Professor William Gelbart is featured in a UCLA Daily Bruin article about his role as the instructor of the UCLA Prison Education Program course, Chemistry 19.1: “Viruses, Vaccines, and Pandemics,” which he taught this past spring to a combined class of five UCLA students and 15 incarcerated students at a federal prison. Gelbart joined the […]

Professor Danielle Schmitt, an assistant professor of biochemistry, is one of 22 UCLA junior faculty members selected to receive the prestigious UCLA Society of Hellman Fellows award. The UCLA Hellman Fellows Program was established in 2011 through the generosity of the Hellman Fellows Fund to support promising assistant professors in their research and creative endeavors, […]

A team led by Professors Justin Caram, Anastassia Alexandrova, and Paula Diaconescu, with Wes Campbell from UCLA Physics and Astronomy, have developed a new platform for magnetic sensing technology, they term “atom-like molecular sensors” (ALMS). ALMS takes advantage of the narrow absorption linewidths of ytterbium complexes to perform magnetic field sensing in a liquid environment […]

The UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry has appointed Soumitra Athavale, an assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, as the John D. and Edith M. Roberts Term Chair in Organic Chemistry, effective retroactively to November 1, 2023. Established in 2016 through funds from former Roberts group members, the Roberts family, UCLA faculty members, and the […]

Vice Chair of Undergraduate Education, Professor Jorge Torres has been awarded the prestigious 2024 E.E. Just Lecture Award from the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB). The E.E. Just Lecture Award from the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) is an important award in the field of cell biology, named in honor of Ernest Everett […]

Professor Philippe Sautet co-leads a team of UCLA researchers whose study, published in Nature Catalysis, unveils atomic-scale details of catalysts’ active sites, enhancing the efficiency of chemical reactions. From California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) News: Researchers reveal atomic-scale details of catalysts’ active sites New technique from the CNSI at UCLA may lead to design approaches that […]

Professor Xiangfeng Duan is co-leader of a team of UCLA researchers who have developed a unique material that retains superconducting properties under high magnetic fields, showing potential for advancing quantum computing. From UCLA Newsroom (by Wayne Lewis): Layered superconductor coaxed to show unusual properties with potential for quantum computing FINDINGS A team led by researchers […]

Biochemistry graduate student Nikki Cheung (Clubb group) is one of only two students nationwide to be chosen as winner of the 2024 Science Olympiad Alumni Research (SOAR) Grant for Medical Research Impacting Human Health, recognizing her innovative work on disarming antibiotic-resistant bacteria using pili-targeting strategies. From Science Olympiad website: The 2024 Science Olympiad Alumni Research […]