Professor Xiangfeng Duan & graduate students Zhaoyang Lin & Mufan Li part of UCLA team whose nanostructure research was published in Science.   The researchers reported on the development of nanostructures that increase the efficiency and durability of fuel cells. Made from a compound of three metals – platinum, nickel, and molybdenum – the nanostructures […]

An in-depth article about graduate student Jeffrey Vinokur’s passion for science and dance was recently published in his alma mater’s alumni magazine. A third-year doctoral candidate in Professor Jim Bowie’s group, Vinkour received his Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin – Madison in 2012. OnWisconsin is a quarterly magazine published the Wisconsin […]

Newly minted PhD Crystal Valdez was chosen to be one of two student processional marshals for the doctoral hooding ceremony on Thursday, June 11.  The processional marshals accompany the provosts, deans, and faculty into Royce Hall. “I am honored to be nominated to serve as a Student Processional Marshal for this years ceremony.” said Dr. […]

Professor & Vice Chair, Neil Garg, has been awarded the 2015 Gold Shield Faculty Prize.  The prize is awarded each year to recognize exceptional mid-career full professors who have demonstrated extraordinary accomplishments in undergraduate teaching, service to the University, and research or creative activitity. From UCLA Newsroom (by Stuart Wolpert): Chemistry professor Neil Garg honored […]

Professor and Chair Miguel Garcia-Garibay has been selected to receive the 2015 Faculty-Staff Partnership Award. The award selection committee wrote the following to Prof. Garcia-Garibay: “As a Professor and Chair of the UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, we applaud you for your vision, advocacy of staff, promotion of staff, encouragement of staff independence, success […]

Professor & Vice Chair, Neil Garg, was one of the 18 speakers to participate in TEDxUCLA at the UCLA campus on Saturday, May 30th.  The TEDxUCLA conference, themed “Beyond the Box”, was attended by 600 people and was streamed live to a second audience of 400. The talks will be available on youtube.com in a […]

PhysOrg reported on the development by Professor James Gimzewski and his research team of an atomic-scale hardware to implement natural computing. Their findings were reported in the paper “Atomic Switch Networks – Nanoarchitectonic Design of a Complex System for Natural Computing” published in Nanotechnology this April.   The UCLA members of the team (photos below) […]