Professor Xiangfeng Duan & his team have reported on the preparation of a graphene hydrogel, which can be easily converted into solvated graphene frameworks. This research was recently published in Angewandte Chemie, a weekly peer-reviewed scientific journal of the German Chemical Society, and was featured on Nanowerk News, an on-line nanotechnology and nanosciences portal. From Nanowerk […]

Paper by Professor Louis Bouchard & PhD student Nanette Jarenwattananon selected by the journal Physical Review Letters as PRL Editors’ Suggestion.  Titled “Motional Averaging of Nuclear Resonance in a Field Gradient” the paper was published in May 12, 2015 issue of Physical Review Letters (PRL), one of the most prestigious journals in the field of physics. […]

Dr. Myung Ki Hong has been selected for the 2015 UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry Alumni Award. He will accept the award and present the commencement address at the UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry Graduation Ceremony on June 13, 2015. “As a proud Bruin, I can trace my success back to my chemistry education at UCLA, which […]

A recently published PLOS Computational Biology article by the Torres lab has been the featured method article on the front page of the journal.                                                               […]

UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry alumnus, Professor Jim Wilking (PhD Chemistry ’08 Mason Group), has received NSF’s prestigious Young Investigator CAREER award. The National Science Foundation (NSF) award provides support for early career development of teacher-scholars. Notable because it goes to a single person instead of a team, it honors outstanding scientists who haven’t yet received […]

UCLA Chemistry and Biochemistry faculty are part of a research team that has been selected for a Cal-BRAIN seed grant.  Their proposal was titled “Nanoscale Neurostransmitter Sensors” and the team’s project goals are to develop “artificial receptors” that recognize neurotransmitters and to employ these in a nanoscale electronic approach for brain neurotransmitter sensing.  The team […]

Colin Yu-Hong Lam and Maher El-Kady were recognized at the 2015 Postdoctoral Scholars Award Ceremony on April 22nd at the CNSI auditorium. Dr. Lam (Houk group) was one of six postdoctoral scholars who received the Chancellor’s $5000 Award for Postdoctoral Research and Dr. El-Kady (Kaner group) was one of five who received $1000 Honorable Mention […]

Heather Maynard, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Associate Director of CNSI, has been selected for the US Defense Science Study Group (DSSG). Prof. Maynard is one of 15 U.S. academic researchers chosen for the program’s 2016-2017 class. The two-year program introduces outstanding scientists and engineers to the challenges facing national security and encourages them […]