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. […]

On May 21, 2024, we celebrated the many accomplishments of our alumni, faculty, postdocs, students, and staff, at our annual departmental awards ceremony. Each year at this event, we gather together to celebrate the accomplishments of our department members in the university’s primary missions: research, teaching, and service. We also recognize our staff members for […]

On Saturday, June 15, 2024, 37 of our students received Ph.D. degrees, 16 students received Master of Applied Chemical Sciences degrees, five Departmental Scholars received Master of Science degrees, and 306 students received bachelor’s degrees. Congratulations to the Class of 2024! At the ceremony, Dean of Physical Sciences Miguel García-Garibay presented the 2024 UCLA Chemistry […]

Thanks to our generous donors, 69 talented graduate students received departmental awards this year in recognition of their accomplishments in teaching, academics, research, and/or service. The 2024 Chemistry & Biochemistry graduate student departmental awards were presented at our annual departmental awards ceremony on May 21, 2024. Congratulations to all the recipients listed below! We are incredibly grateful […]

Thanks to our generous donors, 52 talented undergraduates received departmental awards this year in recognition of their accomplishments in research and in academics. The 2024 Chemistry & Biochemistry Undergraduate Departmental Awards were presented to our students at our annual departmental awards ceremony on May 21, 2024. Congratulations to all the recipients listed below! We are […]

Thanks to our generous donors, 44 undergraduate students will have the opportunity to conduct cutting-edge research in our faculty labs as research fellows. The 2024 Chemistry & Biochemistry Undergraduate Research Fellowships were presented to our students at our annual departmental awards ceremony on May 21, 2024. Congratulations to all the recipients listed below! One of […]