Three new pieces have been added to the ongoing Art Show in the Winstein Commons, which opened in October 2022. In 2004, the Saul and Sylvia Winstein Commons was established as a tribute to Professor Saul Winstein, renowned as one of the foremost organic chemists of his time.  The “Commons” name reflects the uniqueness of […]

Professor Prineha Narang leads a UCLA team awarded $1 million by the National Science Foundation’s Quantum Sensing Challenges program. The grant, spanning four years, aims to develop new sensor technologies that can precisely measure the previously unmeasurable. Narang joined the UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry faculty in July, 2022 as the Howard Reiss Development […]

Tim Duong, an undergraduate researcher in the Neuhauser group, received the Best GPU Poster Award during the COMP Poster Session at the NVIDIA GPU Award Symposium at the recent American Chemical Society (ACS) Fall 2023 meeting. The NVIDIA GPU Award for Best GPU Poster recognizes exceptional computational chemistry research using graphics processing units (GPUs), including […]

In partnership with UCLA’s Recreation Summer Camps, Professor Neil Garg and members of his group recently held a week-long summer pilot program called “Chem Kids” to teach children the basics of organic chemistry. From UCLA Newsroom (by Ron Mackovich-Rodriguez) Organic chem for kids? UCLA program immerses youngsters in notoriously challenging subject But in a weeklong […]

Professors Richard Kaner and Yuzhang Li from UCLA’s Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering have been awarded a $1M Climate Action Seed grant for their research project, which will create a breakthrough battery technology based on Zn chemistry. This technology aims to assist California in establishing a carbon-free electric grid, utilizing this new, safe, and long-lasting battery […]

Fourth-year chemistry undergraduate researcher and 2022 Goldwater scholar Laurie Tan (Caram group) is featured in UCLA Magazine. From UCLA Magazine (by Jonathan Riggs): COLLEGE VOICES HER CHEMICAL ROMANCE She loves science … and elephant toothpaste Laurie Tan’s love affair with chemistry began with Betty Crocker boxed cake mix. “Growing up, I would bake a lot […]

A new study by Professor Neil Garg and former Teacher-Scholar Dr. Daniel Nasrallah, now an assistant professor of chemistry at Roanoke College, is the first to explain how well HHCs, a naturally occurring compound in cannabis plants, bind to receptors in the human body; the scientists also devised a safer way to produce HHCs than […]

The UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry is pleased to announce that Professor Juli Feigon (UCLA) has been chosen as the 2023-24 Seaborg Medalist. The Seaborg Medal, established in 1987, is the highest honor our department bestows for distinguished contributions to science, technological innovation, and/or public service in science. We will honor Professor Juli Feigon […]