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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]