Professor Richard Kaner’s group is one of three research teams featured in a recent University of California (UC) Research & Innovation article about UC researchers pursuing technological solutions to climate-related problems with funding from California Climate Action Seed Grants. From UC Research & Innovation (by Janet Byron): Technology solutions to climate problems: Zinc batteries, hydrogels, […]

Chemistry & Biochemistry undergraduate students Sofia Ando (Shafaat group) and Isabel Rosales (Diaconescu group) have been accepted into the prestigious UC LEADS program. The University of California Leadership Excellence through Advanced Degrees (UC LEADS) program is one of the most prestigious fellowships awarded by the University of California system. Each year, this honor is awarded […]

The current undergraduate peer learning assistants (UAs) in the Chem 192 C/D classes self-reflect and describe their growth as students, peers, educators, and mentors in the undergraduate assistant teaching practicum conceived and created by Dr. Laurence Lavelle over 12 years ago. By Dr. Laurence Lavelle In 2010 undergraduate peer-to-peer learning was new and it took […]

Professor Neil Garg, the Kenneth N. Trueblood Endowed Chair in Chemistry and Biochemistry and Vice Chair of Academic Personnel in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, has been chosen to serve as the UCLA College marshal for the 11 a.m. College of Letters & Science Main Commencement Ceremony on Friday, June 14, 2024. From UCLA […]

Julia L. Sabin ’83, Vice President of Government Relations at The J.M. Smucker Company, has been selected for the 2024 UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry Alumni Award.  Sabin will accept the award and present the commencement address at the UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry graduation ceremony on Saturday, June 15, 2024. “My UCLA experience not only became […]

On the morning of March 15, 2024, UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry faculty, graduate students, and eager undergraduates gathered in Boyer Hall 159 for a student-faculty mixer, hosted by UCLA’s Student Members of the American Chemical Society (SMACS) in collaboration with the department. More than 40 faculty members and students engaged in friendly, casual exchanges over […]

Chemistry & Biochemistry undergraduate researchers Katie Bogue (Quinlan group), Juliana Girdner (Li group), Amanda Nguyen (Schwartz group), Shivani Patel (Kruglya group), Srihari Prabu (Araujo group), Jordan Tatang (Radu group), Jeff Qu (Rodriguez group), Blake Williams (Spencer group) received the 2024 Dean’s Prize Medal of Excellence at the 2024 UCLA Undergraduate Research Creativity Showcase. The Dean’s […]

In a study just published in Nature Catalysis, a research collaboration between Professor Xiangfeng Duan’s group in the UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Professor Yu Huang’s group in the UCLA Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Professor William A. Goddard III’s group at the California Institute of Technology, has yielded a groundbreaking discovery […]