Professor Louis Bouchard is part of an interdisciplinary UCLA research team that has designed a tiny implantable device they call a SymphNode, which is designed to keep regulatory T cells in check only in the area around a tumor while summoning and strengthening tumor-fighting cells. The device was shown to drive tumors into remission, eliminate […]

A team of UCLA scientists, engineers, and alumni has developed a soft brain probe, whose sensors can detect fluctuations in neurotransmitters continuously and that promises extended monitoring with reduced brain inflammation. The collaborative effort is led by Professor Anne Andrews (pictured above) in the Departments of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, the Semel Institute for Neuroscience […]

Professor Xiangfeng Duan is co-leader of a team that is working to advance photonics — energy-efficient technologies that use particles of light in place of the electrons used in electronics — for applications such as artificial intelligence (AI) and image capture. The team will explore ways to improve signal processing using two-dimensional materials, which are […]

UCLA quantum matter pioneer Prineha Narang has been appointed a 2023 US Science Envoy by the State Department. Narang will help initiate new partnerships with countries that are building their own quantum programs. She is the first Science Envoy to be appointed in the field of quantum science and technology. Narang joins the first cohort […]

The UCLA Samueli School of Engineering has appointed Philippe Sautet, a distinguished professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, as the Levi James Knight, Jr. Term Chair for Excellence, effective retroactively July 1. Sautet, who holds faculty appointments in both the UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and in the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, was […]

The department congratulates Professor Roy Wollman on his promotion to the rank of full professor. The rank of Full Professor is the highest rank that a professor can achieve (other than a named or administrative position) and is conferred upon sustained and distinguished track record of scholarly achievement within one’s university and academic discipline.  Wolman […]

Dr. Chuanzhen Zhao (M.S. ’17 chemistry, Ph.D. ’20 materials chemistry P. Weiss and A. Andrews groups), currently a postdoctoral scholar at Stanford, has been named to Forbes magazine’s 30 Under 30 in Science list for 2023 in recognition of his work in making biosensors for healthcare monitoring. Hormones like cortisol, which are released when people […]

On August 17, 2022, the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry honored 2022 Nobel Laureate Professor Carolyn Bertozzi (Stanford) with the 2022 Glenn T. Seaborg Medal in recognition of her seminal contributions to the field. A symposium entitled “Bringing Chemistry to Life”, a poster session, and an evening medal award dinner were held in Bertozzi’s honor […]