UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry is delighted to announce that Robijn Bruinsma will be joining its faculty in a split appointment with his home department, Physics & Astronomy, effective July 1, 2013. Professor Bruinsma has been with the University of California since 1984.  He is currently a Distinguished Professor of Physics at UCLA Department of Physics […]

UCLA Student Members of the American Chemical Society (SMACS) were recognized by the Southern California Section of the American Chemical Society (SCALACS) for receiving an Honorable Mention Student Chapter Award from the American Chemical Society. The Southern California Section of the American Chemical Society presented a Certificate of Appreciation to UCLA SMACS members Kenny Chen […]

We are pleased to announce the publication of a new book by Dr. Eric Scerri.  The book published by Oxford University Press is titled, “A Tale of Seven Elements.” OUP.com:  This book is “a tale of the discovery of seven particularly exotic elements [and] deals with significant historical and philosophical issues associated with the discovery of these […]

A study published in the journal Nano Today by Professor Yi Tang and colleagues has been featured by the National Cancer Institute. Nanotech News from National Cancer Institute: Nanoparticle Delivers Large Protein Complex to Cancer Cell Nucleus Drug developers have been using nanoparticles to encapsulate a wide range of molecules for delivery to tumors. Now, they can […]

Professor Gerard Wong and colleagues discovered that highly resilient bacteria communities known as biofilms organize in a rich-get-richer pattern similar to many economies. The study, published online May 8 in the journal Nature, is the first to identify the strategy by which bacteria form the micro-colonies that become biofilms, which can cause lethal infections. The research may […]

With 79 new graduate students, the Fall 2013 graduate student cohort is among the largest incoming classes in the history of the department. The incoming Fall 2013 graduate student class will be comprised of 66 graduate students for the Chemistry program and 13 graduate students for the Biochemistry & Molecular Biology program. In Fall 2012, […]

A full-length feature article by Dr. Eric Scerri has just appeared in the June issue of Scientific American magazine. The article “Cracks in the Periodic Table,” is available on ScientificAmerican.com, with the lead: “The discovery of element 117 filled the last remaining gap in the periodic table as we know it.  But even as it […]

A groundbreaking membrane material developed by Professor Richard Kaner and his colleagues has received an international award for innovation at one of the water industry’s largest global conferences.  The new polymeric-ceramic membrane, developed by Ric Kaner (Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry), Eric Hoek (Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering), and their researchers, exhibit performance similar […]