Professor Ken Houk is co-leader of a team of researchers who have found a way to break down fluorine compounds that contribute to pollution and health problems The team includes Professor […]

Professor Amy Keating (PhD ’98 Houk/García-Garibay groups) has been named head of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Department of Biology. After graduating from Harvard University with a degree in […]

Their Nobel Fund project is to combine synthetic biology and synthetic chemistry to develop cannabinoids, both the common cannabinoids as well as rare cannabinoids for medicinal use. They have been […]

In a new video, Professor Richard Kaner explains his Nobel Fund team’s goal is to create technology for grid-level batteries that store energy from sustainable but intermittent sources such as the […]

Professor Abigail Doyle is co-PI of the NSF Center for Computer Aided Synthesis (C-CAS), which will use machine learning to accelerate the synthesis of molecules. The Doyle lab is interested […]

In a new video, Professor Yves Rubin and UCLA collaborators explain their Nobel Fund project to develop a zero-carbon foot print process for generating hydrogen for energy Rubin and collaborators […]

Professor Ken Houk is part of a team to develop new techniques that enable unprecedented versatility in design of drug molecules. The landmark achievement, reported August 9, 2022, in Nature, reflects […]

Professor Xiangfeng Duan and members of his group are part of a team led by UCLA researchers to devise a method for predicting performance of catalysts in fuel cells. Platinum […]