Slate.com has covered research by Professor Richard Kaner and graduate student Maher El-Kady in the section, “Alternative Energy: Which technologies will power the future?” Slate.com:  Unexpectedly Amazing Carbon-Based Energy Form: A lab “accident” may solve your annoying battery problems Batteries are terrible. Compared to many other methods of storing energy, especially fossil fuels, batteries aren’t […]

RSC Publishing has announced that Professor Heather Maynard has joined Polymer Chemistry as a member of the Editorial Board. From RSC Publishing: We are very pleased to announce a new member of Polymer Chemistry’s Editorial Board, please join us in welcoming Heather D. Maynard. Heather received a B.S. with Honors in Chemistry from the University of […]

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation featured research by Professor James Gimzewski, aimed at creating a computer with a structure that mimics the human brain.   Gimzewski was highlighted in television program, The Nature of things with David Suzuki in a series titled, “The Nano Revolution: Will Nano Save the Planet?” The video of the clip can be viewed here. […]

The International Society of Computational Biology (ISCB) will award Professor David Eisenberg with the Senior Scientist Accomplishment Award for his contributions to the field of computational biology through research, education, and service. The award will be presented at the 21st Annual Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology Conference, which takes place with the 12th European Conference on Computational Biology […]

The UCLA Academic Senate selected Professor Richard Kaner as the recipient of the 115th Faculty Research Lectureship for his outstanding record of accomplishment, placing him among the university’s most distinguished scholars. As a recipient of the 115th Faculty Research Lectureship, Kaner will give a public lecture on the topic of his choice in Fall 2013, […]

We are pleased to announce the hiring of Dr. Janette Kropat as the new Building and Facility Manager. Janette is joining the department from Professor Merchant’s lab, where she served as Associate Specialist and Postdoctoral Fellow for the last twelve years.   Prior to that, she was a graduate student and received her Ph.D. in Biology from University of […]

Professor Richard Kaner’s research on graphene-based “supercapacitors” has received tremendous attention on various web news outlets. The video titled “The Super Supercapacitor” (highlighting Kaner’s research), has amassed more than 1.6 million views (combined) on Vimeo.com and Youtube.com. The video has also helped to propel coverage by various internet outlets as such as the social news […]

Professor Paul Weiss was one of the three faculty featured in UCLA Today’s coverage of the university’s role in the national brain-mapping initiative. ——“Today, our scientists are mapping the human brain to unlock the answers to Alzheimer’s; developing drugs to regenerate damaged organs; devising new material to make batteries 10 times more powerful. … Now […]