Chemistry

Our alumni take a part of UCI and the School of Physical Sciences with them when they graduate and leave campus.

Irvine, Calif., Oct. 6, 2020 — University of California, Irvine biomedical engineer Chang Liu is the recipient of one of nine Director’s Transformative Research Awards this year from the National…

For our first conversation, we are thrilled to have three experts working at the forefront of COVID-19 diagnostics: John Gerace (President, DiaSorin Molecular), Reg Penner (Chancellor’s Professor of…

In this conversation, three experts discussed climate change and air quality during COVID-19.

In this lecture, which took place on May 6, 2020, Professor Rachel Martin discusses her work on developing an antiviral for COVID-19. Professor Rachel Martin is a UCI faculty member in the…

In this conversation, a UCI Chemistry research team discussed how they are utilizing their diverse skills in a collaborative effort to curb COVID-19. Rachel Martin (Professor, Department of Chemistry…

Physical Sciences team makes infrared sensor technology that could help doctors see cancer in a new light. 

Chemical reactions are happening all the time, and, for the most part, they happen with or without our say-so. But in the industrial realm, there’s a swath of reactions that require a special kind of…

UCI atmospheric chemist Manabu Shiraiwa says he has appreciated the cleaner skies over many cities during this year’s coronavirus lockdown, but he’s more concerned about air quality where people…

From measuring atmospheric circulation, to using living cells to create artificial materials, our new faculty cover a broad spectrum.

Irvine, Calif., Aug. 5, 2020 – When the coronavirus pandemic hit, almost everyone at the University of California, Irvine – and colleges across the nation – had to abandon campus. But James Nowick,…

On July 15, Professor Don Blake got a letter letting him know that the UC Irvine Academic Senate had awarded him their Better World Award, which recognizes the impact...