The 2023 Oesper Award
1 month ago
- Awards, Grants, & Recognition
- Faculty
Professor Miguel García-Garibay, Dean of the Division of Physical Sciences, is the recipient of the 2023 Oesper Award presented by the University of Cincinnati (UC) Department of Chemistry and the […]

Futures 100 Innovators Award
1 month ago
- Awards, Grants, & Recognition
- Graduate
- Student
Chemical biology graduate student AJ Addae (Paul S. Weiss group) wins second place in the 2023 Future 100 Innovators Awards. Each month in 2023 The Future Laboratory analysts chose 10 […]

$250,000 grant from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
1 month ago
- Awards, Grants, & Recognition
- Faculty
- Research
Professor Danielle Schmitt and collaborator Professor Tara TeSlaa (UCLA Molecular and Medical Pharmacology) have been awarded $250,000 from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to investigate why diets deficient in choline and […]

Advancing non-addictive cannabis-based pain relief for oral cancer patients
2 months ago
- Awards, Grants, & Recognition
- Research
Professor Alexander Spokoyny and Dr. James Tilden are part of a UCLA Dentistry–led team to receive a $5 million NIH HEAL initiative federal grant to develop an effective, non-addictive synthetic […]

Remembering Dr. David C. Remy
2 months ago
- Alumni & Friends
We are sad to report that alumnus and long-time supporter Dr. David C. Remy (B.S. ’51, M.S. ’52) passed away at the age of 94 on September 28, 2023. Dr. […]

Faculty in the News
2 months ago
- Faculty
- Research
Adjunct professor of chemistry, longtime fire fighter, and UCLA alumnus Derek Urwin (B.S. ’03 Math, M.S. ’17, Ph.D. ’22 Chemistry, Alexandrova group) is featured in UC Newsroom article about UC-backed […]

$4.5 million DOE award establishes new Center for Strain Optimization for Renewable Energy (STORE) at UCLA
2 months ago
- Awards, Grants, & Recognition
- Faculty
Professor Sarah Tolbert is the Center Director of the new Center for Strain Optimization for Renewable Energy (STORE) at UCLA, which aims to make sodium ion batteries a marketable commodity. […]

2023 John D. and Edith M. Roberts Lecture
2 months ago
- Events
- Faculty
UCLA’s newest innovative organic chemist Professor Soumitra Athavale presented the 2023 John D. and Edith M. Roberts Lecture at UCLA on October 10. Prior to joining the UCLA faculty as […]
