Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry

3 years ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Faculty

Department Chair Professor Alexander Spokoyny ’06 has been named a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), the oldest chemical society in the world, whose mission is to “advance […]

Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
March 12

GASND Research & Education Lifetime Achievement Award

3 years ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Faculty

Distinguished Research Professor Joan Valentine receives the Research & Education Lifetime Achievement Award from the Global Association for the Study of Neurodegenerative Diseases (GASND) in recognition of excellence in research […]

GASND Research & Education Lifetime Achievement Award
March 11

Remembering Daniel E. Atkinson – Professor Emeritus of Chemistry and Biochemistry (1921 – 2024)

3 years ago

  • Faculty

Professor Daniel Edward Atkinson, the second biochemist appointed to what is now the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry in 1952, was a seminal figure in 20th century biochemistry.  He is […]

Remembering Daniel E. Atkinson – Professor Emeritus of Chemistry and Biochemistry (1921 – 2024)
March 7

Peking University Overseas Distinguished Guest Lectures

3 years ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Faculty

Professor Ken Houk visited Peking University in February 2024 to deliver the prestigious PKU Overseas Distinguished Guest Lectures. The lectures were hosted by Zhi-Xiang Yu, the Changjiang Professor in the […]

Peking University Overseas Distinguished Guest Lectures
March 7

Fulbright Specialist Program Award

3 years ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Faculty

Professor Anne Andrews receives a Fulbright Specialist Award to complete a project at the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, The Czech Academy of Sciences, in the Czech Republic. The prestigious U.S. […]

Fulbright Specialist Program Award
March 6

Quantum Trailblazers: NarangLab’s Pursuit

3 years ago

  • Faculty
  • Recent Research
  • Research

In this special video profile for the American Physical Society’s 2024 March Meeting, step into the dynamic NarangLab at UCLA, led by quantum innovator Professor Prineha Narang. This cutting-edge team […]

Quantum Trailblazers: NarangLab’s Pursuit
March 1

Five new rippled beta-sheets are elucidated by chemists employing peptides from Alzheimer’s and Type II diabetes

3 years ago

  • Faculty
  • Recent Research
  • Research

Professors David Eisenberg and Jose Rodriguez, along with Staff Scientist Dr. Michael Sawaya and other members of their groups, are part of a University of California, Santa Cruz-led research team […]

Five new rippled beta-sheets are elucidated by chemists employing peptides from Alzheimer’s and Type II diabetes
March 1

Accelerating the discovery of general reaction conditions via machine learning

3 years ago

  • Faculty
  • Graduate
  • Recent Research
  • Research
  • Student

A machine learning optimization approach developed by Professor Abigail Doyle’s lab, led by graduate student Jason Wang, in collaboration with scientists at Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS), significantly accelerates advances in […]

Accelerating the discovery of general reaction conditions via machine learning
February 28