Thanks to our many generous donors, the Mani L. Bhaumik Collaboratory and the Dongwon Yoo Seminar & Conference Room, located in Young Hall 4222, are now open! The former Young Hall library has been transformed into the Collaboratory (also known as the “CoLab”), which features a much-needed lecture hall with 142 seats (the largest in […]

Ph.D. student Samantha Theresa Mensah (Andrews/P Weiss groups) has been named the recipient of the 2022 Winifred Burks-Houck Graduate Leadership Award by the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE). The award was created to highlight outstanding graduate research and leadership and commitment to outreach activities. In the labs […]

Professor Ken Houk has been awarded one of the 2022 Akira Suzuki Awards, the ICReDD Award, from the Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (ICReDD), in recognition of the remarkable results he has achieved in the field of computational (theoretical) chemistry. A professor of organic chemistry at UCLA, Houk has pioneered the use of […]

The department welcomes talented synthetic inorganic chemist Professor Matthew Nava, who joins the UCLA faculty as the Jeffrey and Helo Zink Endowed Professional Development Term Chair in Chemistry. Professor Matthew Nava joined our inorganic faculty in July 2022 as an Assistant Professor. A Southern California native, Nava received a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry as a […]

Professor Richard Kaner’s new bacterial resistant coating for medical devices is featured in UCLA’s student-run newspaper, the Daily Bruin. Kaner group alumni Brian McVerry (Ph.D. ’16) and Ethan Rao (B.S. Biochemistry ’16) helped to develop the coating that is transforming the lives of patients who are required to use implantable medical devices on a long-time […]

Select photos from the 2022 Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Commencement Ceremony and a video of Susan Baumgarten’s commencement address are now available. A video of Baumgarten’s commencement address as well as Professor Garg’s welcoming remarks and the presentation of the Alumni Award by Dean of Physical Sciences Professor Miguel García-Garibay can be viewed here. […]

Each year at commencement we recognize our graduate students for their accomplishments in academics and in research. The 2022 Chemistry & Biochemistry Graduate Commencement Awards were presented to our students at the department’s annual commencement ceremony. Congratulations to all the recipients! We are incredibly grateful to our donors whose generous gifts make these awards possible! […]

Each year at commencement we recognize our undergraduate students for their accomplishments in academics and in research. The 2022 Chemistry & Biochemistry Undergraduate Commencement Awards were presented to our students at the department’s annual commencement ceremony. Congratulations to all the recipients! We are incredibly grateful to our donors whose generous gifts make these awards possible! […]