Professors Sarah Tolbert, Richard Kaner, and Abby Kavner are part of a team of researchers who have found that smaller grain sizes in the superhard material rhenium diboride (ReB₂) increase its strength, allowing it to withstand more stress before deforming. This discovery, made using high-pressure radial x-ray diffraction, highlights the potential of transition-metal borides for […]

On June 12, 2024, Professor Sarah Tolbert was awarded the American Chemical Society Southern California Section’s (SCALCS) highest honor, the 2023 Richard C. Tolman Award Medal, in recognition of her groundbreaking research in nanoscience and materials chemistry. Faculty, students, alumni, and staff attended the Richard C. Tolman Award dinner at the UCLA Faculty Club. A […]

Distinguished Professor Michael E. Jung, the Walter and Shirley Wang Chair in Medicinal Drug Discovery, has been inducted into the ACS Division of Medicinal Chemistry Hall of Fame. The American Chemical Society’s Division of Medicinal Chemistry (MEDI) established the Hall of Fame in 2006 by Executive Committee.  Inductees can be nominated by Division members or […]

UCLA chemistry lecturer and author Dr. Eric Scerri is featured in a BruinLife Online article about the Sinking Ducks, a student rock, blues, and funk band he founded to share his passion for blues guitar, foster a musical community through regular jam sessions, and mentor students in rhythmic playing for creative outlet and stress relief. […]

This year’s annual Organic Graduate Symposium on June 14, 2024, featured brilliant talks by nine chemistry graduate students. The annual Organic Graduate Symposium provides a forum for organic chemistry graduate students in their final year to present their dissertation research at UCLA to their peers, researchers, and faculty. The symposium is open to everyone in […]

On April 24, 2024, faculty, students, alumni, and visitors gathered for the inaugural UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry’s “Chemistry for a Healthy World” event, featuring brief research talks by Professors Michael Jung, Heather Maynard, Ellen Sletten, and Stuart Conway. The purpose of the event, held at the UCLA California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) auditorium, was […]

We are sad to report that Professor Emeritus Frank Adrien Louis Anet passed away at the age of 97 on May 18, 2024.   A memorial tribute to Professor Anet was featured in the November 15, 2024, issue of the Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry, including the cover. Frank Adrien Louis Anet was born to Gaston […]

Professor Prineha Narang is part of a team of researchers from UCLA and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory whose research has, for the first time, captured atomic-level images of a chemical catalyst during an electrochemical reaction. This significantly advances our understanding of catalyst behavior, potentially leading to improvements in sustainable energy production and various industrial processes. […]