On May 8, 2018, Professor Neil Garg and his students hosted a visit to UCLA by 25 science students from Valencia High School.   The students were joined by two of their science teachers, Ray Sanchez, a personal friend of Garg’s, and UCLA alumna Tamara Desso ’11. In addition to touring Garg’s laboratory and seeing demonstrations […]

On May 8, 2018, the Houk group hosted a virtual symposium on synthetic organic chemistry featuring talks by Sarah Reisman (Caltech) and Phil Baran (Scripps).   The first quarterly American Chemical Society (ACS)-DOC virtual symposium, featuring two total-synthesis “stars”, was viewed “live” by students and postdocs in Young Hall 2033 conference room via YouTube. Professor Sarah Reisman, California […]

Professor Anastassia Alexandrova and alum Dr Mai-Anh Ha’s work on endothermic cooling of hypersonic jets featured in Chemical & Engineering News. The research was the result of collaboration between Alexandrova (pictured above), her former graduate student Dr. Mai-Anh Ha (Ph.D.’17) (pictured right), currently a Directors Postdoctoral Fellow in National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), and Professor […]

The RSC recognizes Professor Richard Kaner for his “outstanding contributions to solid-state synthesis, energy storage materials & super hard materials.” Established in 1947, the Centenary Prize commemorates the centenary of the society’s founding in 1841, and recognizes outstanding international chemists who are also exceptional communicators. Update: An article about Kaner’s award was published in the […]

Professor Jeffrey Zink was awarded the American Chemical Society Southern California Section’s highest honor, the Tolman Medal, on May 1, 2018. A photo gallery from the event can be viewed here and select photos can be viewed below.  Over 65 faculty, students, alumni and staff attended the Richard C. Tolman Award dinner at the UCLA […]

Professor Heather Maynard has been selected for the award which honors her contribution to a diverse campus. Each year, the UCLA Academic Senate Committee on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (CODEI) committee honors one undergraduate student, graduate student, staff and up to four faculty members for their contributions to furthering a diverse, impartial and inclusive environment […]

Professor Dean Tantillo (PhD ’00, Houk) edits new book, Applied Theoretical Organic Chemistry, which features several UCLA connected chemists.  Now a professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of California, Davis, Dr. DeanTantillo received his Ph.D. in chemistry at UCLA in 2000 under the direction of Professor Kendall Houk and Professor Craig Merlic. Tantillo was awarded […]

Professor Victoria Orphan (California Institute of Technology) gave the Spring 2018 UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry Distinguished Lecture on Friday, April 20.  Over 250 faculty, students, and researchers attended Orphan’s lecture titled “Syntrophy, Interspecies Electron Transfer, and Sulfate-Coupled Methane Oxidation: Fueling Chemosynthetic Life in the Deep Sea” in the Kenneth Trueblood Lecture Hall CS50. A photo […]