The Jeffrey I. Zink Inorganic Chemistry Seminar Series at UCLA has been named with a generous gift by Helo Zink and Distinguished Professor Jeffrey Zink.  The newly endowed seminar series supports inorganic chemistry-themed lectures throughout the year and will support an annual Zink Lectureship.  A Distinguished Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Zink is one of […]

Third-year organic chemistry graduate students Ana Bulger, Matthew McVeigh, and Billy Treacy have been named the 2022 Senior Foote Fellows.     The awards were presented to the fellows at our annual departmental awards ceremony on May 13, 2022.   The Senior Foote Fellowships are awarded to our most outstanding organic graduate students in their third year upon […]

Nine talented chemistry & biochemistry graduate students have been awarded the 2022 Ralph & Charlene Bauer Awards in recognition of their excellence in research, teaching, and service.  Congratulations to the following recipients who have advanced to candidacy by the successful completion of their written and oral qualifying examinations – Samuel DeMario (Chanfreau group), Morris Dweck […]

We celebrated the many accomplishments of our alumni, faculty, postdocs, students, and staff at our annual departmental awards ceremony on May 13, 2022. Each year at this event we recognize our faculty, postdocs, and students for their accomplishments in research and teaching, two of the primary missions of our university. We also recognize staff members […]

11 talented chemistry & biochemistry graduate students have been awarded 2022 Excellence in Research awards. Congratulations to Lisa Boatner (Backus group), Samuel DeMario (Chanfreau group), Shijie Deng (Diaconescu group), Cesar Garcia (Sletten group), Zach Hern (Diaconescu group), Natalie Kashanchi (Tolbert group), Andrew Kelleghan (Garg group), Patricia Poths (Alexandrova group), Daniel Robertson (Tolbert group), Charlene Salamat […]

The UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry is pleased to announce that Professor Carolyn Bertozzi (Stanford) has been chosen for the 2022 Seaborg Medal. The Seaborg Medal, established in 1987, is bestowed by the department for distinguished contributions to science, technological innovation, and/or public service in science. This is the highest honor awarded by our […]

The UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry would like to welcome Professors Prineha Narang, Matthew Nava, and Danielle Schmitt to our department!   All three faculty members formally started their appointments at UCLA on July 1, 2022.   Brief biographies of our new faculty are below. Read an in-depth article about Professor Prineha Narang here and please watch […]

24 talented Chemistry & Biochemistry graduate students have been awarded the 2022 Michael E Jung Excellence in Teaching Awards. These awards are given to students who have excelled as teaching assistants (TAs), as reflected in undergraduate student evaluations and faculty nomination letters. The award honors Professor Michael Jung, who is one of our department’s greatest […]