Professors Michael Jung and Heather Maynard will be recognized at the 32nd annual Johnson Symposium at Stanford University on October 13, 2017.               Since its inception in 1985, the Johnson Symposium in Organic Chemistry has been held annually at Stanford University to honor the contributions of William S. Johnson, one […]

Six undergraduate students from two Historically Black Colleges and Universities will contribute to research projects in the department this summer. The UC-HBCU Initiative seeks to increase the number of scholars from HBCUs enrolling in UC academic doctoral programs by investing in UC-HBCU relationships. Emanuel Demissie, Toyosi Falegan, Norman Harris, Janet Nwokolo-Aniekwu, and Danae Sanders, all […]

The work of Professor Jose Rodriguez was recently highlighted by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Rodriguez and his research were featured on the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) website and newsletter. He is a pioneer of a new molecular imaging technique called MicroED – short for “micro-electron diffraction.” The method uses beams of electrons, rather […]

This summer, thanks to our generous donors, 25 undergraduate students will conduct research in our faculty labs as summer research fellows. “Thanks to donor support I am thrilled that we can double the number of our summer undergraduate research fellows!” said Department Chair Professor Catherine F. Clarke. “When scientists think back to what got them […]

Professor Benjamin Schwartz gave the prestigious Musher Memorial Lecture at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem on June 5. Schwartz’s lecture was titled “The Hydrated Electron Dilemma: To be or not to be in a Cavity?”. His host was Professor Shlomo Magdassi of the Casali Center for Applied Chemistry, the Institute of Chemistry and the Center […]

Carter Lantz, an incoming first-year Biochemistry graduate student, recently received a Best Undergraduate Poster Award at the 2017 ASMS Conference. The 65th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics was held in Indianapolis, Indiana, June 4-8, 2017. The American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) sponsors the annual conference that is attended by more than 6,500 scientists.  Carter, […]

Their gift will help to establish the Michael and Alice Jung Endowed Chair in Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery. The purpose of the endowed chair is to enable UCLA to hire a faculty member who will conduct drug discovery research with the goal of producing new, life-saving drugs well into the future. Jung was part […]

Thirteen chemistry & biochemistry graduate students receive the 2017-2018 UCLA Graduate Division Dissertation Year Fellowship. The fellowship is intended to support doctoral students who are within one year of completing and filing their dissertation. It includes a $20,000 stipend plus standard tuition and fees (excluding nonresident tuition). Each year, approximately 200 Disseration Year Fellowships (DYF) […]