Video and select photos from the 2016 Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Commencement Ceremony are now available for viewing. At the ceremony on Saturday, June 11, 2016, the UCLA Chemistry […]

The American Chemical Society (ACS) paid tribute to the accomplishments of Professor William Gelbart in a special issue of The Journal of Physical Chemistry. The July 7, 2016 issue, published […]

Former biochemistry graduate student Piriya “Pete” Wongkongkathep received a Best Student Paper award from the International Journal of Mass Spectrometry (IJMS). Wongkongkathep (Ph.D. Biochemistry ’15 – Joseph Loo Group) received […]

Graduate student Marco Messina (advised by Maynard & Spokoyny) & postdoc Jon Axtell (Spokoyny group) led the team whose research was featured. The paper titled “Visible-Light-Induced Olefin Activation Using 3D […]

Graduate student Emma Baker (Garg group) is one of eight women selected to receive the ACS Women Chemists Committee’s inaugural Merck Research Award. The American Chemistry Society (ACS) Women Chemists […]

Weiss has been awarded a research grant by the National Academies Keck Futures Initiative to support innovative interdisciplinary projects related to art and science, engineering and medicine frontier collaborations. From […]

Amylynn Chen (’16) (Kaner group) received the Chancellor’s Service Award for her service work & the Dean’s Prize for her undergraduate research work. Chen recently graduated from UCLA with magna […]

Professor Sabeeha Merchant has been elected a member of the Leopoldina for her scientific achievements and personal standing.  A distinguished professor of biochemistry in the UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Professor […]