Professor Michael Jung has been elected as a 2014 NAI Fellow by the National Academy of Inventors. The NAI Fellows Program has 414 Fellows worldwide representing more than 150 prestigious universities and governmental and non-profit research institutions. Collectively, the Fellows hold nearly 14,000 issued U.S. patents. This professional distinction is bestowed upon academic inventors who have […]

The Organization for Cultural Diversity in Science (OCDS) recently debuted its first college community demo training program at UCLA. On Saturday, November 22, 2014, the Organization for Cultural Diversity in Science (OCDS)* debuted its first college community demo training program at UCLA. OCDS bused over 35 energized students from East Los Angeles College (ELAC), a […]

Professor Paul Weiss and James Hohman have devised a facile route to synthesize designer gallium-based alloy microscale and nanoscale materials with precise elemental ratios and excellent uniformity. Alloy nanoparticle synthesis is typically very challenging and traditional synthetic approaches suffer from elemental incompatibility, the need to use costly vacuum technologies, and limitations of composition range and […]

UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry alumnus, Professor Curt Breneman (B.S. 1980), was recently named as the Dean of the School of Science at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. news.rpi.edu (By Mary Martialay): Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute today announced the appointment of Curt Breneman as Dean of the School of Science. The appointment is effective January 1, 2015. “It’s […]

The list of winners and photos from the 2014 Departmental Awards Ceremony are now available for viewing online. On Friday, November 21, we held our annual Departmental Awards Ceremony. In addition to recognizing the efforts of our accomplished students and faculty, we had an opportunity to celebrate our Department’s excellence in teaching and research.  Ceremony […]

Professor Thomas Mason’s LithoPartical Dispersions: Colloidal Alphabet Soup is currently being featured at the Boston Society of Architects’ StereoType art exhibition. StereoType is a groundbreaking exhibition that presents works by an array of 14 established and up-and-coming designers from the United Kingdom, Japan, Canada, France, the United States, Israel, The Netherlands, Germany, and Australia. By exploring the […]

Professor Rachelle Crosbie-Watson (Ph.D. 1994, Reisler Group) received the 2014 Lotus Award from Coalition Duchenne for her outstanding contributions to Duchenne muscular dystrophy education, research, and awareness. The award included a $10,000 grant payable to the Center for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy at UCLA for Prof. Crosbie-Watson’s education initiatives. The award ceremony was part of the […]

Professor Sri Kosuri’s work with alternative rock band OK Go to help release their newest album, encoded into DNA, has been highlighted by the New Yorker and Popular Science. Popular Science (By Francie Diep): OK Go, the band behind viral music videos like that one with the treadmills, plans to release its newest album encoded […]