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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

Professor Willard Libby, the first UCLA faculty to be recognized with a Nobel Prize, was recently featured in a historical piece in the New York Times. In 1959 Prof. Libby […]

Photos from the 2015 Christopher S. Foote Symposium events are now available for viewing. The March 12th symposium was organized by former colleagues and members of Prof. Chris Foote’s research […]

Garg and Houk research team findings featured in C&EN and JACS Spotlights. The research team of Dr. Travis McMahon, Jose Medina (Garg Group), Dr. Yun-Fang Yang (Houk Group), Bryan Simmons […]

Graduate student Crystal Valdez, a member of the Alexandrova group, met with lawmakers to explain the value graduate research brings to California. Excerpt from UCLA Newsroom: On April 28, 22 UC […]