🥳 Congrats to the outstanding alumni, faculty, postdoctoral scholars, students, and staff recognized at the 2026 UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Awards Ceremony on June 9! www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/2026-de...

Congratulations to Prof. Joseph Loo (@joelooucla.bsky.social), who received an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Clarkson University and delivered the commencement address at the university's May 9 commencement ceremony. www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/joseph-...

Distinguished Prof. Neil Garg will speak at Lectures on Tap on Aug. 19 in Los Angeles. Former students from his Chem 19 or Chem 14D classes can DM us their name and email address for a chance to win free tickets! www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/neil-ga...

🥳 Congratulations to Dr. Luca McDermott Catena (Ph.D. ’25, Garg lab), currently a UC Berkeley postdoctoral scholar, who was awarded the 2026 Norma Stoddart Prize on 6/9/26! www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/2026-norma-stoddart-award-for-exemplary-citizenship-and-excellence-in-graduate-research/

On 6/4, undergrads showcased their research at the 3rd annual Undergrad Poster Session, hosted by SMACS, Alpha Chi Sigma (AXΣ), and the department. 🥳 Congrats to Best Poster Award winners Sydney Choi (Tang lab) and Daniel Kendall (Barber lab)! www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/smacs-a...

Congrats to our 2026 Chemistry & Biochemistry Graduate Student Departmental Award recipients! Thanks to the generosity of our donors, 74 outstanding graduate students were recognized for their excellence in teaching, academics, research, and service! www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/2026-gr...

Congrats to our 2026 Chemistry & Biochemistry Undergraduate Research Fellowship recipients! Thanks to the generosity of our donors, 32 undergraduate students will conduct cutting-edge research in UCLA faculty labs! www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/2026-un...

Congrats to our 2026 Chemistry & Biochemistry Undergraduate Departmental Award recipients! Thanks to the generosity of our donors, 19 outstanding undergraduates were recognized for their excellence in research and academics! www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/2026-un...

Congratulations to our 25 graduate student researchers who received the 2026–27 UCLA Graduate Division Dissertation Year Award! Learn more here: www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/congrat...

Welcome to our newest Teacher-Scholars! Drs. Lindsey Anderson, Maya Pathuri, and Kay Xia join our instructional faculty this summer, combining teaching with cutting-edge research to prepare the next generation of faculty and researchers. @houk1000 www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/teacher...

Applications are now open for UCLA’s Chemistry-Biology Interface (CBI) Training Program! For more information and to apply, please visit: cbi.chem.ucla.edu/application Application Deadline: 8/1/26 Questions? Please contact the CBI Administrator: Alex Castaneda (alexcastaneda@ucla.edu)

We're hiring! Join the UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry as an Academic Administrator overseeing our shared instrumentation facilities. @UCLA Apply here: recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF11153

Congratulations to the 16 graduating Ph.D. students who gave talks at this year’s annual Organic Graduate Symposium held on June 12, 2026! Learn more here: www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/the-202...

Congratulations to Professor Kalli Kappel (@kallikappel.bsky.social) on receiving the 2026 UCLA Alpha Chi Sigma (ΑΧΣ) Glenn T. Seaborg Award! www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/2026-uc...

Congrats to Profs. Soumitra Athavale and Victoria Barber and their graduate student collaborators on receiving support through a new UCLA $1.4M W.M. Keck Foundation grant! www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/a-bridg...

Congratulations to “The Kaner Group at UCLA and SILQ Technologies” team, winners of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s 2026 Materials Chemistry Horizon Prize! www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/ucla-le... @rsc.org

Congratulations to Professor Neil Garg on receiving the Royal Society of Chemistry’s 2026 Centenary Prize! @rsc.org www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/neil-ga...

Congratulations to #uclachem department chair Alex Spokoyny @organomimetic.bsky.social, who is one of 18 U.S. academic researchers chosen for the US Defense Science Study Group (DSSG) class of 2027-28! Read more: www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/alexand...

Congratulations to chemical biology graduate student Glenn Nurwono (Park and @yitangucla.bsky.social groups) on receiving UCLA’s 2026 Distinguished Teaching Award for Teaching Assistants! Read more: www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/2026-di...

Congratulations to UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry Professor Jorge Torres on receiving UCLA’s 2026 Distinguished Teaching Award for Senate Faculty in Undergraduate Mentorship! 🎉Read more: www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/jorge-t...

Congratulations to UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry Professor Sarah Tolbert on receiving UCLA’s 2026 Distinguished Teaching Award for Senate Faculty in Community-Engaged Teaching! 🎉 @cnsiatucla.bsky.social Read more: www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/sarah-t...

🎉Congratulations to the 2026 Senior Foote Fellows: Branden Chaffin (Doyle lab), Allison Clark (Garg lab), Alexander Maertens (Doyle/Houk labs), Christina Rivera (Garg lab), and Giulianna Miseo (Garg lab)! bit.ly/SeniorFooteF...

Many thanks to Prof. Erick M. Carreira (ETH Zürich) for visiting UCLA in April to give the Spring 2026 Chemistry & Biochemistry Distinguished Lecture! Read about it here: www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/spring-...

We are sad to report that Emeritus Professor Charles A. West passed away on May 5 at the age of 98. He joined UCLA in 1952 as the department’s 2nd biochemist and helped recruit most of its 18 biochemists before retiring in the early 1990s. Learn more here: www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/remembe...

🥳Congrats to graduate student Stéphane Miaule (Tolbert lab) who has been awarded a 2026 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship! Read about it here: www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/2026-na...

Congratulations to Prof. Neil Garg on receiving UCLA’s 2026 Faculty Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring! He is one of three recipients campus-wide. Read about it here: www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/44112/

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🥳 Congratulations to our current graduate and undergraduates, and alumni who have received prestigious 2026 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships (GRFP) and Honorable Mentions! www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/2026-na...

Applications are now open for UCLA’s Master of Applied Chemical Science Program (MACS)! For more information and to apply, please visit macsucla.com Application Deadline: June 1, 2026 For questions, please email macs@chem.ucla.edu. Follow us on 𝕏 @Ucla_MACS

A growing culture of entrepreneurship is reshaping how UCLA chemists and biochemists think about discovery, impact, and their role beyond the lab. Learn more: chemistry.ucla.edu/news/when-ch...