Chemistry

Nov 29, 2022
The award will stimulate the Patterson lab’s research into sustainable plastics as well as its education efforts.
Nov 28, 2022
Being rebellious by nature made growing up a little harder for David MacMillan. But his free spirit later helped him reach success as a chemist and scientist.
Nov 21, 2022
Carpenter wants to champion diversity, equity and inclusion at Physical Sciences through storytelling.
Oct 27, 2022
Professor Prescher recalls her time as a Ph.D. student in the lab of Nobel Prize winner Professor Carolyn Bertozzi.
Oct 24, 2022
The program, which just accepted its first two students, provides research support for three academic quarters.
Oct 18, 2022
Professor Griffin’s lab works to chart chemical processes happening in the human microbiome.
Oct 17, 2022
The conference exposed high school students to STEM fields at the School of Physical Sciences.
Oct 10, 2022
The first and only Mexican chemist to win a Nobel prize.
Oct 6, 2022
Nobel laureate David MacMillan, Ph.D. ’96, (right) visits UCI in May, enabling a reunion with his Ph.D. advisor Larry Overman, UCI Distinguished Professor emeritus, and Vy Dong, UCI professor of chemistry, who was advised by MacMillan at UC Berkeley and the California Institute of Technology.
Oct 5, 2022
Carolyn Bertozzi of Stanford University, Morten Meldal of the University of Copenhagen, and K. Barry Sharpless of Scripps Research won the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday “for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry,” methods that have been applied in drug development and studying disease.
Sep 27, 2022
The event saw anteaters from all four departments gathered for a celebration of the cutting-edge research happening at the school.
Sep 7, 2022
Researchers will explore new technologies for energy conversion, carbon capture and nuclear power.