Professor Ron Naaman (Weizmann Institute of Science), known for discovering and developing the concept of chiral-induced spin selectivity (CISS), visited UCLA on February 19 to give the Winter 2026 Chemistry & Biochemistry Distinguished Lecture.
Enthusiastic students, postdoctoral researchers, staff and faculty members attended the lecture in the Dongwon Yoo Seminar & Conference Hall in the Mani L. Bhaumik Collaboratory in Young Hall. A reception followed the lecture in the Collaboratory study area.
In his lecture, titled “The Chiral Induced Spin Selectivity – Basic and Applications”, Naaman discussed both the discovery and the broad potential impact of this fascinating phenomenon.
Select photos from the event can be viewed below, and the full photo gallery is available here.
Penny Jennings, UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, penjen@g.ucla.edu.
