Professor Anastasia Alexandrova has been awarded a coveted 2016-17 Fulbright U.S. Scholar grant that will fund her research in France starting this April. Her host institution in France will be the ENS: the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Institute of Chemistry. “The collaborative project will focus on computational catalysis, done in a close synergy with […]

The Chemistry and Biochemistry Graduate Student Association acts as a voice for our graduate student population by representing and promoting their interests as well as bringing them together for social and service activities. The group aims to better the department, the university, and the community through leadership and service. They bring graduate students together for […]

Professor Paul Weiss has been elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows. Prof. Weiss was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows for developing pioneering nanoscale tools and methods for control and measurement of biological, chemical, and physical interfaces with submolecular precision. […]

Professors David Eisenberg, Ken Houk, Ric Kaner, and Jeff Zink have been selected for the prestigious Thomson Reuters list of Highly Cited Researchers. The 2015 Highly Cited Researchers represents some of world’s most influential scientific minds. About three thousand researchers earned this distinction by writing the greatest number of reports officially designated by Essential Science […]

Professor Timothy Deming has been awarded the 2015-2016 Fulbright-Tocqueville Distinguished Chair Award. As a Fulbright-Tocqueville Distinguished Chair, Professor Deming will conduct a collaborative research project in France from February to July 2016. He will be hosted by Professors Henri Cramail, Director, and Sébastien Lecommandoux, Deputy Director, of the Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques (LCPO) […]

Research team, led by Professors Paul Weiss and Xiangfeng Duan, creates graphene barrier to control molecules precisely for making nanobiosensors. Graduate student John C. Thomas (Weiss group) and alumna Dr. Shan Jiang (Ph.D. ’14 Duan Group) were also part of the research team. They are also members of UCLA’s California NanoSystems Institute, as are all […]

UCLA lecturer and author Eric Scerri is quoted in recent Smithsonian.com article about the future of the periodic table. In addition to being a world authority on the history and philosophy of the periodic table, Dr. Scerri is an author and editor of several books and a full-time lecturer in the UCLA Department of Chemistry and […]

Professor Paul Weiss has been named the Jacques Beaulieu Chair at the Centre for Energy, Materials and Telecommunications of the INRS in Montreal for 2016-2017. Prof. Weiss will receive a $70,000 award and will visit the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS) to give a series of lectures with the goal of establishing lasting scientific collaborations. […]