The Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry welcomes visionary innovator Professor Kalli Kappel, who joined UCLA as an Assistant Professor on July 1, 2025.  “We are delighted to welcome Kalli Kappel to UCLA,” said Professor Miguel García-Garibay, UCLA’s Dean of Physical Sciences. “She is a rising star in the fields of biophysics and computational biology. Coupled […]

Professor Xiangfeng Duan is co-leader of a group of UCLA researchers who have developed a new method for combining magnetic elements with semiconductors — which are vital materials for computers and other electronic devices. From UCLA Newsroom (by Wayne Lewis): Semiconductors get magnetic boost with new method from UCLA researchers FINDINGS A new method for […]

A team of researchers at UCLA, led by Professor Jose Rodriguez and BMSB Ph.D. candidate Lily Taylor, in collaboration with Professors Gustavo Helguera (YBIME, Buenos Aires, Argentina), Brian Gowen (USU Institute for Antiviral Research), and Julian Whitelegge (UCLA DGSOM), has developed a groundbreaking imaging technique that allows scientists to visualize the surface proteins of chaotic—or […]

Organic chemistry Ph.D. candidate Gabriella Cooper (Harran Group) was among 25 rising fifth-year graduate students selected from across the United States to present their research at the 2025 ACS Division of Organic Chemistry Graduate Research Symposium (GRS). Cooper delivered a lecture titled “Heterocycle-Mediated Hydrogen Bond Networks Enabling the Passive Permeability of Peptidomimetic Macrobicycles” on July […]

Dr. Evan Darzi, a postdoctoral researcher alumnus of the Garg group, has been named a recipient of the 2025 ACS Division of Organic Chemistry Early Career Investigator Award. The purpose of the American Chemical Society (ACS) Early Career Investigator (ECI) Award program is to recognize scientists who are no more than 10 years from graduate […]

Research by the Neuhauser and Caram groups introduces a fast and efficient method, TDHF@vW, for accurately predicting how molecules absorb light, dramatically reducing computational costs and enabling faster discovery of advanced materials for energy, healthcare, and electronics. A paper detailing the research was recently featured in the American Institute of Physics (AIP) Publishing Showcase. Titled […]

A celebration was recently held at the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) in honor of Professor Heather Maynard, Dr. Myung Ki Hong Endowed Chair in Polymer Science, and associate director of CNSI, recognizing her recent election to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), which is one of the highest achievements in American science. Her pioneering research […]

This summer, we bid farewell to former Teacher-Scholars Mackenzie Anderson and Huiling Shao, and we welcome our newest Teacher-Scholars Anneka Miller Casas and Cindy Sining Wang. Our Teacher-Scholar program allows postdoctoral scholars to experience research and teaching at the same time as a way to prepare them for future faculty or research positions. Dr. Mackenzie […]