On Tuesday, January 9th, members of the UCLA community gathered for a special lecture by Professor Miguel García-Garibay, Dean of the Division of Physical Sciences and Senior Dean of the UCLA College. Select photos from the lecture can be viewed below and a video of García-Garibay’s lecture can be viewed here. In his lecture, García-Garibay […]

Professor Squire Booker, Evan Pugh University Professor of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology at The Pennsylvania State University, presented the 20th annual Sigman Symposium on January 18, 2024.   The lecture, entitled “A Radical Solution for C(sp3)-C(sp3) Bond Formation during the Biosynthesis of Macrocyclic Membrane Lipids” was followed by a reception in the UCLA California NanoSystems (CNSI) […]

Assistant Researcher Dr. Maher El-Kady is one of three young scientists in the field of energy storage materials chosen for the prestigious Energy Storage Materials (EnSM) Young Scientist Award in recognition of his seminal contribution to the development of safer lithium-ion batteries, and for pioneering mass manufacturing methods of graphene batteries, driving transformative innovations in […]

Alumna Dr. Kathleen Chen (Ph.D. ’23 Rowat group) has been named a 2024 CCST Science & Technology Policy Fellow, serving on the Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee. Chen received her bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Wellesley College and her Ph.D. in chemistry and biochemistry from UCLA in 2023 with Professor Amy Rowat (UCLA Integrative Biology […]

Fourth-year inorganic chemistry graduate student Yessica Nelson (Spokoyny group) is one of five outstanding scholars joining the UCLA chapter of the national Edward Alexander Bouchet Graduate Honor Society (BGHS) this academic year. Under the mentorship of Professor Alexander Spokoyny, Nelson’s research delves into the enigmatic realm of atomically precise boron-based systems, particularly three-dimensional clusters and […]

Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Steven Clarke, was recently interviewed by UCLA biochemistry undergraduate student Jasmine Winter ‘26 for episode 41 of the ChemTalk podcast series “Let’s Talk Chemistry”.  In the podcast interview titled “Dr. Steven Clarke on Biochemistry and Biochemists”, Clarke discusses his journey as a scientist and delves into his research on […]

Graduate student Yongjie He’s (Caram group) video focuses on the science related to the color purple, tying in with the release of the movie “The Color Purple”.  After receiving her bachelor’s degree in physics from Wuhan University in 2020, Yongjia joined the UCLA chemistry graduate program working with Professor Justin Caram, whose group specializes in […]

In 1949, in Haines Hall, the Chemistry building before the move to Young Hall in 1952, Professor Saul Winstein and his graduate student Daniel Trifan carried out experiments that led to a new paradigm of bonding in carbocations. These experiments created a controversy about the nature of the norbornyl cation and how it is formed. […]