2023 OMCOS Prize Winner

4 years ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Faculty

Professor Abigail Doyle has been chosen the winner of the prestigious 2023 OMCOS Award. The OMCOS Award was established to recognize an early-to-mid career scientist who has made significant contributions […]

November 9

Faculty Spotlight: Margot Quinlan

4 years ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Faculty

The department congratulates Professor Margot Quinlan on her promotion to the rank of full professor. The rank of Full Professor is the highest rank that a professor can achieve (other […]

Prof. Margot Quinlan
November 8

Iota Sigma Pi 2022 Agnes Fay Morgan Research Award

4 years ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Faculty

Professor Ellen Sletten receives the 2022 Agnes Fay Morgan Research Award from Iota Sigma Pi, the National Honor Society for Women in Chemistry. The award is given for research achievement […]

November 4

Iron induces chronic heart failure in half of heart attack survivors, according to landmark study

4 years ago

  • Faculty
  • Recent Research
  • Research

Professor Louis Bouchard is part of a team of researchers who have identified that iron drives the formation of fatty tissue in the heart and leads to chronic heart failure […]

November 3

CNSI Noble Fund researchers work to develop an opioid drug that has very low abuse potential

4 years ago

  • Faculty
  • Research

Professor Heather Maynard is part of a team researchers whose Nobel Fund project is seeking to curb opioid addiction by rendering the drug inactive unless taken orally, as well as […]

October 27

2022-2023 Audree V. Fowler Fellows in Protein Science

4 years ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Graduate
  • Student

Graduate students Cody Gillman (Gonen lab), Declan Evans (Houk lab), Troy Lowe (Backus lab), Ashley Julio (Backus lab), and Alex Stevens (Hong Zhou lab) have been selected as 2022-2023 Fowler […]

Fowler Fellows 2022
October 27

Miguel A. García-Garibay Appointed Senior Dean of the College

4 years ago

  • Faculty

Professor Miguel A. García-Garibay has been appointed senior dean of the UCLA College. He will serve a two-year term beginning November 1, 2022. A member of UCLA’s faculty for more […]

Miguel A. García-Garibay
October 26

Fundamental study determines Pt surface hydronium pKa and reveals correlation with HER kinetics

4 years ago

  • Recent Research
  • Research

A research collaboration between Professor Xiangfeng Duan’s group in the UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Professor Yu Huang’s group in the UCLA Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and […]

October 20