Professor Richard Kaner's research on graphene-based "supercapacitors" has received tremendous attention on various web news outlets.
Professor Paul Weiss was one of the three faculty featured in UCLA Today's coverage of the university's role in the national brain-mapping initiative.
UCLA's reputation continues to rise, according to new international rankings released today.
Professor Jorge Torres was named one of thirteen 2013 Cottrell Scholars by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA), recognizing his scientific contributions to research and his commitment to undergraduate education.
Professor Richard Kaner and Maher El-Kady (Kaner Lab), have developed a cost-effective and scalable method for producing micro-supercapacitors, which may have potential applications in roll-up displays, TVs, e-paper, and even wearabl
Professor Heather Maynard, graduate students Thi Nguyen and Caitlin Decker, former postdocs Sung-Hye Kim and Darice Wong, and Professor Joseph Loo have developed new bio-mimicking therapeutics that can be used to quicken the wound healing process.
Professor Anastassia Alexandrova was selected as one of 126 early-career scientists and scholars to receive a 2013 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow.
Professor Heather Maynard was one of six individuals selected as a 2013 Fellow of the Division of Polymer Chemistry (POLY Fellow) by the Division of Polymer Chemistry, of the American Chemical Society.
Professor James Liao was elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) for his advances in metabolic engineering of microorganisms to produce fuels and chemicals.
Professor Shimon Weiss was selected to receive a Humboldt Research Award for his lifetime achievements in research, after being nominated by Prof. Dr. Joerg Enderlein from the Universitaet Goettingen, Germany.
Professor Emeritus M. Frederick Hawthorne is among twelve scientists President Obama selected to receive the National Medal of Science, the highest honor bestowed by the United States Government upon scientists.
Professor Tim Deming and Professor Sebastien Leccomandoux, from the University of Bordeaux, have organized the inaugural UBordeaux-UCLA Workshop on Polymers, to be held January 31-February 1 at the Getty Villa, Malibu and UCLA.
Richard (Dick) Gillespie, an alumnus and long-time staff member in the department, passed away in his sleep on Friday, January 25 at the age of 90.
Professor Raphael Levine will be awarded the 2012 Israel Chemical Society (ICS) Gold Medal for his outstanding contributions to the field of chemistry.
Professor Paul Weiss and co-workers were awarded a $1 million W.M. Keck Foundation grant to fund research in uses of "compressive sensing."
UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry graduate (BS, PhD) Prof. Jacquelyn Gervay-Hague has been chosen as the next director of the NSF Chemistry Division.
Jacquelyn Gervay-Hague is a professor and chair of the department of chemistry at the University of California, Davis.
The S.T. Li Foundation has awarded Professor Neil Garg with the 2012-2014 Li Prize for Achievements in Science and Technology.
Professor Raphael Levine has accepted a 3-year term and will continue his service to the PNAS Editorial Board.
Professor Miguel Garcia-Garibay has won a 2012 Inter-American Photochemical Society Award in Photochemistry.
The department recognized the efforts of our accomplished students and faculty at the annual Departmental Awards Ceremony, held on November 19, 2012.
Chemical and Engineering News recently featured an article describing the recent Celebration of the 100th Birthday of Saul Winstein symposium
The American Chemical Society’s Green Chemistry Institute Pharmaceutical Roundtable, a partnership between the ACS Green Chemistry Institute and member corporations in the pharmaceutical field, has awarded Professor Neil Garg its first researc
Yi Tang is one of 10 researchers nationwide who were selected to receive an NIH Director's Pioneer Award.