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” […]

Professor Paul Weiss has been selected to receive the 2016 SCALACS Tolman Medal.             The medal is awarded each year by the Southern California Section of the American Chemical Society (SCALACS) in recognition of the medalist’s outstanding contributions to chemistry.  Weiss will be presented with the medal at an award […]

Undergraduate researcher Paige Curson (Kaner group) has been accepted to the Clare Boothe Luce Research Scholars Program.   A chemistry junior, Curson conducts research in the lab of UCLA inorganic chemistry professor Dr. Richard Kaner. She will receive funding to carry out her research on new membranes for purifying water as well as for research […]

Our Undergraduate Summer Research Program offers UCLA undergraduates the opportunity to carry out research with a faculty mentor during the summer. Applications for Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Summer Research Fellowships are now being accepted. The deadline to apply is May 1st and the chemistry or biochemistry faculty mentor must agree to supervise the student […]

Alumnus Larry Davis (BS Biochemistry ’77, MS Biological Chemistry ’79) was recently featured in Los Angeles Times article about the UCLA “Frisbee Cheer” he created. Davis received his B.S. in Chemistry in 1977, went on to receive his M.S. in Biological Chemistry in 1979, and later his law degree. An unofficial UCLA Bruins alumni cheerleader, Davis first […]