True Bruin UC Santa Barbara chemistry professor Thuc-Quyen Nguyen (B.S. ’97, M.S. ’98, Ph.D., ’01 chemistry, Schwartz group) is profiled in a recent Chemistry World article. In addition to receiving her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in chemistry from UCLA, Nguyen earned her Ph.D. degree in physical chemistry under the supervision of Prof. Benjamin Schwartz. Her thesis […]

Geneticist and biochemist Professor Rachel Green, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, presented the 22nd annual Sigman Symposium on February 27 at the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI). Green’s groundbreaking research on translation and mRNA decay has had a profound impact on the field of molecular […]

Professor Ron Naaman (Weizmann Institute of Science), known for discovering and developing the concept of chiral-induced spin selectivity (CISS), visited UCLA on February 19 to give the Winter 2026 Chemistry & Biochemistry Distinguished Lecture. Enthusiastic students, postdoctoral researchers, staff and faculty members attended the lecture in the Dongwon Yoo Seminar & Conference Hall in the Mani […]

A research team led by Professor Abigail Doyle and graduate student Flora Fan, with graduate student Alexander Maertens and Doyle Princeton group alumna Kassandra Sedillo, has uncovered new “metal-like” reactivity with phosphines under light to forge useful carbon–nitrogen bonds. Their study was recently featured in Nature. This research was highlighted in an article in the […]

Professor Anne Andrews has been selected to receive the 2026 American Chemical Society Analytical Chemistry Division Award in Electrochemistry in recognition of her accomplishments and service. As a Professor of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, Chemistry & Biochemistry, and Bioengineering at UCLA, Andrews’ research advances understanding of biological systems, especially the brain, and has concentrated on […]

UCLA chemistry lecturer and author Dr. Eric Scerri  is organizing the 29th annual meeting of the International Society for the Philosophy of Chemistry (ISPC), to be held at UCLA this July.  He recently published two new works that examine fundamental questions about the nature and theoretical foundations of the chemical sciences.  The ISPC meeting will take […]

Research by a UCLA team led by Professor Benjamin Schwartz and graduate student William Borrelli is featured on the front cover of this week’s Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, a leading American Chemical Society journal that covers all aspects of physical chemistry.  The highlighted study shows that models in which an extra electron is surrounded […]

In a recent editorial in Science, Professor Prineha Narang and co-author Ian Banks, outline a proposal to rethink doctoral education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Titled “Reimagining STEM doctoral training” the editorial was published in the February 19, 2026, issue. In the editorial, the authors argue that the United States needs to rethink […]