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 […]

UCLA’s reputation continues to rise, according to new international rankings released today. UCLA placed eighth — up one spot from last year and up four places from 2011 — in the London Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings, which orders schools according to international prestige. The top 10 institutions this year, in order, are Harvard University, the […]

Professor Jorge Torres was named one of thirteen 2013 Cottrell Scholars by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA), recognizing his scientific contributions to research and his commitment to undergraduate education. Cottrell Scholar Awards are awarded to exceptional early-career educators in the physical sciences and related fields, and only about 10 percent of applicants pass […]

Professor Richard Kaner and Maher El-Kady (Kaner Lab), have developed a cost-effective and scalable method for producing micro-supercapacitors, which may have potential applications in roll-up displays, TVs, e-paper, and even wearable electronics. Until now, micro-supercapacitors were not easily reproduced due to expensive microfabrication techniques, but, using a previously developed method for making graphene via a […]

Professor Heather Maynard, graduate students Thi Nguyen and Caitlin Decker, former postdocs Sung-Hye Kim and Darice Wong, and Professor Joseph Loo have developed new bio-mimicking therapeutics that can be used to quicken the wound healing process. A signaling molecule known as basic fibroblast growth factor, or bFGF, is secreted by our cells to activate healing […]

Professor Anastassia Alexandrova was selected as one of 126 early-career scientists and scholars to receive a 2013 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow. The fellowship selection was based on Professor Alexandrova’s independent research accomplishments and contributions to the field of chemistry. Sloan Research Fellowships, which recognize exceptional early-career scientists and scholars in science, mathematics, economics, and computer […]