UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

01/24/2025

Nobel Laureate Sir Fraser Stoddart, who passed away on 12/30/24, is deeply missed by all at UCLA. His legacy will be honored at the Seaborg Symposium on 3/21/25, where he will be posthumously awarded the Seaborg Medal. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/3PNH9re

01/23/2025

Congrats to Prof. Osvaldo Gutierrez on receiving the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists & Engineers (PECASE) from Pres. Biden! The highest honor for early-career scientists & engineers. https://bit.ly/4htM2l0

01/23/2025

Congratulations to Michael E. Jung of the University of California, Los Angeles, winner of the 2025 Award for Chemistry in Service to Society for his key contributions to synthetic medicinal chemistry and drug discovery! https://www.nasonline.org/award/nas-award-for-chemistry-in-service-to-society/

12/13/2024

📣 Huge shout-out to our amazing copy shop team in Shipping & Receiving! This Fall, they've handled the massive task of printing thousands of exam copies for our faculty. Your hard work keeps everything running smoothly—thank you! Pictured is staff member Danny Ramirez with Prof. Abby Kavner.

12/12/2024

We invite applications for a tenure-track position of Assistant Professor as part of an HSI cluster hire. Join us in advancing research, mentoring, and diversity in STEM with a focus on U.S. Latinx experiences. Apply here by 1/3/25: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10039

12/10/2024

🥳A good time was had by all at last night's UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry Winter Holiday Celebration! Shoutout to everyone who wore their festive holiday gear!

12/06/2024

Exciting research from Prof. Pri Narang's lab!

A $2 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation supports the researcher’s development of the very first quantum entanglement probe…

12/05/2024

Applications are Now Open!!

Join the New UCLA’s Master of Applied Chemical Science (MACS) Program!

Application Deadline: January 10th, 2025

To Learn More and Apply Now: https://macsucla.com

For questions, please send an email to [email protected]

12/04/2024

Biochemistry graduate student Nikki Cheung (Professor Robert Clubb’s group) discusses her research on antibiotic resistance in a new UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine (DGSOM) Ph.D. student spotlight video.

Nikki Cheung is a 3rd-year PhD student in the Biochemistry, Biophysics & Structural Biology program, where she conducts research on antibiotic resistance at ...

11/25/2024

Congratulations to Professor Anastassia Alexandrova for being awarded the 2024 Quantum Bio-Inorganic Chemistry (QBIC) Prize for her groundbreaking research on the role of electrostatics in enzymatic catalysis. https://chemistry.ucla.edu/news/anastassia-alexandrova-awarded-the-qbic-prize-for-2024/

11/25/2024

Only 3 days left in the Shared Instrumentation Lab campaign! Thanks to 70 donors, we’ve raised $37,640, but we’re not done yet! Support from our donors is transforming the academic journeys of our students & advancing cutting-edge research. Please join us! spark.ucla.edu/project/41838

11/12/2024

A big thank you to our amazing alum, Dr. Randa Reslan (B.S. '01, Ph.D. '15)(Glendale Community College Adjunct Prof. & UCLA Lecturer), for taking the time to visit UCLA and speak to our Careers in Chemistry & Biochemistry class! Your insights and inspiration were truly appreciated by all of us!

11/09/2024

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Thank you all for the stellar turnout at this year’s Exploring Your Universe at UCLA! 🪐🔭🧪 From hands-on booths and captivating talks to planetari...

10/30/2024

The UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry invites applications for the position of Assistant Professor of Teaching. This is a tenure track position. The Professor of Teaching series emphasizes excellence and innovation in teaching and other instruction-related activities. We seek candidates who can teach effectively using evidence-based approaches, engage in service activities benefiting the teaching mission of the department and university, and pursue research in the scholarship of teaching and learning in chemistry and/or biochemistry. The successful candidate will be expected to seek external funding for research and other activities that enhance instruction, thereby helping to produce the leaders needed both statewide and nationally to work in the rapidly evolving STEM fields. In addition, the successful candidate will be expected to publish the results of their research in peer-reviewed sources. Apply here by 12/2/24: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF09898

10/29/2024

Exciting news! We've launched a SPARK fundraising campaign to raise funds for new lab equipment at our state-of-the-art facilities: the Molecular Instrumentation Center (MIC) and Biochemistry Instrumentation Core Facility (BIF). Support our students: spark.ucla.edu/project/41838

10/29/2024

We are pleased to announce UCLA’s new Master of Applied Chemical Sciences (MACS) Program.

Application deadline: January 10th, 2025

MACS was created in response to the increasingly high demand for chemists from world-wide industrial partners. The program balances a strong academic grounding, hands-on advanced laboratory preparation, and independent research experience to prepare the graduates for the various dynamic fields in applied chemistry. This program will train well-rounded chemists, who are equipped with a broad level of critical skills and the necessary knowledge of applied chemistry to be highly competitive in a non-academic workforce. As part of this program, we anticipate a significant industrial recruiting effort on campus.

For more information, please visit https://macsucla.com
To apply, visit https://grad.ucla.edu and find our link: Chemistry - Master of Applied Chemical Sciences (MACS)
For questions, please email [email protected]
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10/08/2024

We are seeking outstanding candidates for Asst. Adj. Prof. / Teacher-Scholar positions! This program provides teaching & research opportunities for recent Ph.D. grads (Ph.D. earned 2022-25). Apply here by Nov. 1: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF09810
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