Frank Ow inspires future scientists through UCLA’s COSMOS Program
10 months ago
- Education
- Faculty
This summer, instructor Dr. Frank Ow taught chemistry to high school students through the California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science (COSMOS) at UCLA program. Established by the California […]
Neil Garg featured in Caltech Heritage Project
10 months ago
- Awards, Grants, & Recognition
- Faculty
Distinguished Kenneth N. Trueblood Professor Neil Garg was recently interviewed for the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) Heritage Project. According to the Caltech website, the Caltech Heritage Project “captures, conveys, […]
UCLA’s MIC opens High Throughput Synthesis and Catalysis (HTSC) facility
11 months ago
- General
The UCLA Molecular Instrumentation Center (MIC) is pleased to announce the opening of its newest lab, the High Throughput Synthesis and Catalysis Facility (HTSC). High throughput experimentation (HTE) has garnered […]
UCLA spinout Entropic Biosciences awarded $200K for high-throughput 3D skin model project
11 months ago
- Alumni & Friends
- Awards, Grants, & Recognition
- Faculty
- Research
Entropic Biosciences, Inc., a start-up biotech company founded at UCLA in Professor Paul Weiss’ group based on the thesis of alumnus Dr. Amir Nasajpour (Ph.D. ’23), is one of only […]
BioPACIFIC MIP earns renewed NSF support to accelerate AI-driven biobased materials innovation
11 months ago
- Awards, Grants, & Recognition
- Faculty
- Research
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has given $19.8 million in renewal funding for the BioPACIFIC MIP, a UCLA–UC Santa Barbara collaboration advancing biobased materials through synthetic biology, chemistry, automation, and […]
Graduate student in the news – Jason Williams
11 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 […]
Welcoming Professor Jazmin Aguilar-Romero
11 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 […]
UCLA to host Alianza MX Fellow Gustavo G. Flores-Bernal
11 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 […]