2024 Senior Foote Fellows

2 years ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Graduate
  • Student

Third-year organic chemistry graduate students Jordan Gonzalez (Garg lab), Daniel Seungwook Min (Doyle lab), Madeline Ruos (Doyle lab), and Georgia Scherer (Garg lab) have been named the 2024 Senior Foote […]

2024 Senior Foote Fellows
May 1

SCALACS Chemists Celebrate Earth Week Virtual Seminar

2 years ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Faculty

Professor Sarah Tolbert, recipient of the SCALACS Tolman Award for the year 2023, recently presented a virtual seminar titled “Holey Batteries Batman, Can Chemists Really Help Solve Our Energy Problems?”, […]

SCALACS Chemists Celebrate Earth Week Virtual Seminar
April 30

2024 Richard Van Duyne Early Career Award in Experimental Physical Chemistry

2 years ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Faculty

The Physical Division of the American Chemical Society has named Professor Justin Caram as the winner of the prestigious 2024 Richard Van Duyne Early Career Award in Experimental Physical Chemistry. […]

2024 Richard Van Duyne Early Career Award in Experimental Physical Chemistry
April 30

Faculty in the News – Anne M. Andrews

2 years ago

  • Faculty
  • Recent Research
  • Research

Neuroscientist Professor Anne M. Andrews was recently featured in Wired magazine, discussing her groundbreaking work in developing wearable sensors for personalized medicine and well-being, while also addressing the complexities of […]

Faculty in the News – Anne M. Andrews
April 25

UCLA cancer researchers receive Team Science Award from Melanoma Research Alliance

2 years ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Faculty

Professor Stuart Conway, the inaugural holder of UCLA’s Michael and Alice Jung Endowed Chair of Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery, is one of four UCLA researchers to receive a Translational […]

UCLA cancer researchers receive Team Science Award from Melanoma Research Alliance
April 24

Graduate student in the news – AJ Addae

2 years ago

  • Graduate
  • Student

“CBS Evening News” correspondent Danya Bacchus was on campus recently to interview chemical biology graduate student AJ Addae (Paul S. Weiss group) about her work to create a more inclusive […]

Graduate student in the news – AJ Addae
April 19

Drug Discovery Chemistry 2024 Poster Competition Winner

2 years ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Graduate
  • Student

Lisa Boatner, a fifth-year graduate student in the Backus/Houk research groups, is one of two students to win the poster competition at the Drug Discovery Chemistry Conference in San Diego […]

Drug Discovery Chemistry 2024 Poster Competition Winner
April 19

UCLA JCCC Strategic Plan Aligned Project Seed Grant

2 years ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Faculty
  • Research

The UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (JCCC) has awarded Assistant Professor Danielle Schmitt a $77,800 Strategic Plan Aligned Project Seed Grant for her project entitled “iGlo: A Novel Molecular Biosensor […]

UCLA JCCC Strategic Plan Aligned Project Seed Grant
April 18