Professor Heather Maynard was one of six individuals selected as a 2013 Fellow of the Division of Polymer Chemistry (POLY Fellow) by the Division of Polymer Chemistry, of the American Chemical Society. She was recognized for her contributions made to the academic field and profession of polymer science. All POLY Fellows will be awarded plaques […]

Professor James Liao was elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) for his advances in metabolic engineering of microorganisms to produce fuels and chemicals. Election to the National Academy of Engineering is one of the highest honors bestowed upon engineers. Those elected as members represent exceptional contributions to “engineering research, practice, or education, including, […]

Professor Shimon Weiss was selected to receive a Humboldt Research Award for his lifetime achievements in research, after being nominated by Prof. Dr. Joerg Enderlein from the Universitaet Goettingen, Germany. As a recipient of a Humboldt Research Award, Weiss will have the opportunity to collaborate on research projects of his choice with likeminded experts at […]

Professor Emeritus M. Frederick Hawthorne is among twelve scientists President Obama selected to receive the National Medal of Science, the highest honor bestowed by the United States Government upon scientists. Hawthorne was recognized for his pioneering work with the chemical element boron; he developed the Boron Neuron Capture Technology technique that has been used in […]

Professor Tim Deming and Professor Sebastien Leccomandoux, from the University of Bordeaux, have organized the inaugural UBordeaux-UCLA Workshop on Polymers, to be held January 31-February 1 at the Getty Villa, Malibu and UCLA. The workshop is meant to highlight similar interests between the scientific departments of UCLA and University of Bordeaux, to introduce opportunities for […]

Richard (Dick) Gillespie, an alumnus and long-time staff member in the department, passed away in his sleep on Friday, January 25 at the age of 90. Dick was an extremely important member of our department for 31 years. He started working in our solutions preparation lab in 1951, while also finishing up his BS, which […]

Professor Raphael Levine will be awarded the 2012 Israel Chemical Society (ICS) Gold Medal for his outstanding contributions to the field of chemistry. Professor Levine will be honored for his fundamental contributions for understanding chemical reactivity on the molecular-scale with special reference to the role of energy and for discovering that the methods of thermodynamics […]

Professor Paul Weiss and co-workers were awarded a $1 million W.M. Keck Foundation grant to fund research in uses of “compressive sensing.” Professor Paul Weiss, Andrea Bertozzi, director of computational and applied mathematics at UCLA and a professor of mathematics, Mark Cohen, director of the National Institutes of Health–funded UCLA Semel NeuroImaging Training Program and […]