Professor Alex Spokoyny has been selected by the UCLA Academic Senate for the 2022 Community Service and Praxis Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award. The Community Service and Praxis award honors a faculty member who has built solid, lasting, and meaningful partnerships with community groups and organizations who have a significant impact on the diversity of […]

Biochemistry Professor Steven Clarke has been chosen for the UCLA Academic Senate’s 2022 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Research Award. The UCLA Academic Senate selected Professor Steven Clarke for the DEI Research Award to pay tribute to the tremendous efforts he has made toward diversity and to acknowledge his many contributions to and accomplishments in […]

Thanks to our generous donors, 35 undergraduate students will conduct research in our faculty labs this year as summer research fellows. The 2022 Chemistry & Biochemistry Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships were presented to our students at our annual departmental awards ceremony on May 13, 2022. Congratulations to all the recipients listed below! One of the […]

The summer seminar series, hosted by the Graduate Biochemistry Student Association (gBSA), features two special guest speakers, three alumni career talks, and two research talks. Starting July 8, 2022, the seminars will take place every Friday afternoon from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Cram Conference room in the Molecular Sciences Building, Room 3440. (There […]

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 Neil Garg has agreed to serve an additional year as Chair of the department,” said Dean of Physical Sciences Professor Miguel García-Garibay. “We are very grateful […]

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 Senate Committee on Teaching, Gvildys was selected for the award from a large field of extraordinary nominees campus-wide. The award is a tribute to Gvildys’ […]

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 and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported STEM disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees at accredited U.S. institutions. The five-year fellowship includes […]

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 Foran Fund in Chemistry & Biochemistry to support undergraduate, graduate, and/or post-doctoral scholarships and fellowships in honor of Professor Kenneth Trueblood, who was a well-respected […]