UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry - Young Hall, 607 Charles E. Young Drive E., LA, CA, 90095.
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- Many thanks to Dr. Rosemarie Pilpa (Ph.D. '08, Clubb lab), currently a Patent Manager at Johnson and Johnson, for returning to UCLA to speak to our Careers in Chemistry & Biochemistry class! Pictured with former PhD advisor Prof. Rob Clubb and Prof. Sarah Tolbert.
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- Our new “Chemistry and Biochemistry 1” course is helping first-year students build skills, find community, and get a strong start at UCLA. The inaugural class launched in fall 2025, with the next offering coming in fall 2026. Learn more here: bit.ly/4rjNM5e
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- Thanks to everyone @uclapathology.bsky.social who made Monday’s Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) Information Seminar possible for our Careers in Chemistry & Biochemistry class! It was great to learn more CLS careers, and we appreciate the panelists sharing their insights & experiences.
- 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
- 🥳 Congratulations, Prof. Justin Caram! www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/justin-...
- Many thanks to Dr. Deepa Dabir, Prof. of Biology @ Loyola Marymount, for returning to UCLA to speak to our Careers in Chemistry & Biochem. class. Pictured with former postdoctoral advisor Prof. Carla Koehler and Koehler group undergrad researchers Ananya Pradhan & Jonathan Shirley.
- Thank you for visiting UCLA, Prof. Annabi!
- 🥳Congrats to @garglab.bsky.social, Houk lab, & @yitangucla.bsky.social, recipients of a $2M state grant from the CA Dept of Cannabis Control to advance cannabinoid therapeutics through interdisciplinary research in synthesis, computation, and pharmacology! www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/garg-ho...
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- Reposted by UCLA Department of Chemistry & BiochemistryWeird and wonderful science: How elephant poop leads to guitars and 12 other unusual UCLA research findings from 2025: ucla.in/4p8tXfY 🧪
- Exploring Your Universe 2025 at UCLA was a huge success! The Chemistry & Biochemistry community hosted hands-on booths, family-friendly talks, and exciting demos for thousands of visitors. Check out event photos + a new EYU video here! www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/2025-exploring-your-universe/
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- Prof. Richard Kaner delivered his 2025 ACS Basolo Award lecture at @nuchemistry.bsky.social on Nov. 7. Honored for pioneering contributions to inorganic chemistry, he received the medal from UCLA alum Prof. Omar Farha. www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/richard...
- Many thanks to Houk group alum Dr. Katherine “Kat” Bay ’20, senior scientist and academic curriculum designer at Schrödinger, for visiting UCLA to give an inspiring talk to our Careers in Chemistry & Biochemistry class!
- 🥳Congrats to Dr. Hyuk-Joon Jung (Diaconescu Group) on receiving the 2025 Chancellor’s Award for Postdoctoral Research! One of only eight awardees, he’s advancing organometallic catalysis and sustainable polymer design. www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/2025-uc...
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- UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry faculty & alumni are among the top 25 “Bruinventors” of the 21st century, behind innovations such as cortisol-sensing smartwatches, life-saving cancer drugs, hair loss treatments, & sustainable, cell-free enzyme technology! www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/chemist...
- 🥳 Congratulations to the 2025–26 Fowler Fellows! Ph.D. students Jonathan Jih (Zhou lab), Nikki Cheung (Clubb lab), Eileen Olivares (@joelooucla.bsky.social lab) and Lily Taylor (Rodriguez lab)! www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/2025-20...
- Reposted by UCLA Department of Chemistry & BiochemistryThis video featuring UCLA organic chemist Neil Garg helps explain why a dreaded college class is a wildly popular crowd favorite at UCLA. 🧪
- 2025 Distinguished Teaching Award winner Caitlyn Fick (PhD student, Srivastava group) explains how small, caring practices — such as anonymous surveys — can build trust and help students feel supported in an otherwise intimidating subject like chemistry. youtu.be/yRAM9W1pkDY
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- 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 2023-26). Apply here by Dec 1: recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10635 @chemjobber.bsky.social
- Congratulations to Profs. Xiangfeng Duan, David Eisenberg, Ken Houk, Yu Huang, and Richard Kaner, who are among the @ClarivateAG Highly Cited Researchers™ 2025! www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/chemist... #HighlyCited2025 @clarivatelsh.bsky.social
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- Applications are now open for UCLA’s Master of Applied Chemical Science Program! For more information and to apply, please visit macsucla.com Application Deadline: January 10, 2026 For questions, please email macs@chem.ucla.edu.
