Professor Neil Garg has agreed to serve an additional year as Chair of the department, with four new Vice Chairs appointed for one-year terms.  “I’m delighted to report that Professor […]

Ph.D. student Zachary Gvildys (Bruinsma and Gelbart/Knobler groups) is one of only five UCLA Ph.D. students selected for the 2022 Distinguished Teaching Award for Teaching Assistants. According to the Academic […]

Congratulations to our current students and alumni who have received prestigious 2022 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Awards and Honorable Mentions.  The National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) recognizes […]

Dr. Robert and Carole Foran have made a generous commitment to the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry in honor of Professor Kenneth Trueblood.   Their gift establishes the Robert and Carole […]

Professors Louis Bouchard and Paula Diaconescu receive 2022 Undergraduate Research Week Faculty Mentor Awards. These awards honor the considerable dedication of faculty mentors who have served as effective research mentors to […]

Professor Prineha Narang, who will join the UCLA faculty in July, is profiled by her alma mater the California Institute of Technology. Currently an Assistant Professor at the John A. Paulson […]

UCLA alumni Dr Atsuko and Akira Fujimoto have made an additional $100,000 commitment to the Roberts A Smith Graduate Award for the Study of Biochemistry.  The Roberts A. Smith Graduate […]

Professor Abigail Doyle has been named one of 31 National Finalists for the 2022 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists. Chosen from a pool of 309 nominated promising scientific researchers […]