Remembering Dr. John McTague, a distinguished member and longtime supporter of our department. John McTague, a distinguished member of our department from 1970 to 1982, passed away on June 7.  John had three interwoven careers — academic, government science policy advisor and director of an industrial research laboratory — in each case pioneering many “firsts” and […]

Students from Professor Neil Garg’s Chemisry 14D (Organic Chemistry) class created 98 music videos detailing the various chemical reactions they’ve learned.  Their efforts were featured in a story by UCLA Newsroom. Sweet Dreams (Are Made of Chemistry)Professor Neil Garg’s students turn organic chemistry reactions into song (Article by Stuart Wolpert, UCLA Newsroom) When Eurythmics recorded […]

UCLA Today featured Professor Miguel Garcia-Garibay’s awarding of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award by UCLA Academic Senate, earlier this month. A professor of chemistry and biochemistry and a second-year medical student in the David Geffen School of Medicine Prime Program were selected to receive the 2013 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award by the Academic […]

Dr. Laurence Lavelle recently published two books, the Instructor Solutions Manual and Students Solutions Manual to accompany Chemical Principles- The Quest for Insight, 6th Edition. Laurence Lavelle excels in clear, thoughtful education and is the recipient of many research and teaching awards including the Herbert Newby McCoy Award for Innovative Research at UCLA, the Hanson-Dow […]

Dr. Jiansen Jiang and Dr. Edward Miracco won the 2013 UCLA Chancellor’s Award for Postdoctoral Research. Professor Ken Houk was also presented with the 2013 Postdoctoral Mentoring Award.  The awards were presented at the Postdoctoral Scholar’s Reception. Dr. Jiansen Jiang and Dr. Edward Miracco (joint winners/Juli Feigon Lab) were among the 1022 registed UCLA postdoctoral […]

Professor Margot Quinlan was presented with the 2013 UCLA Alpha Chi Sigma (AXE) Glenn T. Seaborg Award at the annual AXE Seaborg Banquet held in May 2013. The 2013 Alpha Chi Sigma Glenn T. Seaborg Award (not to be confused with the Glenn T. Seaborg Medal awarded by the department) was presented to Professor Margot […]

Professor Paul Weiss and Professor Anne Andrews were featured in an article by The Guardian (UK), discussing the “Brain” Initiative announced by President Obama in April this year. Mapping the mind with nanotechnologyThe Brain Initiative is combining neuroscience with nanotechnology in the world’s biggest project to understand the mind. By Katharine Sanderson In April this […]

Crystal Valdez, a graduate student in Prof. Anastassia Alexandrova’s lab has been selected as one of 73 American students to travel to Lindau, Germany to participate in the 63rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. UCLA Newsroom:UCLA chemistry graduate student ready for her Nobel journey Crystal Valdez selected to meet with 34 laureates at international conference From the […]