chemistry

A professor of chemistry and biochemistry as well as materials science and engineering, Weiss will explore the development of wearable external and internal sensor arrays for personalized health monitoring.

A UCLA Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry, Merchant conducts research that is providing insights into the complex machinery of the cell.

The award recognizes Garg, professor and vice chair for education in the UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, for his outstanding achievements in catalysis science.

A physical chemist who joined the faculty in 1948, Scott died on May 1. He was 94.

The award is presented to an outstanding organic chemist under the age of 45 who has demonstrated exceptional originality and impactful research.

Associate professor Anastassia Alexandrova of the department of chemistry and biochemistry has been honored with a 2016 Rising Star Award, which recognizes exceptional women chemists on a national level.

UCLA biochemists have devised a way to convert sugar into a variety of useful chemical compounds without using cells and that could lead to the production of biofuels and pharmaceuticals.

Chen is an assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science.

An authority on synthetic organic and medicinal chemistry, Jung and has 60 patents and applications, including an FDA-approved drug that can slow or stop the progression of prostate cancer.

The professor turns 100 this year, and the department of physics and astronomy will celebrate at UCLA’s Faculty Center on Saturday, April 2.

Reiss was an accomplished physical chemist and theorist in the UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.

Garg is known for emphasizing the creativity and problem-solving that organic chemistry requires and its relevance in students’ lives.

Nanoparticle system delivers the antibiotic moxifloxacin directly to infected cells, greatly improving treatment of pneumonic tularemia.

The professor of chemistry, biochemistry, materials science and engineering is recognized for exceptional achievement in materials research.

Discovery indicates that life may have begun shortly after the planet formed 4.54 billion years ago.

Lawrence Zipursky receives Columbia University's top prize for biological and biochemical research.

Richard F. Heck, a UCLA alumnus who captured the 2010 Nobel Prize in chemistry, died Friday in Manila after suffering for years from a number of illnesses, including prostate cancer and diabetes. He was 84.

UCLA is the world’s No. 8 overall and the No. 2 U.S. public institution in the 2016 U.S. News and World Report Best Global Universities rankings.

The advance could eventually lead to vastly improved technology for capturing solar energy.

Eric Scerri, a lecturer in the UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, is featured in the PBS documentary 'The Mystery of Matter: Search for the Elements, which premieres Wednesday, Aug. 19. 

Todd Yeates, a professor of chemistry and biochemistry, has been awarded the 2016 American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Delano Award for Computational Biosciences.

Material is easier and less expensive to make than the current standard, but had not previously been shown to emit light.

The chemistry professor engages students in part by showing how the subject is relevant to everyday life, medicine and even pop culture.

A new technology developed by chemists at UCLA is capable of storing solar energy for up to several weeks — an advance that could redefine the way scientists approach solar cell design.

New research sheds light on the Earth’s climate over geologic time scales.