UCLA team wins the 2024 Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Organic Chemistry Horizon Prize

2 years ago

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The Molecular Strainers Team at UCLA, led by Professor Neil Garg and Professor Ken Houk, receives the RSC 2024 Organic Chemistry Horizon Prize: Perkin Prize in Physical Organic Chemistry for […]

UCLA team wins the 2024 Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Organic Chemistry Horizon Prize
July 10

Professor Richard Kaner delivers Timms Lecture at the University of Bristol

2 years ago

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The University of Bristol recently hosted Professor Richard Kaner for the prestigious Timms Lecture as part of the Peter Timms Symposium 2024.  Known for his groundbreaking work in materials science, […]

Professor Richard Kaner delivers Timms Lecture at the University of Bristol
July 10

2024 Undergraduate Student Commencement Awards

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Each year at commencement, we recognize our undergraduate students for their accomplishments in academics and in research. The 2024 Chemistry & Biochemistry Undergraduate Commencement Awards were presented to our students […]

2024 Undergraduate Student Commencement Awards
July 10

2024 Graduate Student Commencement Awards

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Each year at commencement, we recognize our graduate students for their accomplishments in academics and research. The 2024 Chemistry & Biochemistry Graduate Commencement Awards were presented to our students at […]

2024 Graduate Student Commencement Awards
July 10

2024 Commencement Ceremony

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On June 15, the UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry hosted this year’s commencement ceremony to celebrate the graduating class of 2024. The ceremony, held in Drake Stadium, began with […]

2024 Commencement Ceremony
July 10

Researchers achieve most precise measurement of thorium-229 for future nuclear clocks

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Professor Anastassia Alexandrova and postdoctoral associate Dr. Harry Morgan, along with their collaborators from UCLA Physics, are developing 229Th-based solid-state nuclear clocks, which promise to outperform the current state-of-the-art atomic […]

Researchers achieve most precise measurement of thorium-229 for future nuclear clocks
July 8

2024 gBSA Summer Seminar Series

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Starting Friday, July 12, the 2024 Summer Seminar Series, organized by the Graduate Biochemistry Student Association (gBSA), features talks by professionals working in academia and industry, including UCLA Chemistry & […]

2024 gBSA Summer Seminar Series
July 2

Atomic-scale mapping of MXenes unveils new insights

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Professor Paul S. Weiss and collaborators from Drexel University have performed the first scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy studies of MXenes, a recently discovered class of two-dimensional materials, mapping their […]

Atomic-scale mapping of MXenes unveils new insights
July 2