Led by Professor David Eisenberg, scientists have for the first time mapped the atomic structure of a protein within a living cell. The technique, which peered into cells with an X-ray laser, could allow scientists to explore some components of living cells as never before. The research, published Aug. 18 in Proceedings of the National […]

UCLA Organization for Cultural Diversity in Chemistry was the featured Chemistry Graduate Student Organization (CGSO) in the August 2014 issue of the ACS Graduate & Postdoctoral Chemist. Excerpts from the article:  What are the goals and objectives for your CGSO? [UCLA Organization for Cultural Diversity in Chemistry (OCDC)] is a group of graduate students with a vision […]

Professor Xiangfeng Duan is part of a team of UCLA researchers who have received a $2-million grant from the NSF EFRI to explore new approaches to assembling nanoscale materials for use in a variety of manufacturing and research applications. Known as two-dimensional layered materials, or 2DLMs, this emerging class of materials shows breakthrough potential in […]

Professor Jorge Torres was featured in a promotional video for the UCLA Society for Advancement of Hispanics/Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS), which will be shown to thousands of attendees at the 2014 SACNAS National Conference. In the video, Professor Torres shares about the research done in his lab at UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry, which […]

The QS World University Rankings 2014 placed UCLA 10th in the subject of chemistry. The SJTU Academic Ranking of World Universities also released their 2014 rankings and placed UCLA 12th in the world and 9th in Natural Sciences and Mathematics.   The QS World University rankings considers over 2,000 and evaluates over 700 universities in […]

Professor Richard Kaner’s research on graphene-based supercapacitors was featured on Nasdaq.com. Graphene, a nano-scale wonder material, is one of the hottest areas of materials science research. Discovered in 2004 by two Russian emigre scientists, Andrei Geim and Kostya Novoselov at the University of Manchester, graphene’s revolutionary physical properties won the two scientists the 2010 Nobel […]

Professor James Liao has been named to Taiwan’s Academia Sinica, the preeminent academic institution in the Republic of China. Liao was one of 18 new academicians and two new honorary academicians that the academy announced on July 4 at its biennial convention. Liao, professor of chemistry and biochemistry and the chair of the chemical and […]

Professors Miguel Garcia-Garibay, Neil Garg, and Paul Weiss have been selected for the ACS 2015 National Awards. Arthur C. Cope Scholar AwardsProfessors Garcia-Garibay and Garg have been selected for the Arthur C. Cope Scholar Awards.  The Cope Scholar Awards recognizes and encourages excellence in organic chemistry. It was established in 1984 by the ACS Board […]