In the article, UCLA biochemistry instructor Heather Tienson was interviewed about her use of Wikipedia in the classroom.   In her undergraduate biochemistry classes Tienson’s students expand on Wikipedia articles to hone their research and writing skills. Tienson was also recently featured in a UCLA Newsroom article about this innovative teaching technique.  Excerpted from the […]

We welcome MIC’s new NMR scientist Ta-Chung “TC” Ong to UCLA.                                 “We are so pleased to recruit Dr. TC Ong,” Department Chair Prof. Catherine F. Clarke said. “I think our students will benefit from his considerable experience and expertise […]

The research resulting from a collaboration with Scripps Research Institute was recently published in the journal Science. The Houk group with Jin Quan-Yu at the Scripps Research Institute published a paper in Science that demonstrates the accomplishment of a goal that Yu has pursued for 14 years! The enantioselective functionalization of an unactivated CH bond, two […]

In the video titled “The quest to make any molecule, Total synthesis with Hosea Nelson”, Nelson talks about his work to help chemists build molecules.  In the interview with Chemical and Engineering News (C&EN) associate editor Dr. Matt Davenport, Nelson discusses his “quest to help chemists build whatever molecule they want”. Nelson joined the chemistry […]

The viscosity of an ordinary solvent (DMF), when trapped in a nanocage of a porous solid, is about 4 orders of magnitude greater than that of the bulk liquid.  The research by dean of the UCLA Division of Physical Sciences and professor of chemistry and biochemistry Miguel Garcia-Garibay and his group offers new insights into how matter […]

The Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry welcomes Roy Wollman, who has joined the department’s Biochemistry Division as an associate professor.  Roy was recruited through the QCBio faculty hiring initiative and holds a joint faculty position in our Department and in the Department of Integrative Biology & Physiology. His office and laboratory are located in the […]

Professor Craig Merlic’s work as the nation’s foremost academic laboratory safety expert was recently highlighted in UCLA Newsroom’s in depth article. From UCLA Newsroom (by Stuart Wolpert): UCLA chemistry professor makes strides in improving laboratory safety nationally The UC center Craig Merlic leads offers many safety recommendations and resources Craig Merlic, left, associate professor of […]

UCLA chemists & alumnus collaboration leads to discovery of how to get a solid material to act like a liquid without actually turning it into liquid. The research could potentially open possiblities for next-generation battery materials. Their research was published in the Journal of the American Chemistry Society earlier this summer.  University of Central Florida professor Fernando […]