This year’s annual Organic Graduate Symposium, held in the Yoo Conference Hall and Collaboratory on June 13, 2025, featured brilliant talks by 11 chemistry graduate students. The annual Organic Graduate Symposium (OGS) provides a forum for organic chemistry graduate students in their final year to present their dissertation research at UCLA to their peers, researchers, […]

On June 9, 2025, we celebrated the many accomplishments of our alumni, faculty, postdoctoral researchers, students, and staff at our annual departmental awards ceremony. Each year at this event, we gather together to celebrate the accomplishments of our department members in the University’s primary missions: research, teaching, and service. We also recognize our staff members […]

UCLA alumna Dr. Donna Speckman (Ph.D. ’84, Hawthorne group) received the 2025 Alumni Legacy Award at the Chemistry & Biochemistry Departmental Awards Ceremony on June 9. The award honors distinguished UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry alumni who have received a graduate-level degree from UCLA, in recognition of their achievements in life, and generous support and service […]

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 […]