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 […]

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 […]

On January 13th, Professor Sharon Hammes-Schiffer (University of Illinois) presented the Winter 2016 UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry Distinguished Lecture.                       […]

The Biochemistry Association for Student Enrichment (BiochemASE) is the first undergraduate student society serving UCLA students interested in biochemistry.  Biochemistry is a unique topic and major at UCLA in that […]

Alumnus Vincent Pecoraro (BS biochemistry ’77) has been awarded the prestigious ACS Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Inorganic Chemistry. Prof. Pecoraro is the John T. Groves Collegiate […]

Professor David Eisenberg and postdoctoral scholar Alice Soragni are part of UCLA research team to develop a promising novel method to treat gynecologic tumors. Their approach borrows from the technique […]

The UCLA Student Members of the American Chemical Society has been awarded a Green Chemistry Student Chapter Award for activities in the 2014-15 academic year.  SMACS was one of only […]

We are sad to report that Professor emeritus Howard Reiss passed away on December 21, 2015 at the age of 93. Elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1977, […]