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05/15/2025

Prof. Michael Jung, a pioneer in medicinal drug discovery, will deliver the 130th Faculty Research Lecture at UCLA on June 6 at 2 PM in Schoenberg Hall. Join us for “Drug Discovery in Academia: Some Success Stories” — free & open to the public. https://www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/professor-michael-jung-to-deliver-the-academic-senates-130th-faculty-research-lecture/

05/15/2025

Professors Juli Feigon and Sabeeha Merchant are honored in JMB’s inaugural “Pioneers in Molecular Biology” issue, celebrating their groundbreaking research and inspiring careers. http://chemistry.ucla.edu/news/jmb-pioneers-in-molecular-biology/

05/02/2025

Congrats to postdoc Dr. Haleh Alimohamadi (Wong lab), and Ph.D. students Yongjia He (Caram lab), Luca McDermott Catena (Garg lab) and Yessica Nelson (Spokoyny lab) for being named 2025 UC President’s Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings Fellows! 🥳 https://www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/uc-president-lindau-nobel-laureate-meetings-fellows-2/

05/02/2025

Congratulations to Prof. Ken Houk on receiving the 2024 Prix Franco-Américain from the Société Chimique de France! https://www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/ken-houk-receives-the-2024-prix-franco-americain/

04/25/2025

Congratulations to Prof. Danielle Schmitt on being named a 2024 Rising Star by ACS's Bio & Med Chem Au. This prestigious award recognizes emerging global leaders whose research is making a lasting impact in the natural sciences. 🥳https://www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/professor-danielle-schmitt-named-2024-acs-rising-star-in-biological-chemistry/

04/22/2025

Congratulations to 2nd year biochemistry undergraduate Abhiram Singh, who is one of four UCLA students to be named Goldwater Scholars in 2025! https://www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/2025-goldwater-scholar/

04/18/2025

Many thanks to Prof. Ka Yee Lee (University of Chicago Department of Chemistry) for visiting UCLA on 4/7/25 to give the 9th annual Carolyn & Charles Knobler Lecture! https://https://www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/2025-carolyn-and-charles-knobler-lecture/

04/17/2025

We are pleased to announce UCLA’s new Master of Applied Chemical Sciences (MACS) Program . We are accepting & reviewing applications on a rolling basis for the 2nd round deadline. Application deadline: 6/1/25. macsucla.com.

04/16/2025

A big shout-out to our amazing Divisional Assistants - Kelsea Valerio, Rebecca Letts, Isabella Luo, and Brandon Lindo - who keep the department running!

04/14/2025

In a recent blog, Prof. Osvaldo Gutierrez shares his journey from undocumented UCLA student to chemistry professor and offers advice to a new generation of Bruins.
https://chemistry.ucla.edu/news/rancho-raised-ucla-made/

03/26/2025

At the Seaborg Medal Award Dinner on 3/21, the 2025 Glenn T. Seaborg Medal was awarded posthumously to Sir Fraser Stoddart. His daughter, Dr. Fiona McCubbin, accepted the medal on his behalf from Dept. Chair Prof. Alex Spokoyny & Prof. Ken Houk https://seaborg.ucla.edu. More photos to be posted soon!

03/26/2025

On 3/21, we celebrated the life of Sir Fraser Stoddart with a symposium featuring talks by Omar Yaghi, Cameron Movassaghi, Anne-Sophie Duwez, Nathalie Katsonis, Ben Feringa & Ken Houk. https://seaborg.ucla.edu More photos to be posted soon!

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