2023 Collegiate Inventors Competition Finalist

3 years ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Graduate
  • Student

Materials chemistry graduate student Amir Nasajpour (P. Weiss group) has been selected as one of the finalists to compete in the 2023 Collegiate Inventors Competition in Washington, D.C. next month. […]

2023 Collegiate Inventors Competition Finalist
September 21

Quantum tunnelling leads to human disease: genetic blindness in young adults

3 years ago

  • Research

Professor Anastassia Alexandrova and former and current members of her group are part of a UCLA team of researchers using advanced computer tools to examine how molecules interact in the […]

Quantum tunnelling leads to human disease: genetic blindness in young adults
September 21

Showcasing Chemistry Nobel Prize Posters

3 years ago

  • General

Framed Nobel Prize posters are now on display to honor the remarkable achievements of distinguished chemists and biochemists closely affiliated with UCLA and our department. The majority of these posters […]

Showcasing Chemistry Nobel Prize Posters
September 21

2020-2021 JACS Top Cited Publications

3 years ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Faculty

Several UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry faculty members have most cited publications in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS) for 2020-2021. A highly cited JACS publication has garnered a […]

2020-2021 JACS Top Cited Publications
September 19

Prineha Narang elected as new Caltech Trustee

3 years ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Faculty

Professor Prineha Narang, a pioneer in quantum matter research at UCLA, has been elected as a Young Alumni Trustee of her alma mater, the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Narang […]

Prineha Narang elected as new Caltech Trustee
September 14

2024 ACS Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award

3 years ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition

Professor Ohyun Kwon is one of ten organic chemists to be selected by the American Chemical Society (ACS) for the prestigious 2024 Arthur C Cope Scholar Award for her contributions […]

2024 ACS Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award
September 8

2024 ACS Frank H. Field and Joe L. Franklin Award for Outstanding Achievement in Mass Spectrometry

3 years ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Faculty

Professor Joseph Loo is the recipient of the ACS 2024 Frank H. Field and Joe L. Franklin Award for Outstanding Achievement in Mass Spectrometry. This national American Chemical Society (ACS) […]

2024 ACS Frank H. Field and Joe L. Franklin Award for Outstanding Achievement in Mass Spectrometry
September 8

Alumni News – Dr. Melissa Ramirez

3 years ago

  • Alumni & Friends

Dr. Melissa Ramirez (Ph.D. ’21 organic chemistry, Garg and Houk groups), currently a postdoctoral scholar at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), has been named a 2023 CAS Future Leader […]

Alumni News – Dr. Melissa Ramirez
September 7