Biophysicist Professor Shimon Weiss has been selected as one of two awardees of the 2022 Raymond and Beverly Sackler International Prize in Biophysics.  The Sackler Prize in Biophysics, which is awarded annually to leading biophysicists worldwide, was established by arts and sciences philanthropists Dr. Raymond R. Sackler and Mrs. Beverly Sackler to encourage dedication to […]

Third-year chemistry undergraduate researcher Laurie Tan (Caram group) is one of two UCLA students to be named Goldwater Scholars in 2022.  The prestigious national scholarship supports students who show promise of being part of the next generation of research leaders. The Goldwater Scholars were chosen on the basis of academic merit from a pool of […]

UCLA’s chemistry and biochemistry graduate degree programs are among the best in the nation, according to US News & World Report’s Best Graduate School rankings.  The UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry’s graduate program ranked No. 17 in the country. The organic program landed in the top 10, ranking No. 9, and the department’s other […]

Professor Paula Diaconescu has been awarded an American Chemical Society Green Chemistry Institute (ACS GCI) Oilfield Chemistry Roundtable Grant. An inorganic chemist at UCLA since 2005, Professor Paula Diaconescu‘s research group focuses on the design of reactive metal complexes with applications to small molecule activation, organic synthesis, and polymer formation. Diaconescu is the director of […]

PhD student Austin Ready (Spokoyny lab) has been selected for the AFRL 2022 Space Scholars Program to work on the design, fabrication, characterization, and development of functional coatings and materials for space technology. Austin is a third-year year graduate student in Professor Alex Spokoyny’s lab working on the synthesis and characterization of redox-active icosahedral boron […]

Alumnus Cooper Jamieson (PhD ’21, Houk/Tang groups) has been selected to participate in the 71st Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in June 2022.  Jamieson was selected as one of the 600 most qualified young scientists who will get the opportunity to experience and contribute to the unique atmosphere of this years’ Lindau Meeting. The Lindau Nobel […]

1st year chemistry PhD student and 3rd year DGSOM MD-PhD student Eric Lin (Sletten lab) receives Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program Predoctoral Fellowship.  The prestigious TRDRP predoctoral fellowship is awarded to those who conduct research aimed at reducing the negative impact of tobacco use by focusing on tobacco use prevention, tobacco cessation, or tobacco-related disease. Recipients of […]

Graduate student Andrew Dawson (Tolbert group) has been named a 2022 CCST Science & Technology Policy Fellow, serving on the Senate Housing Committee. Dawson, a native Californian, studies materials that increase the energy stored in lithium-ion batteries in Professor Sarah Tolbert’s group. He earned his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of California, Santa […]