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 […]

A photo gallery of the 2016 Departmental Awards Ceremony and a list of the award recipients is now available online.                        The annual Departmental Awards Ceremony was held at the CNSI auditorium on Tuesday, December 6th. In addition to recognizing the efforts of our accomplished […]

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 director Dr. Jane Strouse and the tragic passing of our dear colleague Dr. Dafni Amirsakis, we have been fortunate enough to count on incredible support […]

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 Roberts’ legacy at UCLA and his extraordinary career at Caltech. This Chair recognizes the tremendous impact that he and his group had on the field […]

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 was described in a paper recently published in the December 5th issue of the journal Nature Materials. Tolbert and recent doctoral graduate Cook (pictured right) […]