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 […]

In early May 2024, Professor Omar Yaghi from the University of California, Berkeley, visited UCLA to deliver the Mautner Perkins Memorial Lectures, including a scientific lecture and a public lecture. Following his public lecture, two graduate students were honored with the 2024 Mautner Perkins Memorial Graduate Awards. Select photos from the 2024 Mautner Perkins Memorial […]

Professor Craig Merlic is profiled in an in-depth article in the Hertz Foundation News. Merlic was a Hertz Fellow during his organic chemistry graduate studies at the University of Wisconsin. The Hertz Fellowship is awarded annually to the nation’s most promising graduate students in science and technology. From Hertz Foundation News (by Colleen Newquist): A […]

We are sad to report that former faculty member Dr. Edward William Graham (Northwestern State University of Louisiana) passed away on March 25, 2022. Graham was born in Natchitoches, Louisiana, on October 24, 1937, and graduated from Louisiana State University.  He earned his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, and then […]