Underserved school children with a passion for science and technology will compete in science fair at UCLA Ackerman Union this weekend. The science fair is being organized by The Bruin Experiment, a club started by UCLA undergraduates to help children persue their interests in science. UCLA Lecturer Dr. Heather Tienson agreed to serve as a […]

UCLA Chem & Biochem is proud to sponsor lectures by each of the three 2014 Chemistry Nobel Laureates: Eric Betzig, Stefan Hell & William Moerner.  The Nobel Prize, the most prestigious of all international awards, is bestowed annually in a number of categories by Swedish and Norwegian committees in recognition of academic, cultural and/or scientific […]

Professor Richard Kaner’s group creates new energy storage medium by combining two nanomaterials. Excerpt from UCLA Newsroom (by Shaun Mason) : The dramatic rise of smartphones, tablets, laptops and other personal and portable electronics has brought battery technology to the forefront of electronics research. Even as devices have improved by leaps and bounds, the slow […]

Professor Todd Yeates and former graduate student Neil King are co-inventors on newly issued patent. The patent is titled “General Method for Designing Self-Assembling Protein Nanomaterials”, US Patent # 8969521. The lead inventor for the technology is UCLA Chemistry and Biochemistry alumnus Dr. Neil King (Ph.D. ’10, Yeates Group) who has led the development of […]

Professor Neil Garg featured in video celebrating ACS GCI Pharmaceutical Roundtable’s 10th anniversary. The American Chemical Society’s Green Chemistry Institute’s (ACS GCI) Pharmaceutical Roundtable, a collaboration of pharmaceutical companies and the ACS GCI, celebrated their ten year anniversary in February 2015. The video below, featuring Prof. Garg, was created to look back at the roundtable’s […]

The UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry would like to welcome Ellen Sletten, who will join our department as an Assistant Professor. Prof. Sletten’s research will focus on the areas of Analytical Chemistry, Biophysics, Materials & Nanoscience, and Organic Chemistry.  She will take up residency in the department in January 2016. Prof. Sletten received her […]

An article by Alexandrova group, recently published in a leading international chemistry journal, designated as a “Very Important Paper (VIP)” by evaluators. The article, “Origin of Extraordinary Stability of Square-Planar Carbon Atoms in Surface Carbides of Cobalt and Nickel” was published in the Mar. 24, 2015 online issue of Angewandte Chemie International Edition, a journal […]

Professor Paula Diaconescu has been elected as recipient of Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award. This prestigious award, presented by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of Germany, is conferred in recognition of lifetime achievements in research. In addition, the award winners are invited to carry out research projects of their own choice in cooperation with specialist […]