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 […]

From climbing mountains in the Cascades and South America to being a U.S. Science Envoy building relationships internationally in quantum, Professor Prineha Narang strives to be a role model for the next generation for scientists and engineers. So, a slightly belated congratulations to Professor Narang on her promotion to full professor and appointment as Professor […]

Biochemistry graduate student Mai Abdusamad (Torres group) has been awarded a prestigious Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (NIH F31). The NIH F31 award, formally known as the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for Individual Predoctoral Fellows, is a prestigious grant given by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). […]

Congratulations to Professor Ellen Sletten on her promotion to full professor, effective July 1, 2023. Sletten’s groundbreaking research and innovative approaches have positioned her as a leading scientist in chemical biology, with a particular focus on bioorthogonal chemistry and molecular imaging. Sletten earned her Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry from Stonehill College in 2006. She […]

Professor Anastassia Alexandrova has been named a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), the oldest chemical society in the world, whose mission is to “advance excellence in the chemical sciences.” Members of the Royal Society of Chemistry are required to have made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of chemical sciences. Achieving fellow […]

Last month, UCLA’s chemistry department graduated its first cohort of twenty-one students in the new Master of Applied Chemical Sciences (MACS) program. Created in response to an urgent need in industry for chemists and biochemists with graduate-level hands-on training, it is one of only three of its kind in the country.  Although this program is administered at […]

Congratulations to Professor Alexander Spokoyny on his promotion to full professor with tenure, effective July 1, 2024. Spokoyny is a prominent chemist specializing in inorganic, main group and organometallic chemistry, with a particular focus on the applications of these fields in energy storage and biomedical technologies. He currently serves as the Chair of the UCLA […]

Congratulations to Professor Keriann Backus on her promotion to associate professor with tenure, effective July 1, 2024. A prominent chemical biologist known for her groundbreaking work in chemoproteomics and chemical probe development, Backus’ research seeks to advance our understanding of protein function and guide discovery of therapeutic targets with innovative mass spectrometry techniques and multi-omic […]