14 chemistry & biochemistry graduate student researchers receive the 2020-2021 UCLA Graduate Division Dissertation Year Fellowship (DYF).  The fellowship is intended to support doctoral students who are within one year of completing and filing their dissertation. It includes a $20,000 stipend plus standard tuition and fees (excluding nonresident tuition). Each year, approximately 200 Dissertation Year […]

This year’s annual Organic Graduate Symposia on June 4th and 11th featured online research talks by 23 chemistry graduate students.  The annual Organic Graduate Symposium provides a forum for organic chemistry graduate students, who are within one year of obtaining their Ph.D., to present their dissertation research at UCLA to their peers, researchers, and faculty. […]

PhD students Sean Atamdede and Isaura Frost and undergraduate researcher Angel Ni receive Pearl Cohen Poster Awards at the Los Angeles Bioscience Ecosystem Summit 2021 (LABEST 2021). LABEST, also known as the UCLA Bioscience Innovation Day, is an annual event where hundreds of researchers, biopharma companies, and startups participate. This was the first year that […]

Professor Hosea Nelson has been named one of 31 National Finalists for the 2021 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists. Chosen from a pool of 298 nominated promising scientific researchers aged 42 years and younger from America’s top academic and research institutions, Nelson is one of nine Chemistry finalists. The finalists were selected based on […]

17 talented Chemistry & Biochemistry graduate students have been awarded the 2021 Michael E Jung Excellence in Teaching Awards. These awards are given to students who have excelled as teaching assistants (TAs), as reflected in undergraduate student evaluations and faculty nomination letters. The award honors Professor Michael Jung, who is one of our department’s greatest […]

On Saturday, June 12, 2021, we honored the department’s graduating PhD, master’s and bachelor’s degree candidates through virtual celebrations. “The Class of 2021 has shown us their passion for science, their intellect, and their ability to withstand the most challenging and extraordinary circumstances imaginable,” said Department Chair Professor Neil Garg. “This has truly been a […]

Each year at commencement we recognize our graduate students for their accomplishments in academics and in research. The 2021 Chemistry & Biochemistry Graduate Student Commencement Awards have been announced. Congratulations to this year’s 43 recipients listed below!  These awards are normally presented to our students at the department’s annual commencement ceremony, which has been postponed […]

PhD student Samantha Mensah (Andrews/P Weiss labs) is one of the six co-founders of #BlackInChem to receive the RSC’s 2021 Inclusion & Diversity Prize. From the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) award announcement: #BlackInChem – Winner 2021 Inclusion & Diversity Prize For the creation of a platform to amplify Black voices, celebrate Black excellence in […]