UC San Diego Chemistry & Biochemistry

02/03/2026

Join UC San Diego's School of Physical Sciences on Feb. 25 for a virtual coffee chat showcasing the breadth and impact of research in our chemistry department. This session will feature research briefs spanning atmospheric chemistry, chemical biology, quantum science and materials chemistry, along with an overview of the department’s vision and direction. Register today: https://bit.ly/3ZtBsUt

11/03/2024

Congratulations Francesco!!!!

Congratulations to the 2024 class of APS Fellows. The incoming Fellows have been recognized by their peers for exceptional contributions in physics research, important applications of physics, significant contributions to physics education, or leadership in or service to the APS community.

Join us in celebrating them: https://go.aps.org/3NcQPKD

05/09/2022

If you bring the smiles, we’ll bring the sun to hosted here in La Jolla by ACS. There’s still time to submit a poster abstract (until May 31, 2022) https://t.co/RzqZAZrJJg and meet us in SoCal June 26-30, 2022.

What’s your best memory of past NOS?

This is the homepage of the National Organic Chemistry Symposium which is the premier event sponsored by the ACS Division of Organic Chemistry

04/08/2022

Congratulations to our 2022 recipients of the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships (NSF-GRFP)!

03/24/2022

Congratulations to Professors Wei Xiong and Joel Yuen-Zhou, recipients of the 2022 MURI Award!

📰 DoD News Release:

The Department of Defense announced $195 million in Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) awards for the Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) competition to 28 research teams pursuing basic research spanning multiple scientific disciplines. These grants will be provided to teams located across 63 U.S. academic institutions for five years each, subject to satisfactory research progress and the availability of funds.

“By supporting teams whose members have diverse sets of expertise, the MURI program acknowledges that the complexities of modern science and engineering challenges often intersect more than one discipline and require creative and diverse approaches to tackle these problems. This cross-fertilization of ideas can accelerate research progress to enable more rapid R&D breakthroughs and hasten the transition of basic research findings to practical application,” said Dr. Bindu Nair, Director, Basic Research Office, Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD (R&E). “It is a program that signifies a legacy of scientific impact and remains a cornerstone of the DoD’s basic research portfolio.”

03/24/2022

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Galia Debelouchina, named recipient of the George W. and Carol A. Lattimer Faculty Research Fellowship!

03/03/2022

Congratulations to Stephanie Mora Garcia (Grassian Lab), recipient of the Dean’s Academic Recognition Fellowship!

“Your work came to my attention during the course of reviewing your portfolio as part of a competitive award nomination process. Your academic achievements, your commitment to advancing issues of equity and inclusion, and your interest in pursuing a career in the professoriate were impressive. We hope this award will help support your continued growth.” — Dean James Antony

02/14/2022

The Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Lisa Jones. Professor Jones focuses on structural proteomics using biochemical, analytical, and biophysical approaches to study protein interactions important in biological processes. She uses the protein foot printing method fast photochemical oxidation of proteins coupled with mass spectrometry to identify these interactions as well as further expand this method to studying complex biological systems. In 2019, she received the Biophysical Society’s Junior Faculty Award for her research. Professor Jones’ research is truly visionary as she further develops methods to understand complex, detailed biological phenomena in living cells.

02/11/2022

Thank you for blazing the trails!

01/19/2022

12/24/2021

Congratulations to our 2021-22 Distinguished Graduate Student Fellowship recipients!

Lucia Cancelada (Prather Lab)
Rachel Ehrlich (Yang Lab)
Anand Ojha (Amaro Lab)
Joseph Palasz (Kubiak Lab)
Hyeonglim Seo (Cohen Lab)