News
08/31/2026
Professor Clifford Kubiak receives 2027 ACS Award
Professor Kubiak received the ACS award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Inorganic Chemistry.
08/31/2026
Chemistry Students receive ACS Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Scholar Recognitions
Congratulations to Sarah Ko (Griffith Lab) for Leadership in Mentoring and Ian Leifer (Godula Lab) for Leadership in Science Outreach and Engagement.
08/30/2026
Graduate Student Liya Bi receives Graduate Research Award from the American Vacuum Society
Liya received this award for outstanding work in single-molecule spectroscopy and microscopy.
07/10/2026
Assistant Professor Haiwang Yong Receives NSF CAREER Award
Haiwang Yong is recognized for his theoretical and computational research on diffractive imaging of molecular structure and dynamics with vortex beams.
03/27/2026
Assistant Professor Shaowei Li Receives NSF CAREER Award
From the Division of Chemistry for his research on controlling single-molecule reactivity through engineered nonoscale environments.
02/19/2026
The Article "Single-Molecule Infrared Spectroscopy with Scanning Tunneling Microscopy" was also featured on UCSD Today, Phys.org, Engineeringness, Wiley Analytical Science, Technologynetworks, Mirage News and ScienceBlog.
02/05/2026
Devaraj Lab Featured in Nature Communications
"University of California San Diego researchers, led by Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Professor Neal Devaraj’s lab, have unveiled a new method that greatly increases the efficacy of gene delivery while minimizing harmful side effects to the cell. Their work appears in Nature Communications."
02/02/2026
Professor Kent Griffith Featured in Technology Networks Paramagnetic NMR Article
Griffith discusses why low-field solid-state NMR with fast spinning is ideal for paramagnetic battery materials and enables measurements that high-field methods struggle to access.