Department Chair Professor Alexander Spokoyny has been selected as a 2025 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in recognition of his distinguished contributions in main […]

A UCLA research team led by Professor Xiangfeng Duan, with postdoctoral fellows Dr. Laiyuan Wan and Dr. Boxuan Zhou, has discovered a way to dramatically improve how electrical current enters […]

The Graduate Biochemistry Student Association (gBSA) recently hosted a Wine and Paint Night, an evening of creativity and connection enjoyed by Chemistry and Biochemistry graduate students and post-docs. Held in […]

On Tuesday, February 17, 2026, members of the UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry community gathered at UCLA Carnesale Commons to celebrate the installation of 13 endowed chairs in the department. Donors, […]

Ninety-seven years ago today, Chemistry 1A became the first class ever taught on UCLA’s Westwood campus. After a mysterious fire reduced the university’s chemistry laboratories to ashes in 1929, a […]

Fifth-year chemistry graduate student Aleksandras “Alek” Lotuzas (Harran group) was one of 10 finalists in the 2026 UCLA Grad Slam competition, held March 11. Lotuzas’ three-minute presentation, “Harnessing Green Tea […]

A research team co-led by Professor Abigail Doyle, postdoctoral fellow Dr. Simone Gallarati, and graduate student Erin Bucci, together with Professor Matthew S. Sigman at the University of Utah, has […]

Distinguished Research Professor Ken Houk was the featured guest for Pomona College’s 62nd Robbins Lecture Series, “Computational Organic and Biological Chemistry,” where he delivered four talks from February 24-27. “I had a wonderful […]