UCLA chemistry lecturer and author Eric Scerri has been invited to present a public lecture at the prestigious Royal Institution of Great Britain. His lecture, titled “The periodic table: Its story and significance”, will take place on Thursday, July 20, 2017 from 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. at the Royal Institution of Great Britain Theater in […]

Undergraduate researcher Namrata Ramani (Kaner group) has been accepted to the Clare Boothe Luce Research Scholars Program.   “I am very fortunate to have been granted the Clare Boothe Luce Undergraduate Research Scholarship for the rest of my time here at UCLA, in which I’ll be able to further my research with the Kaner group, […]

Professor Jose Rodriguez has been named 2017 Searle Scholar.                                            One of 15 young scientists in the chemical and biological sciences to be named 2017 Searle Scholars, Rodriguez will be awarded funding to support his […]

AXS invites all interested undergraduates to come visit their Rush events on April 4th-7th, 5pm-7pm in Young Hall 2033. Alpha Chi Sigma (AXS), a professional chemistry co-ed fraternity for undergraduate students who have taken or are currently taking at least two chemistry classes at UCLA. The group strives to help their members achieve their ambitions […]

Popular organic chemistry professor Neil Garg is a finalist for the Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching. As one of three finalists for Baylor University’s Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching, Professor Neil Garg will present lectures at both Baylor University and UCLA in the fall of 2017. The recipient of the Cherry […]

Postdoctoral researcher Leonardo Scarabelli (Paul Weiss Group) is one of five winners of the IUPAC-Solvay International Award for Young Chemists. Dr. Scarabelli received his Ph.D. in chemistry from the Universidade de Vigo. He conducted research at CICbiomaGUNE, a research center in San Sebastian, Spain, working in the BioNanoPlasmonic Lab directed by his thesis supervisor, Prof. […]

Undergraduate researcher Selena Hernandez (Jung group) has been accepted to the Clare Boothe Luce Research Scholars Program.   A chemistry sophomore, Hernandez conducts research in the lab of UCLA organic chemistry professor Dr. Michael Jung. She is currently working on a research project with Jung lab collaborator Prof. Caius Radu (UCLA Molecular & Medical Pharmacology) in which they […]

A recent article by Professor Richard Kaner and his team on next-generation supercapacitors was featured in Nature Middle East. The Nature Middle East article was published on March 15, 2017. The results are described in a study titled “Next-Generation Activated Carbon Supercapacitors: A Simple Step in Electrode Processing Leads to Remarkable Gains in Energy Density” […]