Palermo is a Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar and has received several prestigious honors, including the Corwin Hansch Award ...

Distinguished Professor and UC Presidential Chair Paul S. Weiss has been selected as a 2026 Fellow of Sigma Xi in recognition of his exemplary career investigating chemistry, nanoscience, ...

Key research by UCLA organic chemists Professor Soumitra Athavale and Distinguished Research Professor Kendall Houk on the mechanism of the Soai reaction was cited in the scientific background ...

The UCLA Division of Physical Sciences celebrated the inaugural class of Bhaumik Prize Postdoctoral Fellows on Tuesday, ...

Graduate students Lenka Milojević (Zhou group), Akshaya Narayanasamy (Lindert group), Sarah Singleton (Conway group), and Janet Zhong (Feigon group) have been selected as 2026–27 Fowler Fellows and ...

Chong received his B.S. degree in chemistry from Fudan University, China, where he synthesized mesoporous materials with Prof. Dongyuan Zhao. He then pursued his graduate research at University of ...

Insulating Out-of-Plane Transport in Anisotropic Metals: The Case of Sr2⁢RuO4 and Related Layered Oxides ...

2026-10-28 | Lactonization of (-)-Quinic acid – Org. Synth. Lauren Q. Van Auken, Benjamin A. Janda, Georgia M. Scherer, Konstantin Günther, Jakub Brześkiewicz ...

Tom grew up in the UK, where he also studied for his undergraduate Masters in Chemistry (MChem) at the University of Oxford, graduating in 2016. He continued to obtain an MSc in Theory and Modelling ...

Photos by Penny Jennings, UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, penjen@g.ucla.edu.

Since receiving his Ph.D in 2007, Dr. Franklin Ow has taught at several institutions throughout Los Angeles County, including 4­ year universities and community colleges. He has taught chemistry ...

A little-known fact: In the year 1900, electric cars outnumbered gas-powered ones on the American road. The lead-acid auto battery of the time, courtesy of Thomas Edison, was expensive and had a range ...