On June 4, 2026, the Student Members of the American Chemical Society (SMACS), Alpha Chi Sigma (AXΣ), a professional chemistry fraternity, and the UCLA Chemistry and Biochemistry department jointly hosted […]

Thanks to our generous donors, 74 talented graduate students received departmental awards this year in recognition of their accomplishments in teaching, academics, research, and/or service. The 2026 Chemistry & Biochemistry […]

Thanks to our generous donors, 32 undergraduate students will have the opportunity to conduct cutting-edge research in our faculty labs as research fellows. The 2026 Chemistry & Biochemistry Undergraduate Research […]

Thanks to our generous donors, 19 talented undergraduates received departmental awards this year in recognition of their accomplishments in research and in academics. The 2026 Chemistry & Biochemistry Undergraduate Departmental […]

This year’s annual Organic Graduate Symposium, held in the Yoo Conference Hall and Collaboratory on June 12, 2026, featured brilliant talks by 16 chemistry graduate students. The annual Organic Graduate […]

This summer, we welcome our newest Teacher-Scholars, Dr. Lindsey Anderson, Dr. Maya Pathuri, and Dr. Kay Xia.  Our Teacher-Scholar program allows postdoctoral scholars to experience research and teaching at the […]

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is renewing UCLA’s Chemistry-Biology Interface (CBI) Predoctoral Research Training Program for the next five years, bringing to campus almost $2.5 million in critical fellowship […]

This year, 25 chemistry and biochemistry graduate student researchers received the 2026-2027 UCLA Graduate Division Dissertation Year Award (DYA). The UCLA Dissertation Year Award (DYA) provides senior doctoral students with […]