason Williams

10 months ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Graduate
  • Student

Chemistry Ph.D. candidate, U.S. Marine Corps veteran, Tillman Scholar, and facilitator for Veterans in STEM, Jason Q.L. Williams (P. Weiss group), is featured in a recent UCLA Newsroom article about […]

Graduate student in the news – Jason Williams
August 19

Welcoming Professor Jazmin Aguilar-Romero

10 months ago

  • Faculty

The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry welcomes emerging pedagogy scholar Jazmin Aguilar-Romero, who joined the UCLA faculty as an Assistant Teaching Professor on July 1, 2025.  “The division of physical […]

Welcoming Professor Jazmin Aguilar-Romero
August 15

UCLA to host Alianza MX Fellow Gustavo G. Flores-Bernal

10 months ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition

Dr. Gustavo G. Flores-Bernal has been selected for the University of California (UC) Alianza MX Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, beginning in the 2025–26 academic year. He will join Professor Osvaldo Gutierrez‘s […]

UCLA to host Alianza MX Fellow Gustavo G. Flores-Bernal
August 14

Faculty in the News – Michael Jung

11 months ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Research

Distinguished Professor Michael Jung and his UCLA collaborators are featured in a recent New York Magazine article about their groundbreaking research on a potential cure for baldness. The New York Magazine article […]

Faculty in the News – Michael Jung
August 12

Sarah Tolbert appointed as the inaugural Charles and Carolyn Knobler Endowed Term Chair

11 months ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Faculty

The UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry has appointed Professor Sarah Tolbert as the inaugural Charles and Carolyn Knobler Endowed Term Chair, effective retroactively to July 1, 2025. The Charles […]

Sarah Tolbert appointed as the inaugural Charles and Carolyn Knobler Endowed Term Chair
August 8

Welcoming Professor Patrick Wilson

11 months ago

  • Faculty

The Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry welcomes forward-thinking chemical educator Dr. Patrick Wilson, who joined the UCLA faculty as an Assistant Teaching Professor on July 1, 2025. “We are pleased […]

Welcoming Professor Patrick Wilson
August 8

“Energy to Spare” film featuring UCLA battery research named media award finalist

11 months ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition

A short film featuring Kaner group researcher Dr. Maher El-Kady (Ph.D. ’13) has been selected as a finalist for the Jackson Wild Media Awards in the Science & Nature – […]

“Energy to Spare” film featuring UCLA battery research named media award finalist
August 7

UCLA Materials Scientist and Fuel Cell Catalyst Innovator Yu Huang Receives 2025 Global Energy Prize

11 months ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Faculty

This article was originally published by UCLA Samueli Newsroom. Yu Huang, a professor of materials science and engineering, as well as chemistry and biochemistry, and holder of the Traugott and Dorothea […]

UCLA Materials Scientist and Fuel Cell Catalyst Innovator Yu Huang Receives 2025 Global Energy Prize
August 4