- Applications are now open for UCLA’s Master of Applied Chemical Science Program! For more information and to apply, please visit macsucla.com Application Deadline: January 10, 2026 For questions, please email macs@chem.ucla.edu.
- Many thanks to ophthalmologist Dr. Madhu Agarwal (’95 Biochemistry, M.D. ’99) for visiting UCLA to speak with our Careers in Chemistry & Biochemistry class!
- Many thanks to Prof. Kyoko Nozaki (University of Tokyo) for visiting UCLA to give the inaugural Jeffrey I. Zink Invited Inorganic Lecture! www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/inaugur...
- Join us for Exploring Your Universe (EYU) at UCLA this Sunday! Many members of the UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry community will be hosting interactive booths & giving engaging talks at this year’s EYU on Sunday, Nov. 2. Learn more: exploringyouruniverse.ucla.edu
- Many thanks to alum Anthony Nguyen (’15, corporate counsel at Edwards Lifesciences) for visiting UCLA to speak with our Careers in Chemistry & Biochemistry class. As an undergrad, he attended the first Careers class in 2015! Here with his former advisor, Prof. Daniel Neuhauser.
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- The UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry is excited to welcome world-renowned computational biophysicist Prof. Giulia Palermo, who will join the UCLA faculty as a Full Professor on July 1, 2026! @giuliapalermo.bsky.social www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/welcomi...
- Great to see Prof. Pri Narang quoted in this great NY Times article! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/t...
- 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 2023-26). Apply here by Dec 1: recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10635 @chemjobber.bsky.social
- Reposted by UCLA Department of Chemistry & BiochemistryA UCLA-led effort has taught enzymes an entirely new reaction mechanism—a radical hydrogenation process that nature itself never discovered. Enzymes can now rival or surpass precious-metal catalysts, paving the way for greener pharmaceuticals, fine chemicals, and biocatalytic materials. 🧪
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- Congrats to Ph.D. candidates Mai Abdusamad - Torres lab, Jadyn Malone - Petrovic lab, Katarina Cohen & Jack Scully - @schmittwitt.bsky.social & Teagan Dean - Schmitt lab & @tarateslaa.bsky.social on receiving UCLA Health JCCC 2025 Fellowship Awards! www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/ucla-he...
- 🥳Congrats to Prof. Justin Caram, who has been selected by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to receive a five-year, $1.3 million grant to support his pioneering work in photophysics and nanomaterials! #Moorephysics www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/justin-...
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- Congratulations to former UCLA professor Omar Yaghi on winning the Nobel Prize in chemistry for his pioneering work in the development of metal-organic frameworks. Read more: ucla.in/48Vy1vt
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- 🥳Congratulations to PhD candidate Kodi Thurber (Tolbert lab) on winning the 2025 SSRL Scientific Development Award! www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/ph-d-ca...
- 🥳 Congratulations to Prof. Jose Rodriguez on being one of the recipients of the inaugural UCLA Academic Senate Service Rising Star Award! www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/jose-ro...
- ✨From lab coat to rhinestones✨Meet Olivia Pacheco - UCLA’s only baton twirler, a Public Health major, & undergraduate researcher in Prof. Steve Clarke’s lab. She’s living her childhood dream while preparing for a future in medicine. bit.ly/OlivaPacheco
- 🥳Congrats to Prof. David Eisenberg, who has been awarded the 2026 Gregori Aminoff Prize in Crystallography by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences! www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/david-e...
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- Prof. Neil Garg’s in-depth interview with @zierlerdavid.bsky.social is featured in the Caltech Heritage Project. Garg received his Ph.D. from Caltech, with Prof. Brian Stoltz. @caltech.edu @caltechcce.bsky.social heritageproject.caltech.edu/interviews-u...
