Professor Justin Caram was presented with the 2023 UCLA Alpha Chi Sigma (AXΣ) Glenn T Seaborg Award at the annual AXΣ Seaborg Banquet on May 6. The event, held at the Mayfair Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, was attended by members of Alpha Chi Sigma, a professional chemistry co-ed fraternity for undergraduate students, UCLA chemistry […]

The seven-year research collaboration with researchers at Columbia University marks an important step in a long-awaited aptamer revolution. UCLA Division of Physical Sciences (by Ben Paul): The Seven-Year Collaboration That Won’t Quit The research marks an important step in a long-awaited aptamer revolution One cold day in October 2016, Anne Andrews, UCLA professor of chemistry & biochemistry […]

Graduate student Joshua Engler (Tolbert group) has been awarded the 2023 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship, one of the country’s most prestigious honors for graduate students in the fields of Science Technology, Engineering and Mathematics or STEM. Engler is among 165 students from across the country, and one of four from UCLA, […]

Professor Alexander Spokoyny has been named the next Chair of the UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry.  “I am delighted to announce that Professor Alexander Spokoyny has agreed to serve as chair of the department from July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2026,” said Distinguished Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry and Senior Dean of the […]

Professor Keriann Backus receives a 2023 Undergraduate Research Week Faculty Mentor Award, which honors the considerable dedication of faculty mentors who have served as effective research mentors to undergraduate students.  As part of the UCLA Undergraduate Research Week, which was held on May 22-26, 2023, undergraduate student researchers who presented their work during the Undergraduate […]

Fifth-year chemical biology Ph.D. student Hayden Montgomery (Maynard/Spokoyny groups) has been selected by the UCLA Academic Senate for the 2022-23 Graduate Student Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Award. According to the Academic Senate’s DEI website, the prestigious award is given to just one graduate student each year in order “to honor those who have motivated […]

Graduate student Yuto Katsuyama (Kaner group) has been selected to the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list – Class of 2023 in the Health Care & Science category. Forbes magazine released its eighth annual “30 Under 30 Asia” list, which includes 300 young entrepreneurs, leaders, and trailblazers under the age of 30 from across the […]

The department welcomes talented mineral chemist Professor Abby Kavner, who will join the UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry faculty as a Full Professor on July 1, 2023. Prof. Kavner will hold a joint appointment with the department and the UCLA Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Science, where she is currently a Full Professor.  […]