Has organic chemistry become UCLA’s most beloved class? Yes, say Neil Garg’s students, who are back this year with nearly 100 new chemistry-related music videos. UCLA Newsroom (By Stuart Wolpert): Over dinner at Neil Garg’s home, several of his second-year honors students recalled the advice they heard before even starting UCLA: “Make sure you take […]

Professor Anastassia Alexandrova has received a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation. UCLA Newsroom (By Stuart Wolpert): Anastassia Alexandrova, an assistant professor in UCLA’s department of chemistry and biochemistry and a member of UCLA’s California NanoSystems Institute, has received a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the National Science […]

The UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry would like to welcome Alexander M. Spokoyny, who will be joining our department as an Assistant Professor in the Inorganic Chemistry division. Dr. Alexander Spokoyny was born and spent his childhood and teenage years in Moscow, Russia. After his family immigrated to United States in 2001, Spokoyny attended […]

Paul Weiss and colleagues have significantly improved organic electronic devices by employing mixed SAMs of the symmetric cage molecules carboranethiols to tune work function of gold and silver contacts with little alteration in surface energy. Full Story: A team of researchers led by Paul S. Weiss, Fred Kavli Chair in NanoSystems Sciences, a UCLA distinguished […]

Dr. Annette Salmeen has been selected for the 2014 UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry Alumni Award.  She will accept the award and present the commencement address at the UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry Graduation Ceremony on June 14, 2014. Annette Salmeen graduated from UCLA with honors in chemistry in 1997. The epitome of a student-athlete, she won […]

Assistant Professor Jorge Torres was interviewed by NBC News affiliate in Bakersfield, where he gave a talk about ongoing research and the importance of private funding for research at the American Cancer Society Relay For Life Survivor Kickoff. The American Cancer Society Relay For Life is an family friendly, community walk celebrating cancer survivors, their […]

Assistant Professors Louis Bouchard and Margot Quinlan have been selected to receive the 2014-2015 UCLA Faculty Career Development Award. Faculty Career Development Awards are given annually to assistant professors, providing research support at a critical time in the pre-tenure stage. Awards are made in the form of summer ninths or lump-sum research grants of $5,000 […]

On April 23, 2014, the Student Members of the American Chemical Society (SMACS) hosted a table at the annual Earth Day Fair organized by E3. E3, the largest environmental organization at UCLA, is a student group whose efforts are rotted in the three E’s of sustainability: Ecology, economy, and equity. SMACS students joined E3’s annual […]