The department welcomes renowned bioinorganic chemist Professor Hannah Shafaat, who will join the UCLA faculty as a Full Professor on July 1, 2023. Currently a Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry […]

UCLA biochemistry instructor and alumnus Dr. Stacie Nakamoto (Ph.D. ’01, Merchant group), aka “The Baking Biochemist”, is a contestant on the latest season of The Great American Baking Show, which […]

Professor Patrick Harran, UCLA’s Donald J. and Jane M. Cram Professor of Organic Chemistry, and his group have been awarded a grant by National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry […]

Undergraduate researcher Amanda Nguyen (Schwartz group) has been selected for the prestigious 2023-24 UCLA Beckman Scholars Program. The 2023-24 Beckman Research Scholarship at UCLA is awarded to outstanding undergraduate researchers […]

The department welcomes talented physical and atmospheric chemist Dr. Victoria “Tori” P. Barber, who will join the UCLA faculty as an Assistant Professor on July 1, 2023. Drawing on her […]

Undergraduate researcher Cecilia “Ceci” McCormick (Spokoyny group) has been selected for the prestigious 2023-24 UCLA Beckman Scholars Program. The 2023-24 Beckman Research Scholarship at UCLA is awarded to outstanding undergraduate […]

Professors Neil Garg, Yi Tang and Ken Houk have been awarded a $2M grant over two years from the California Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) to evaluate synthetic and semi-synthetic […]

Theoretical chemist Professor Anastassia Alexandrova is the recipient of the 2023 Brown Investigator Award, in recognition of her curiosity-driven basic research in chemistry and physics. One of seven mid-career researchers […]