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 […]

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), Marsh started graduate school at Tulane University and enrolled in the X-ray crystallography course which inspired him to become a crystallographer. Because Tulane didn’t offer […]

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 Clarke said, “We are so thankful for Jeff’s vision to create this term chair. This will help us recruit and retain the best faculty for […]

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 Dr. Marc Srour on his blog, bioteaching.com. In his review of “Essays in the Philosophy of Chemistry”, Srour wrote “The philosophy of chemistry has emerged […]

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 chemistry” was published online in Nature Chemistry on December 19, 2016. Inspired by nature, chemists have been very interested in creating synthetic molecules capable of […]