The Houk group hosted the CCHF Virtual Symposium 10 sponsored by the Center for Selective C-H Functionalization (CHF) on July 10, 2018. The CCHF is an NSF-funded Centers for Chemical […]

Professors Hosea Nelson & Jose Rodriguez have been awarded a highly prestigious Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) R35 Grant from the NIH/NIGMS. The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), […]

More than 80 scientists from around the world attended the International Congress on Theoretical Aspects of Catalysis (ICTAC) at UCLA June 24-28, 2018.  The conference, held at the UCLA Faculty Center, was […]

Professor Sarah Tolbert will serve as Director of the SCALAR center which will seek to increase battery capacity, stability and safety. Tolbert holds faculty appointments in Chemistry & Biochemistry and in the UCLA […]

Photos from the 2018 Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Commencement Ceremony and a video of Dr Harlan Amstutz’s commencement address are now available. At the ceremony on Saturday, June 16, […]

In May and June 2018, symposia in Shenzhen, China, and Vancouver, Canada, honored Ken Houk, the UCLA Saul Winstein Research Professor in Organic Chemistry.  The 2nd International Symposium on Organic […]

Professor Jorge Torres has won the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) Ruth Kirschstein Diversity in Science Award. The award is given annually to honor an outstanding scientist […]

Professor Neil Garg has won the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) Award for Exemplary Contributions to Education. Garg’s ASBMB award video can be viewed here and his paper, […]