Chemistry

Tech can visualize various materials, structures with detailed chemical information

The grants will bolster Finkeldei’s work on nuclear waste management and her work to update UCI’s nuclear reactor.

The fellowship provides an annual stipend of $34,000 as well as tuition support.  

A home experiment when Nowick was 8 helped catalyze the UCI chemistry professor’s career.

Ph.D. graduate Sierra Williams harnessing lightning bug light to illuminate diseases like cancer.

Their research aims to find chemical solutions for climate change problems.

Ph.D. student Natalie Smith answers questions about her aerosol research.

Chemistry Ph.D. student answers questions about her research on the chemical transformation of pesticides. 

Undergraduate writes book to show kids what’s possible when you learn something new.

I am saddened to announce the passing of Jorg Meyer, UCI’s glassblower, and much-loved member of the UCI Physical Sciences family.  Through his work fabricating glassware and stainless-steel solvent purification systems for research laboratories, Jorg made enormous contributions to the safety of chemical laboratories at UCI and around the world. He was an expert in the design and construction of highly complex, one-of-a-kind technical apparatus. Aside from being an iconic glassblower, Jorg was…

 A new test accurately predicts who faces the highest risk for hospitalization, ventilator-supported breathing and death from COVID-19, according to an analysis published Wednesday by the journal mSphere.

For many professors, grading student work is the least enjoyable part of their jobs. “None of us get into teaching to grade,” says Renée Link, a professor of teaching in the Chemistry Department at the University of California, Irvine.