By Ben Paul, UCLA Division of Physical Sciences A growing culture of entrepreneurship is reshaping how UCLA chemists think about discovery, impact, and their role beyond the lab. When Mike […]

Dr. Jeffrey Stafford ‘84, CEO of 858 Therapeutics and a veteran biotechnology executive and scientist, has been named the recipient of the 2026 UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry Alumni Award. Stafford […]

Professor Melissa Ramirez (Ph.D. ’21 organic chemistry, Garg and Houk groups), an assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, is profiled in a recent UCLA Newsroom […]

Department Chair Professor Alexander Spokoyny has been selected as a 2025 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in recognition of his distinguished contributions in main […]

A UCLA research team led by Professor Xiangfeng Duan, with postdoctoral fellows Dr. Laiyuan Wan and Dr. Boxuan Zhou, has discovered a way to dramatically improve how electrical current enters […]

The Graduate Biochemistry Student Association (gBSA) recently hosted a Wine and Paint Night, an evening of creativity and connection enjoyed by Chemistry and Biochemistry graduate students and post-docs. Held in […]

On Tuesday, February 17, 2026, members of the UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry community gathered at UCLA Carnesale Commons to celebrate the installation of 13 endowed chairs in the department. Donors, […]

Ninety-seven years ago today, Chemistry 1A became the first class ever taught on UCLA’s Westwood campus. After a mysterious fire reduced the university’s chemistry laboratories to ashes in 1929, a […]