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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]