Experiments by UCLA Professor Thomas Mason and former UCLA postdoctoral researcher Kun Zhao, PhD, have revealed a new mechanism for glass formation. Prof. Mason and Dr. Kun Zhao, a former postdoctoral […]

The UCLA Organization for Cultural Diversity in Science (OCDS) has been awarded the 2015 Western Region ACS Stanley Israel Award. Alumni Dr. Steven A. Lopez (Ph.D. Chemistry ’15, Houk Group) […]

Professor Anastassia Alexandrova has been elected to be the Chair of the Theory subdivision of the PHYS Division of the American Chemical Society.  The main responsibility of the theory subdivision […]

The Materials Research Society (MRS) has named Professor Ric Kaner as the 2015 MRS Medalist. Professor Kaner is being honored for his “discovery of efficient methods to synthesize water dispersible […]

The department hosted a reception for 35 visiting undergraduate scholars from several summer research programs who have conducted research in faculty labs.  On August 13, 2015, the visiting scholars gathered […]

Video and select photos from the 2015 Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Commencement Ceremony are now available for viewing online. At the ceremony on June 13, 2015, the UCLA Chemistry […]

The three recipients of the 2014 Nobel Prize for Chemistry – Eric Betzig, Stefan Hell, and William Moerner – were each invited to UCLA by Professor Shimon Weiss.   The […]