Omar M. Yaghi, a former professor of chemistry and biochemistry at UCLA who is currently the James and Neeltje Tretter Professor of Chemistry at UC Berkeley, has been awarded the […]

Materials chemistry graduate student Kodi Thurber (Tolbert group) has been awarded the 2025 Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL) Scientific Development Award for his development of a novel battery cell that […]

In a pair of recent studies published as back-to-back articles in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, a research team led by the Wong group has unveiled new insights […]

Professor Xiangfeng Duan and graduate student Boxuan Zhou (Materials Science and Engineering) lead a research team that has developed a durable, low-cost, printable light-emitting membrane from ultrathin molybdenum disulfide and […]

At UCLA football home games, the Rose Bowl crowd sees UCLA’s only featured baton twirler, Olivia Pacheco, sparkle under the stadium lights. What most fans don’t see is the same […]

Professor Jose Rodriguez is one of two UCLA faculty members selected for the inaugural 2024–25 UCLA Academic Senate Service Rising Star Award. The award recognizes his service on the Graduate […]

Over 200 faculty, students, researchers, and staff attended the department’s second Ice Cream Social on Friday, September 12, 2025, in the Court of Sciences outside Young Hall. The Paradise Fine […]

Physics Ph.D. candidate Anastasia Pipi (Narang group) is featured in UCLA Newsroom article discussing her quantum science research. In the article, Pipi, who conducts research in Professor Prineha Narang’s group, […]