At the end of April, the Molecular Biology Institute (MBI) held its Annual Retreat in Ventura.  The new beach location proved to be popular with the 92 students and 20 faculty who attended, in addition to the invited speakers.   Each year the Molecular Biology Institute retreat provides students, postdocs and faculty with the opportunity […]

Research by Professor Xiangfeng Duan and members of his group was published in the journal Science this week. Titled “Three-dimensional holey-graphene/niobia composite architectures for ultrahigh-rate energy storage,” the paper was published online by the journal Science on Friday, May 12, 2017. Duan group team members behind this research include the two co-first authors, postdoctoral fellows […]

Professor Patrick Harran was awarded the 31st Yoshida Lectureship from the International Organic Chemistry Foundation (IOCF) in Japan.  In recognition of his “outstanding contributions to organic chemistry”, Harran presented two lectures, titled “Tactics and Strategy in Complex Molecule Synthesis”, at Kyoto and Osaka Universities as part of a six-city, eight university Japan Society for the […]

Author and UCLA chemistry lecturer Eric Scerri discussed his new book in an interview on Book Circle Online (BCO). In the interview, which was streamed live on May 2nd, Scerri discusses his book A Tale of Seven Scientists and a New Philosophy of Science with Book Circle Online (BCO) host James Lott Jr. The interview […]

Professor Richard Kaner & postdoc Maher El-Kady are part of the team to design a supercapacitor that could make safer & more durable devices.  The team was led by Kaner and Professor James Rusling from the Departments of Chemistry and Cell Biology at the University of Connecticut. Members of Rusling group were also part of […]

Professor Neil Garg has been named the 2017 winner of the Royal Society of Chemistry Higher Education Teaching Award. The award is given for outstanding teaching skills and the development of innovative materials and methods in higher education, resulting in a strong positive impact on students.   In addition to his award winning innovative teaching, […]

Matthew Fontana (Schwartz group) has been selected for the 2017 Distinguished Teaching Award for Teaching Assistants. Fontana is one of five awardees selected from a large field of extraordinary nominees. He will be recognized at the annual “Andrea L. Rich Night to Honor Teaching” dinner in the Fall 2017 quarter. Awardees receive a monetary award […]

On Saturday, April 29, the UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry hosted the annual ACS Southern California Undergraduate Research Conference.  Over 270 undergraduates, graduates and faculty attended, along with family members of presenters. Tom Cahoon, Director of Outreach and Educational Initiatives, organized the event and Professors Heather Tienson and Alex Spokoyny served as judges, along with […]