Thanks to our generous donors, 124 talented graduate students received departmental awards this year in recognition of their accomplishments in teaching, academics, research, and/or service. The 2025 Chemistry & Biochemistry graduate student departmental awards were presented at our annual Departmental Awards Ceremony on June 9, 2025. Congratulations to all the recipients listed below! We are incredibly grateful […]

Thanks to our generous donors, 42 talented undergraduates received departmental awards this year in recognition of their accomplishments in research and in academics. The 2025 Chemistry & Biochemistry Undergraduate Departmental Awards were presented to our students at our annual Departmental Awards Ceremony on June 9, 2025. Congratulations to all the recipients listed below! We are incredibly grateful […]

Thanks to our generous donors, 47 undergraduate students will have the opportunity to conduct cutting-edge research in our faculty labs as research fellows. The 2025 Chemistry & Biochemistry Undergraduate Research Fellowships were presented to our students at our annual Departmental Awards Ceremony on June 9, 2025. Congratulations to all the recipients listed below! One of the unique […]

On Saturday, June 14, 2025, 37 of our students received Ph.D. degrees, 21 students received Master of Applied Chemical Sciences degrees, six Departmental Scholars received Master of Science degrees, and 295 undergraduate students received bachelor’s degrees. Congratulations to the Class of 2025! Also hooded at the ceremony was Dr. Thomas Scott Griffin, who earned his […]

On May 27, 2025, 28 undergraduate students presented posters summarizing their research efforts at the second annual SMACS and UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry Undergraduate Poster Session, hosted jointly by the Student Members of the American Chemical Society (SMACS) and the department. Select photos from the event can be viewed below, and the full photo gallery […]

Arismel ‘Ari’ Tena Meza, a soon-to-graduate Ph.D. student in organic chemistry from the Garg group, is profiled in the UCLA Newsroom. From UCLA Newsroom (by Ben Paul): Arismel Tena Meza is graduating with a Ph.D. in organic chemistry and an education that goes beyond the lab. Arismel Tena Meza, known to her friends and mentors […]

Professor Michael Jung, UCLA’s Walter and Shirley Wang Chair in Medicinal Drug Discovery, has been selected as one of three alumni from Rice University’s Weiss School of Natural Sciences to receive the 2025 Distinguished Alumni Award. The annual awards honor outstanding professional and societal achievements of distinguished and recent school alumni and will be presented […]

Professor Anastassia Alexandrova is co-leader of a research team that has developed a method for creating cement precursors from carbon dioxide.  Alexandrova holds the Charles W. Clifford Jr. Chair in Chemistry & Biochemistry and is also a professor of Materials Science and Engineering. She serves as the director of the NSF Center for Chemical Innovation. […]