Professor Neil Garg wins the 2016 Merck Award for his breakthroughs in synthetic methodology & exceptional achievements in natural product synthesis.  Since 2008 The Royal Society for Chemistry (RSC) Merck Award has been awarded annually to a researcher under the age of 45 for his or her contributions to any area of organic chemistry.  Prof. Garg […]

According to the 2016 Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings, UCLA is ranked #2 among all public universities in the United States. From UCLA Newsroom (Rebecca Kendall) May 4, 2016: Times Higher Education global reputation survey places UCLA No. 2 among U.S. public universities UCLA has again been recognized by leaders of peer institutions as […]

We are sad to report that Emeritus Professor Robert L. Scott passed away on May 1, 2016 at age 94.   By Prof. Charles Knobler –  A distinguished physical chemist, Bob joined the UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in 1948. A native Californian, Bob made the trek to the east coast to attend Harvard, […]

Harvard postdoctoral fellow Steven Lopez (PhD ‘15 UCLA Organic Chemistry, Houk Group) was awarded the 2016 Norma Stoddart Prize on Friday, April 29th. Dr. Lopez, currently in Prof. Alán Aspuru-Guzik’s group at Harvard, was selected by a committee of peers as the recipient of the 2016 Norma Stoddart Prize for Academic Excellence and Outstanding Citizenship, […]

Professor Michael Jung was awarded the American Chemical Society Southern California Section’s highest honor, the Tolman Medal, on April 27, 2016. Select photos from the event can be viewed below and the complete set can be viewed on the photo gallery. Over 100 faculty, students, alumni and staff attended the Richard C. Tolman Award dinner […]

UCLA biochemistry undergraduate student Han Ngo is one of two women to receive PayScale’s Women in STEM Scholarship. Out of over 7,000 applicants the compensation software company has awarded two young women a $2,000 scholarship to help them pursue their science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education and “follow their dreams”. Excerpts from the PayScale […]

Physician Richard Buller, Vice President of Oncology Clinical Development at Pfizer, selected for the 2016 UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry Alumni Award. Dr. Buller will accept the award and present his commencement address titled “Is It Really Serendipity?” at the UCLA Chemistry and Biochemistry graduation ceremony on June 11, 2016 in the Court of Sciences. Biography: Dr. Rich Buller, […]

Professor Marcetta Darensbourg (Texas A&M University) was honored at the April 20, 2016 event. Prof. Darensbourg’s seminar, titled “Hydrogenase Inspired Bioorganiometallic Chemistry”, took place at the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) auditorium. Inorganic chemistry professor Alexander Spokoyny made introductory remarks, thanked donors Raymond and Dorothy Wilson whose generous endowment made the event possible, and he spoke […]