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 […]

Dean of Physical Sciences Professor Miguel A. García-Garibay  has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of his distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Membership in […]

The department welcomes innovative RNA biochemist and biophysicist Dr. Michael Lawson, who will join the UCLA faculty as an Assistant Professor of biochemistry on July 1, 2023. A leader in […]

Professor Prineha Narang and collaborator Sergio Carbajo, a UCLA assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering and of physics and astronomy, are working together to understand the incredibly fast interactions […]

Noble laureate and nanotechnology pioneer Professor Ben L. Feringa (University of Groningen) visited UCLA on April 13, 2023, to give the Spring 2023 Distinguished Lecture. Feringa was awarded the 2016 […]

Chemistry & Biochemistry undergraduate students Tim Duong (Neuhauser group) and Daniel Torres Pomares (Spokoyny group) have been accepted into the prestigious UC LEADS program. The University of California Leadership Excellence […]