UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Congratulations Prof. Keri Backus for being named one of the Packard Foundation's 2020 Packard Fellows! Prof. Backus is joining a community of scientists who dare to tackle big questions to improve people’s lives & enhance our understanding of the universe. Learn more: http://bit.ly/3415we7

We are looking forward to Prof. Ellen Sletten's seminar tomorrow!

Thank you alumna Julia Sabin, VP of Government Relations & Corporate Sustainability at J.M. Smucker Company, for the amazing and inspirational talk to our Chem 147 "Careers in Chemistry & Biochemistry" students! (Learn more about Chem 147 here: https://bit.ly/2GCGx7y)

Great article about former Houk group undergraduate researcher Prof. Osvaldo Gutierrez '09! https://today.umd.edu//i-still-consider-myself-undocumente

Professor Hosea Nelson has been named as a recipient of the prestigious 2020 Eli Lilly Grantee Award for Organic Chemistry! Congratulations Hosea! https://bit.ly/36P9SGX

Faster and cheaper #COVID19 testing technique developed by UCLA Biochem Prof. Sri Kosuri's UCLA-founded startup company, Octant. Incredible work! https://bit.ly/34Et5Za

Check out Prof. Juli Feigon's interview about her telomerase research on "The Science Show"! https://bit.ly/3lzrD0T #WomenInSTEM

Graduate student Mackenzie Anderson ‘17 (Ric Kaner's group) is selected for the prestigious 2020 NWRI-SCSC Fellowship. Congrats Mackenzie! https://bit.ly/34CNGxb

As we begin the quarter we wanted to share this helpful advice from our alum Professor Benny Ng and the always wise Snoop Dogg! https://bit.ly/3iwnmcQ

Congratulations Professor Andrea Ghez! Fantastic news!

Professor Richard Kaner has been elected a 2020 Fellow of the American Physical Society! https://bit.ly/30AU7PM

Sharing an exciting cross-campus collaboration between Prof. Neil Garg and Prof. Gena Carpio, UCLA Chicana/o and Central American Studies. Their book chapter on "Teaching the Large Lecture was just published in The Academic's Handbook, 4th ed bit.ly/3n6o8Rf