Video recording of the commencement address from the UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Graduation Ceremony (held on June 14, 2014) is available for viewing online. Dr. Annette Salmeen (2014 UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry Alumni Award winner) presented the commencement address at the UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry Graduation Ceremony, held on June 14, 2014. The […]

UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry alumnus Garrett Lim (B.S., 2002) was honored at the 2014 MLB All-Star game when he was selected as one of thirty best educators in North America for the Target presents People All-Star Teachers Campaign. The Target presents People All-Star Teachers Campaign celebrates remarkable current and retired teachers who make an impact […]

Dr. Arlene Russell is one of 99 distinguished members of the American Chemical Society (ACS) who have been named as 2014 ACS Fellows. C&EN: The American Chemical Society has named 99 members as ACS Fellows. The new fellows will be feted at the society’s national meeting in San Francisco this August at a ceremony hosted […]

UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry alumnus Courtney C. Aldrich (Ph.D., 2001 – Merlic Lab) has been named as the inaugural editor-in-chief for the American Chemical Society’s new journal, ACS Infectious Diseases. C&EN (By Sophie L. Rovner): The American Chemical Society plans to begin publishing a new journal, ACS Infectious Diseases, with the first full issue scheduled for […]

UCLA Newsroom has written a feature on graduate student, Steven Lopez (Houk Lab), who won the UCLA Academic Senate’s 2013-2014 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award. UCLA Newsroom (By Emilia Barrosse): A s a scientist, Steven Lopez has always insisted on practicality and logic. He likes to take this same approach with diversity. “Many studies have […]

The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) has selected Professor David Eisenberg as the recipient of the 2015 Bert and Natalie Vallee Award in Biomedical Science. The Bert and Natalie Vallee Award in Biomedical Science was established by the Bert and N. Kuggie Vallee Foundation in 2012 to recognize international achievements in the […]

Professor Sabeeha Merchant has been appointed as the director of the UCLA-Department of Energy (UCLA-DOE) Institute. UCLA Newsroom (By UCLA Health Sciences): Professor Sabeeha Merchant has been appointed director of the UCLA-Department of Energy (UCLA-DOE) Institute, announced Dr. A. Eugene Washington, Vice Chancellor of UCLA Health Sciences, and Dean of the David Geffen School of […]

UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry graduate student Jeffrey Vinokur (Bowie Lab) appeared on ABC’s The View and NBC’s Today Show with his performance as the “Dancing Scientist.” Jeffrey Vinokur, also known as the Dancing Scientist, recently appeared on ABC’s The View, performing a 5 minute science segment with Whoopi Goldberg. The View has a viewership of 3 million people daily, […]