2021 American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow (AAAS)

4 years ago

Professor Joseph Loo has been named fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Loo is among 564 scholars selected as fellows this year. The 2021 fellows will […]

2021 American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow (AAAS)
January 26

Approaching the fundamentals of 2D semiconductor diodes: excitons, why can’t we meet in the middle?

4 years ago

Exciting collaborative effort from the Duan and Caram labs unlocked the secrets approaching the fundamental performance limit of 2D semiconductor diodes for the first time, providing critical design principles for […]

Approaching the fundamentals of 2D semiconductor diodes: excitons, why can’t we meet in the middle?
January 26

Wong group leads study that could have implications for medical and sustainability research

4 years ago

Their study showed that bacterium communicate using chemical signals analagous to radio signals in order to help cells join together and form communities. Professor Gerard Wong, a member of the […]

Wong group leads study that could have implications for medical and sustainability research
January 26

New Liquid Helium Recycling System Offers Sustainable Research

4 years ago

The newly installed system supports research instruments requiring liquid helium, a nonrenewable resource that has recently become less commercially available.  Superconducting magnets are critical components of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) […]

New Liquid Helium Recycling System Offers Sustainable Research
January 25

2021 Scialog Collaborative Innovation Award

4 years ago

Professor Chong Liu and collaborators receive a $55K 2021 Scialog Collaborative Innovation Award. Professor Chong Liu and collaborators Professor Andrea Hicks, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin – Madison […]

2021 Scialog Collaborative Innovation Award
January 25

Faculty in the News – UCLA Newsroom

4 years ago

  • Outreach

Professor Ellen Sletten and her former PhD student Rachael Day are featured in article about the “Photonbooth” they created as an outreach for local schools. A UCLA faculty member since […]

Faculty in the News – UCLA Newsroom
January 24

UCLA’s 2021 Exploring Your Universe (EYU)

4 years ago

  • Outreach

Chemistry & Biochemistry faculty, postdocs, grad students, undergrads, and alums helped make Exploring Your Universe on November 7, 2021, a huge success. For the second year, the festival was offered […]

UCLA’s 2021 Exploring Your Universe (EYU)
January 24

2022 International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)-Richter Prize

4 years ago

Professor Michael Jung has been awarded the 2022 IUPAC-Richter Prize in recognition of his research, which has afforded new drugs for the treatment of advanced prostate cancer. The IUPAC-Richter prize […]

2022 International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)-Richter Prize
January 19