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, ...

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 ...

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

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 David and Lucile Packard Foundation has selected Professor Soumitra Athavale as one of 20 recipients of the 2026 Packard ...

Professor Xiangfeng Duan’s group has made a major advance in the field of quantum materials. The research was published in ...

Professor Abigail Doyle has received UCLA’s Postdoctoral Association 2026–27 Excellence in Postdoctoral Mentoring Award in ...

Graduate student Jason Williams (P. Weiss group) is combining his scientific training with entrepreneurship. My Block Skin, ...