UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry graduate (BS, PhD)  Prof. Jacquelyn Gervay-Hague has been chosen as the next director of the NSF Chemistry Division. Jacquelyn Gervay-Hague is a professor and chair of the department of chemistry at the University of California, Davis.  Gervay-Hague’s career in science started with her attendances at “California community colleges and state universities before landing in […]

The S.T. Li Foundation has awarded Professor Neil Garg with the 2012-2014 Li Prize for Achievements in Science and Technology. The award is given to a distinguished scholar in a scientific or technological field at a public university and is delivered as an unrestricted research grant. The award honors Professor Shu-tian Li (1900 – 1988), […]

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A video peek inside Richard Kaner’s laboratory at UCLA. Graphene, a one-atom-thick layer of graphitic carbon, is among the strongest materials known to man. Can new graphene-based “supercapacitors” — devices that can be charged and discharged a hundred to a thousand times faster than batteries — revolutionize electronics and other fields? In the future, will you […]

Professor Raphael Levine has accepted a 3-year term and will continue his service to the PNAS Editorial Board. Professor Raphael Levine was invited by Dr. Inder M. Verma (Editor-in-Chief, PNAS) to continue his service on the PNAS Editorial Board.  As a member of the Editorial Board, Professor Levine will serve a 3-year term, starting January 1, 2013. […]

Professor Miguel Garcia-Garibay has won a 2012 Inter-American Photochemical Society Award in Photochemistry.  This award was established in 1988 to recognize outstanding contributions to the advancement of the photochemical and photophysical sciences, recognizing achievements made during the past ten years of the nominee’s career.  He is being recognized for his research on excited state processes […]

The department recognized the efforts of our accomplished students and faculty at the annual Departmental Awards Ceremony, held on November 19, 2012. In addition to recognizing the efforts of our accomplished students and faculty, we had an opportunity to celebrate our Department’s excellence in teaching and research. The award recipients are listed below. UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT […]

Chemical and Engineering News recently featured an article describing the recent Celebration of the 100th Birthday of Saul Winstein symposium organized by Winstein Chair in Organic Chemistry, Prof. Ken Houk. The article expounds various contributions made by Prof. Winstein, and describe him as “the giant in Organic chemistry”, who discovered many fundamental concepts in organic […]