Aug 2, 2019
UCLA chemistry lecturer and author Eric Scerri, world expert on the periodic table, discusses the 150th anniversary of the periodic table with NBC TV.
Aug 1, 2019
PhD student Erick Velasquez and Professor Jorge Torres selected by the HHMI to be one of 44 doctoral adviser-student pairs to receive a 2019 Gilliam Fellowship.
Jul 31, 2019
Fourth-year BMSB PhD student Colleen Hui from Merchant lab has been selected as a Graduate Scholar at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL).
Jul 26, 2019
Alum Professor Patrick Y-S Lam (Postdoc, ’80-84 Jung/Cram) leads symposium celebrating the 20th anniversary of the discovery of the Chan-Lam Reaction.
Jul 25, 2019
Photos from the 2019 Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Commencement Ceremony and a video of Dr Michael Varney’s commencement address are now available.
Jul 19, 2019
Department Chair Professor Neil Garg has been selected for the American Chemical Society (ACS) Division of Organic Chemistry’s 2019 Leete Award.
Jul 18, 2019
Albert Liu, former Houk group high school student researcher, wins silver medal at the 51st International Chemistry Olympiad in Paris.
Jul 17, 2019
On August 27, at the UCLA Research Showcase and Reception in San Diego, we will toast faculty and alumni who are being honored by the ACS.
Jul 15, 2019
Professor Ellen Sletten has been named a 2019 ACS Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE) Young Investigator.
Jul 15, 2019
Alumna Professor JoAnne Stubbe (Postdoc, ‘71-72 Rebek) has been awarded the American Chemical Society’s highest honor, the 2020 Priestley Medal.
Jul 15, 2019
Physical Sciences Dean Miguel García-Garibay has been elected a 2019 Fellow of the American Chemical Society.
Jul 12, 2019
UCLA alum Robert McMahon (PhD ’85), Professor of chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, selected for prestigious ACS 2019 Arthur C Cope Scholar Award.
Jul 11, 2019
The summer seminar series, hosted by the Graduate Biochemistry Student Association (gBSA), features alumni career talks & research talks by postdocs.
Jul 10, 2019
Professor Keriann Backus is the recipient of a prestigious 2019 Young Faculty Award from the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
Jul 9, 2019
Professors Anastassia Alexandrova, Patrick Harran, and Margot Quinlan have agreed to serve as the Vice Chairs of the department, effective July 1, 2019.
Jul 5, 2019
The Houk group hosted the CCHF Virtual Symposum 14 sponsored by the Center for Selective C-H Functionalization (CHF).
Jun 28, 2019
Alumna Mercedes Cornelius (BS '18 Paul Weiss group) appears in episode of web series, Nerd Girl Nation, which features women in STEM fields.
Jun 28, 2019
Postdoctoral Researcher Dr Yuan Yang, from Professor Juli Feigon’s group, received one of three Boyer/Parvin Postdoctoral Awards at the ceremony on June 25.
Jun 27, 2019
Six undergraduate students from five Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) will contribute to research projects this summer.
Jun 27, 2019
Professor Richard Kaner has been named a fellow of the American Institute of Chemists, in recognition of his outstanding achievements in the chemical profession.
Jun 26, 2019
In celebration of UCLA’s centennial, research and ideas from UCLA faculty and collaborators are featured in the special June 25 issue of ACS Nano.
Jun 21, 2019
The annual Organic Graduate Symposium on June 14, 2019, supported by alum Gordon Goldman ’57, featured research talks by eleven chemistry graduate students.
Jun 20, 2019
Professor Michael Jung, UC Presidential Chair in Medicinal Chemistry, is featured in Innovate, the UC Investments’ annual report.
Jun 20, 2019
Professor Neil Garg has been selected as the 2019 ACS James Flack Norris Teaching Award winner in recognition of his extraordinary teaching excellence.
Jun 20, 2019
Former astronaut and UCLA chemistry alumna Anna Lee Fisher was the distinguished speaker for the UCLA College Commencement on Friday, June 14, 2019.
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