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 […]

Popular chemistry professor and alum Hung V Pham (PhD ’15 Houk group) receives the department’s 2022 Hanson-Dow Award for Excellence in Teaching.   The Hanson-Dow Award for Excellence in Teaching was […]

Biochemist Professor Margot Quinlan receives the department’s 2022 Hanson-Dow Award for Excellence in Teaching.   The Hanson-Dow Award for Excellence in Teaching was established in 1986 as a means to celebrate […]