The UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry has appointed Professor Anastassia Alexandrova as the inaugural Charles W. Clifford Jr. Chair in Chemistry & Biochemistry, effective retroactively to July 1, 2024. […]

Professor Craig Merlic’s latest safety paper, “Challenges of Legacy Chemicals”, was selected as an Editor’s Choice article by the American Chemical Society. Of over 53,000 articles published annually in more […]

Distinguished Professor Michael E. Jung, the Walter and Shirley Wang Chair in Medicinal Drug Discovery, is named the recipient of the 2025 Edward E. Smissman Award, given by the American Chemical […]

In this edition of our Alumni Spotlight series, we are proud to highlight the remarkable achievements of Professor Emeritus Garth L. Nicolson, a distinguished UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry alumnus whose […]

In a recent issue of Science, Professors Anne Andrews and Paul Weiss, and chemical biology graduate student AJ Addae, contributed insightful reviews of three notable exhibitions in the Los Angeles […]

On Monday, December 9, 2024, the UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry community gathered in the Hersey Hall Salon and Courtyard for the department’s annual Winter Holiday Celebration. At the […]

Professor Ken Houk has collaborated with the Professor Martin Schmeing (McGill University) group to reveal a novel mechanism for peptide biosynthesis.  In an accelerated publication in Nature, the Schmeing group’s […]

Biochemistry graduate student Nikki Cheung (Professor Robert Clubb’s group) discusses her research on antibiotic resistance in a new UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine (DGSOM) Ph.D. student spotlight video. Cheung […]