Chemistry undergraduate researcher Paul Chong (Spokoyny group) has been named a Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) Scholar.  The prestigious program matches chemistry and chemical engineering students to internships at Fortune 500 companies. Chong was placed at his top pick – Hexion, Inc., a global leader in thermoset resins in Stafford, Texas. In addition to the […]

Professor Heather Maynard awarded a Fulbright Specialist grant, allowing her to visit New Zealand to provide her expertise in biohybrid polymeric materials. “I am thrilled to be awarded a Fulbright Specialist Grant. My time spent in New Zealand is certain to be fruitful, providing the environment to generate new research ideas and initiate new collaborations […]

Graduate student Elaine Qian (Spokoyny lab) is one of ten female students nationally to receive the ACS Women Chemists Committee (WCC) Travel Award. “I’m very grateful to the WCC and Eli Lilly & Company for this exciting opportunity, and I look forward to presenting my research and learning about the excellent work being done in […]

Renowned theoretical chemist Professor James Skinner (University of Chicago) gave the 2017 Daniel Kivelson Lecture on February 6th.  Skinner’s lecture titled “Supercooled Water: Three-Body Interactions, IR Spectra in No Man’s Land, and the Liquid-Liquid Critical Point” was followed by a reception. The lecture celebrates and honors the life and career of UCLA physical chemistry professor […]

Professor Heather Maynard has been elected a 2017 Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering (PMSE) Fellow of the American Chemical Society (ACS). Maynard’s election reflects the recognition of the many impactful contributions she has made to the field of polymer science and engineering, specifically “for outstanding contributions to the synthesis of bio hybrid polymeric materials and […]

Professor Kimberly Prather (UC San Diego/Scripps) gave the Winter 2017 UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry Distinguished Lecture on Monday, January 23rd. Prof. Prather, Distinguished Chair in Atmospheric Chemistry at Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of California, San Diego, presented her lecture, “Understanding How Microbes & African Dust […]

Physical chemistry professor Sarah Tolbert has been named a fellow of the prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). Members of the Royal Society of Chemistry are required to have made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of chemical sciences. Achieving fellow status denotes a high level of accomplishment as a professional in the field. Tolbert holds […]

UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry graduate students Brendan Amer and Jeff Vinokur have been selected as 2016 Audree Fowler Fellows in Protein Science. They will present their research at the Molecular Biology Institute (MBI) Annual Retreat on April 22 & 23, 2017, in Ventura, California. About Audree Fowler Fellows in Protein Science: Dr. Audree Fowler (pictured […]