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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

Dr. Eugenia S. Vasileiadou, a postdoctoral researcher in Professor Justin Caram’s group, has received the prestigious University of California Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship (UC-CPFP) for the 2024-2025 academic year.  The Chancellor’s […]

On May 14, 2024, 38 undergraduate students presented research posters at the first annual SMACS and UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry Undergraduate Poster Session, hosted jointly by the Student Members of […]

In April, the UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry launched Fran Zone’s Chemistry of Compelling Communication Series. The inspiration for the series was sparked in 2019 when department chair, Professor […]