Alumnus Caltech crystallographer Richard Marsh (PhD’50, McCullough) passed away on January 3, 2017, at the age of 94. After receiving his degree in chemistry from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), […]

The term chair, established by Professor Jeff Zink and his wife, Helo, will foster young faculty starting their careers at UCLA. In her announcement about the gift, Department Chair Catherine […]

Three of chemist & author Eric Scerri’s books are included in the Top 25 Philosophy of Science Books Published in 2016. The list is published annually by scientist and author […]

Graduate student Elaine Qian (Spokoyny group) led the interdisciplinary team whose research was recently featured in Nature Chemistry. The paper titled “Atomically precise organomimetic cluster nanomolecules assembled via perfluoroaryl-thiol SNAr […]

A photo gallery of the 2016 Departmental Awards Ceremony and a list of the award recipients is now available online.                     […]

A year-end message from Ignacio Martini, Interim Director of the UCLA Molecular Instrumentation Center (MIC). Although 2016 was a challenging year for MIC, marked by the retirement of our long-standing […]

To honor Jack Roberts, we have established the John Roberts Endowed Term Chair in Chemistry, for which we are currently fundraising. It is our goal to honor and perpetuate Jack […]

Professor Sarah Tolbert & alumus John Cook are part of team whose research could lead to laptop computer batteries that fully charge in minutes. The team’s research into oxide supercapacitors […]