UCLA Environment, Health, and Safety spearheads a pilot chemical inventory project, using radio-frequency identification technology to provide free chemical inventorying services for laboratories. UCLA Environment, Health, & Safety (EH&S) aims to innovate new methods that assist day-to-day activities of research faculty and students. With this goal in mind, UCLA EH&S has upgraded their ChemTag program to […]

Members of the department and family members gathered to celebrate the remarkable career of Dr Arlene Russell at the Botanical Garden’s La Kretz Garden Pavilion on June 29th. A true Bruin, Russell received her M.S. degree in organic chemistry from UCLA in 1968, and her Ph.D. degree in higher education from UCLA in 1984. She […]

We are sad to report that alumnus and 2020 Alumni Legacy Award recipient Dr Ralph Bauer passed away on July 12, 2022, at the age of 92 Dr. Bauer was recently honored at the 2022 UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry Departmental Awards ceremony on May 13, 2022. At the awards ceremony, the Bauer Legacy Award video, which provides insight […]

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2022 Staff Recognition Awards, which recognize outstanding contributions made to the department by our staff members. The awards were presented at our annual departmental awards ceremony on May 13, 2022. Congratulations to the recipients listed below! CHEM HONOREE: The CHEM Honoree is awarded to one staff member who exemplifies service to the […]

Four talented UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry scientists have been selected for the department’s 2022 Postdoctoral Research Awards. Dr. Cheng-Wei Lin (Kaner group), Dr. Baocheng Liu (Feigon group), Dr. Huaying Ren (Duan group), and Dr. Aneta Turlik (Houk group) were chosen for the award from a highly competitive group of nominations. The 2022 Chemistry & Biochemistry Postdoctoral Awards were presented to the recipients […]

We are sad to report that devoted father and loving husband Professor Alex Levine died on July 8, 2022 in Santa Monica.  Los Angeles Times obituary: Alex J. Levine January 25, 1968 – July 8, 2022 Alex J. Levine, devoted father and loving husband, died on July 8, 2022 in Santa Monica. Alex was born […]

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 […]