After 37 years of service to the department, we bid farewell to MIC X-Ray Diffraction Staff Dr. Saeed Khan, who retired on July 1, 2023. Senior dean of the UCLA College Division of Physical Sciences and distinguished professor of chemistry and biochemistry Miguel García-Garibay, said of Saeed: “I arrived to UCLA in the early 1990s […]

On June 17, the UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry hosted this year’s commencement ceremony to celebrate the graduating class of 2023. The ceremony began with the welcome address by Department Chair, Professor Neil Garg.  Dean Miguel García-Garibay then presented the UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry 2023 Alumni Award to commencement speaker Dr. Omar K. Farha […]

Professor Anastassia Alexandrova has been awarded the 2023 Gold Shield Faculty Prize. The annual award honors a mid-career faculty member with a distinguished record of teaching, research and service. From UCLA Newsroom (by Wendy Soderburg): Chemist Anastassia Alexandrova receives 2023 Gold Shield Faculty Prize The annual award honors a mid-career faculty member with a distinguished […]

Albert Courey, Professor of Biochemistry and Associate Dean of Physical Sciences for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), has been selected by the UCLA Academic Senate for the 2022-2023 DEI Faculty Award for Student Development.  According to the Academic Senate’s Committee on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, this award honors a faculty member “who has excelled in […]

UCLA alumni Karen Timberlake (M.S. ’65) and William Timberlake (M.S. ’66) received the 2023 Alumni Legacy Award at the Chemistry & Biochemistry Departmental Awards Ceremony on May 31. The award honors distinguished UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry alumni who have received a graduate-level degree from UCLA, in recognition of their achievements in life, and […]

Thanks to our generous donors, 38 undergraduate students will conduct research in our faculty labs this year as summer research fellows. The 2023 Chemistry & Biochemistry Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships were presented to our students at our annual departmental awards ceremony on May 31, 2023. Congratulations to all the recipients listed below! One of the […]

Thanks to our generous donors, 33 talented undergraduates received departmental awards this year in recognition of their accomplishments in academics and in research. The 2023 Chemistry & Biochemistry Undergraduate Departmental Awards were presented to our students at our annual departmental awards ceremony on May 31, 2023. Congratulations to all the recipients listed below! We are […]

Thanks to our generous donors, 56 talented graduate students received departmental awards this year in recognition of their accomplishments in teaching, academics, research, and service. The 2023 Chemistry & Biochemistry Graduate Student Departmental Awards were presented to our students at our annual departmental awards ceremony on May 31, 2023. Congratulations to all the recipients listed […]