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- UCLA spinout Entropic Biosciences, co-founded by @pswnano.bsky.social & alum Amir Nasajpour (PhD ’23), awarded $200K from BARDA/BTI VANGUARD to develop a high-throughput 3D skin model. www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/ucla-sp...
- The UCLA Molecular Instrumentation Center (MIC) is pleased to announce the opening of its newest lab, the High Throughput Synthesis and Catalysis Facility (HTSC)! www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/uclas-m...
- Reposted by UCLA Department of Chemistry & BiochemistryUCLA Fields Medalist Terence Tao: "This is not a routine policy shift—it is a deliberate dismantling of the institutions, funding, and freedoms that have sustained American science for generations." newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/im-an-awar... 🧪
- The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry is excited to welcome emerging pedagogy scholar Jazmin Aguilar-Romero, who joined the UCLA faculty as an Assistant Teaching Professor on July 1, 2025. www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/welcomi...
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- Reposted by UCLA Department of Chemistry & BiochemistryUCLA climate scientist Aradhna Tripati told @janecoaston.bsky.social what's at stake when research is used as a political football. 🧪
- We are excited that Dr. Gustavo G. Flores-Bernal will join Prof. Osvaldo Gutierrez's group in October, thanks to a UC Alianza MX Postdoctoral Research Fellowship! www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/ucla-to...
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- 🥳Congratulations to Prof. Sarah Tolbert, who has been appointed as the inaugural Charles and Carolyn Knobler Endowed Term Chair! www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/sarah-tolbert-appointed-as-the-inaugural-charles-and-carolyn-knobler-endowed-term-chair/
- The UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry is excited to welcome forward-thinking chemical educator Dr. Patrick Wilson, who joined the UCLA faculty as an Assistant Teaching Professor on July 1, 2025. www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/welcomi...
- Congratulations to Prof. Paul S. Weiss (@pswnano.bsky.social), who has been elected a Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences – Materials Science Division! www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/paul-s-...
- The UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry is excited to welcome talented theoretical chemist Professor Thomas Fay, @tompfay.bsky.social, who joined UCLA as an Assistant Professor on July 1, 2025. www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/welcomi...
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- It's great to see that Dr. Eric Scerri is quoted in this recent Nature article! www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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- Congratulations to former Garg lab postdoc Evan Darzi @thederzzz.bsky.social for winning a 2025 ACS Early Career Investigator Award! @acs.org www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/2025-ac...
- The UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry is excited to welcome Professor Kalli Kappel (@kallikappel.bsky.social), who joined UCLA as an Assistant Professor on July 1, 2025. www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/welcomi...
- The UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry is excited to welcome world-class computational chemical biologist Professor Steffen Lindert, who joined the UCLA faculty as an Associate Professor on July 1, 2025. www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/welcomi...
- This summer, with gratitude, we said goodbye to former Teacher-Scholars Mackenzie Anderson (Kaner group) and Huiling Shao (Houk group), and welcomed our newest Teacher-Scholars Anneka Miller Casas (Caram group) and Cindy Sining Wang (@schmittwitt.bsky.social). chemistry.ucla.edu/news/teacher...
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- 🥳Congrats to chemistry Ph.D. candidate and U.S. Marine Corps veteran Jason Q.L. Williams (P. Weiss group), who has been named a Tillman Scholar for the class of 2025! chemistry.ucla.edu/news/2025-ti...
- 🥳Congratulations to BMSB Ph.D. student Lily Taylor (Rodriguez group), the 2025 recipient of the Arnold J. Berk Research Achievement Award, presented by the UCLA Molecular Biology Institute (MBI)! chemistry.ucla.edu/news/2025-ar...
- Congratulations to Ph.D. student Caitlyn Fick (Srivastava group) who is one of only five UCLA Ph.D. students selected for the 2025 Distinguished Teaching Award for Teaching Assistants! chemistry.ucla.edu/news/2025-di...
