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 […]

UCLA Professors Anne Andrews (Chemistry & Biochemistry) and Andrea Bertozzi (Mathematics) have developed a breakthrough method to identify DNA-based aptamers for detecting stress hormones. By combining machine learning with chemical biology, their team created GMfold, an open-source tool that enables precise, wearable biosensors to monitor stress at the molecular level—advancing personalized health care. From the […]

From UCLA Newsroom (by Lucy Berbeo): A $3 million commitment from physicist, entrepreneur and philanthropist Mani L. Bhaumik will allow UCLA to establish a program for recruiting postdoctoral fellows in the departments of physics and astronomy and of chemistry and biochemistry, bolstering the university’s capacity to contribute to fundamental research across these disciplines. Pictured above: In […]

Chemistry Ph.D. candidate and U.S. Marine Corps veteran Jason Q.L. Williams (P. Weiss group) is named a Tillman Scholar for the class of 2025. Williams is among an elite group of only 43 national recipients selected from universities across the country for the 2025 Class of Tillman Scholars. In recognition of their service, leadership and […]