Sep 25, 2020
We are sad to report that UCLA postdoc alum and former faculty member Professor François Diederich (ETH Zürich) passed away on September 23.
Sep 24, 2020
Graduate student Chuanzhen Zhao (P Weiss/A Andrews groups) receives the prestigious Dimitris N Chorafas Foundation Award.
Sep 18, 2020
Harran and Houk groups create computer software that predicts structure and three-dimensional conformations of products made from synthetic reaction sequences.
Sep 17, 2020
Professors Jose Rodriguez and Jorge Torres are recognized in Cell Press’ list of 100 inspiring Hispanic/Latinx scientists in America.
Sep 17, 2020
The department is seeking outstanding candidates for tenure–track or tenured faculty positions at the level of Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor.
Sep 17, 2020
In Chemical & Engineering News article, Professor Neil Garg discusses mentoring with columnist and Emory chemistry professor Jen Heemstra.
Sep 16, 2020
We are sad to report that UCLA cosmochemist Emeritus Professor John Wasson passed away peacefully at the age of 86 on September 7.
Sep 10, 2020
Professor Chong Liu receives a highly prestigious Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA or R35) award from the NIH/NIGMS.
Sep 9, 2020
In the journal Nature, the Garg and Houk groups report the use of unusual strained intermediates in asymmetric catalysis, work highlighted in C&EN.
Sep 8, 2020
Stony Brook professor Nancy Goroff (PhD ’94), the Democratic nominee for Congress in New York’s First Congressional District, is profiled in C&EN.
Sep 3, 2020
Northwestern Professor Jiaxing Huang (PhD ’04, Kaner group) named inaugural Editor-in-Chief of new ACS journal Accounts of Materials Research.
Sep 2, 2020
Each year we recognize our undergraduate students with departmental awards for their accomplishments in academics and in research.
Aug 31, 2020
Professor Anastassia Alexandrova’s 2017 Viewpoint article is selected for ACS Catalysis Virtual Issue: “Blurring the Lines Between Catalysis Subdisciplines”.
Aug 26, 2020
A new American Chemical Society (ACS) national award honors boron research pioneer UCLA Professor Emeritus M Frederick Hawthorne.
Aug 26, 2020
BMSB PhD student Nicole Lynn (Torres lab) writes second article for ASBMB Today magazine as part of their contributor program.
Aug 24, 2020
Honoring Professor Emeritus Richard Dickerson, a giant in structural biology, a new fund is being established to provide resources for an enriched biochemistry seminar series at UCLA.
Aug 20, 2020
We are sad to report that long-time supporter and alumnus Raymond Wilson ’43 passed away at the age of 98 on August 2, 2020.
Aug 20, 2020
Former Houk group undergraduate researcher Professor Osvaldo Gutierrez, University of Maryland, named one of Chemical and Engineering News’ Talented 12.
Aug 14, 2020
Professor Kendall Houk wins the 2021 Roger Adams Award in Organic Chemistry, one of the most important awards given by the ACS.
Aug 10, 2020
Aug 5, 2020
In a new video, Professors Hosea Nelson and Jose Rodriguez speak about their research and the importance of diversity and inclusion in the sciences.
Aug 3, 2020
Professor Steven Clarke was recently interviewed by science journalist Robyn Williams about his Alzheimer’s disease research.
Aug 3, 2020
Professor Jose Rodriguez was recently interviewed by science journalist Robyn Williams about his infectious rope-like prion proteins research.
Aug 3, 2020
Professors Paula Diaconescu and Chong Liu are part of the Center for Integrated Catalysis with the goal to mimic biological systems in the development of synthetic chemical catalytic processes.
Jul 29, 2020
Professor Heather Maynard will serve as Co-director of BioPACIFIC MIP, which will seek to advance fundamental science toward sustainable material development.
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