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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

CHEM 14A – General Chemistry for Life Scientists I Fall 2026 Winter 2027 Spring 2027 CHEM 14AE – General Chemistry for Life Scientists I–Enhanced Fall 2026 Winter 2027 – CHEM 14B – General Chemistry ...

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 ...