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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]