The PBS documentary “The Mystery of Matter: Search for the Elements” features on-camera interviews with lecturer Eric Scerri who served as historical consultant for the show. Airing on Wednesday, August […]

A team of UCLA researchers led by Professor Xiangfeng Duan have recently developed a novel material for use in flexible, printed electronics. High Performance Thin Films from Solution Processible Two-Dimensional […]

The department would like to congratulate Professor Paula Diaconescu on her promotion to the rank of full professor effective July 1, 2015. The rank of (Full) Professor is the highest […]

The Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) ranked UCLA #2 amongst the best public American universities. Published annually, the CWUR is the largest and most comprehensive academic ranking of world […]

Graduate Division and Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry hosted LSAMP & Bridges students from Cal State Long Beach to promote STEM education. The Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Program […]

Biochemistry undergraduates are in the team which will enter their project in the 2015 International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition.  Daniel Cancilla, Jessica Huang, Vinson Lam, Julian Lutze, and Phillip […]

Recent Nature publication by Houk and Garg groups featured in Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN).                               […]

Professor Paul Weiss was interviewed by digital news magazine Mashable about his early contributions to the newly released movie Terminator Genisys. The film is the fifth installment in the Terminator […]