News
12/04/2017
Figueroa Group Introduces MOFs with Zero-Valent-Metal Structural Sites
In a recent publication in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, the Figueroa Group and collaborators from Cornell University reported a Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) featuring zero-valent metal centers as the structural units. Inorganic/organic hybrid materials such as MOFs rely on strong metal-ligand bonds to achieve structural integrity and permanent porosity for applications in gas separation and catalysis. Ionic bonding between ligands and metals traditionally provides the requisite strength for framework stability. However, ionic bonding also requires the presence of oxidized metal centers, meaning some of their electrons cannot be use for subsequent chemical reactions. By exploiting the strong bonds between isocyanides and low-valent metal centers, the team successfully prepared a porous network material from zero-valent nickel centers featuring four neutral isocyanide ligands. These new solid-state materials hold promise as catalysts in a manner similar to molecular organometallic complexes.
11/27/2017
Professor Mike Burkart named 2017 AAAS Fellow
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the largest general science organization in the United States and publisher of the journal Science, has awarded the distinction of fellow to six UC San Diego professors including Mike Burkart, professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Burkart was recognized by AAAS “for his distinguished contributions to the field of natural product biosynthesis and chemical biology—particularly for the development of tools for enzyme activity and structural elucidation.”
11/17/2017
Xiong and Paesani groups have joint experimental-theoretical study published in Science Advances
In a joint experimental-theoretical study published in Science Advances, the Xiong and Paesani groups have demonstrated conformation-specific electron transfer at buried interfaces between an organic polymer semiconductor film and a gold substrate by observing the first dynamical electric-field-induced vibrational sum-frequency generation spectra. The measurements unequivocally show that, although the gold/polymer interfaces are prepared without deliberate alignment control, electrons can still be directly transferred from the Fermi level of the gold substrate to the LUMO of the organic semiconductor. Theoretical calculations performed at the density functional theory level ascribe the observed direct electron transfer to a sub-ensemble of flat-lying polymer configurations in which the electronic orbitals are delocalized across the interface. The observation of direct electron transfer at complex interfaces as well as the insights gained into the relationship between molecular conformations and electron dynamics will have implications for implementing novel direct electron transfer in energy materials.
11/15/2017
2017 Highlights from our NSF-REU, Chemistry Connections for Community College Students at (4Cs@UCSD)
It was another successful summer for our NSF-funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program - Chemistry Connections for Community College Students (4Cs@UCSD) at UC San Diego. The program offers 10 students attending the expansive network of two-year colleges near UC San Diego an intensive and integrated early undergraduate research experience in the chemical sciences. Please join us in celebrating our 2017-18 NSF-REU student cohort and the Chemistry & Biochemistry faculty and graduate student/postdoctoral research mentors who have supported their efforts! <a href="https://chemistry.ucsd.edu/outreach/reu_2017newsletter.pdf" target="_blank">2017 Newsletter</a>
10/25/2017
Brian León named 2017 Chancellor’s Award for Postdoctoral Scholar
Brian León named 2017 Chancellor’s Award for Postdoctoral Scholar. As a UC Chancellor’s Fellow, Brian will be studying the biosynthetic pathway of two biologically active natural products. These studies will have a particular emphasis on studying the specific gene responsible for the key complexity-generating step in their respective biosynthetic pathways. Identification, and isolation of the gene and enzyme will allow for a characterization of these enzymes to understand how they catalyze these transformations.
10/24/2017
Vicki Grassian named 2018 Award for Incorporation of Sustainability into Chemistry Education
Vicki Grassian, Associate Dean in the Division of Physical Sciences, has been named a recipient of the 2018 Award for Incorporation of Sustainability into Chemistry Education which is sponsored by the American Chemical Society’s Committee on Environmental Improvement. She is being recognized for her leadership in articulating the roles of both chemistry research and chemical education in sustainability. She will present her award talk at the 255th American Chemical Society National Spring Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana this March. Her presentation entitled “Awareness and Promotion of the Roles of Chemistry and Chemical Education in Sustainability” will focus on the importance of chemistry in sustainability, the myriad ways in which chemists can play a role in sustainability, and public awareness of the role of chemistry in sustainability.
10/16/2017
Distinguished Professor Andy McCammon will receive the 2017 Russell M. Pitzer Award
Distinguished Professor Andy McCammon will receive the 2017 Russell M. Pitzer Award in Theoretical Chemistry, given by Ohio State University. The Pitzer Award is widely recognized in part because of its link to the Pitzer family, whose chemist members include not only Russ Pitzer of Ohio State, but also his father Kenneth Pitzer, a former president of Rice and Stanford Universities. More information on the award click <a href="https://chemistry.osu.edu/events/russ-pitzer-lecture" target="_blank">More details.</a>
10/13/2017
Professor Vicki Grassian to give a TEDx talk in San Diego.
For the eighth year TEDxSanDiego will present the foremost thought leaders, visionaries and performers to cultivate insight, inspiration & innovation inside, and outside, Copley Symphony Hall. The title of Prof. Grassian's talk is "Do you know what's in the air you're breathing?"
09/29/2017
Gianneschi, Cohen, & Paesani groups observe “breathing” at the lattice level in porous nanomaterials
In a study published as a Communication in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, the Gianneschi, Cohen, and Paesani groups have characterized, for the first time, the “breathing behavior” of metal-organic frameworks at the lattice level through the combination of in situ environmental transmission electron microscopy (ETEM) and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations.
09/27/2017
Professor Michael Burkart name Teddy Traylor Faculty Scholar 2017-2022
Mike Burkart has been named the Teddy Traylor Faculty Scholar in Organic Chemistry for 2017-2022. Scholar Awards in each of the department’s four divisions were inaugurated in 2006. Each award is to be held for a 5-year term, not immediately renewable. Faculty members who do not currently hold an endowed chair or the title of Distinguished Professor (Professor, Above Scale) are eligible to be awarded a named scholarship.
09/13/2017
Distinguished Professor Lindenberg has been awarded the Plus Ratio Quam Vis medal
Distinguished Professor Lindenberg has been awarded the Plus Ratio Quam Vis medal by Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. The Medal is awarded to distinguished individuals for their eminent service to Jagiellonian University. Previous recipients include Pope John Paul II and Nobel Laureate Dr. James Dewey Watson. More information on the award click <a href="http://www.en.uj.edu.pl/en_GB/about-university/ju-awards/plus-ratio" target="_blank">More details.</a>
09/07/2017
UCSD ACS Student Affiliates earn Outstanding Chapter Award!
Congratulations to our UCSD ACS Student Affiliates for once again earning an "Outstanding" Chapter Award from the American Chemical Society!
08/21/2017
Cliff Kubiak Wins ACS Award in Organometallic Chemistry
The American Chemical Society (ACS) selected Clifford P. Kubiak, distinguished professor of chemistry and biochemistry at UC San Diego, as the 2018 recipient of its National Award in Organometallic Chemistry (“Award”). The Award, established in 1983 by the Dow Chemical Company Foundation, recognizes advancements having a major impact on research in organometallic chemistry. Professor Kubiak’s selection was based on his innovative research focused on chemically producing energy through artificial photosynthesis, catalysis and electrochemistry. Kubiak will be honored at an awards ceremony in Spring 2018 in conjunction with the 255th ACS National Meeting in New Orleans. Congratulations Professor Kubiak!
08/15/2017
Dr. Varnavas D. Mouchlis received the Hans Neurath Outstanding Promise Travel Award
Dr. Varnavas D. Mouchlis received the Hans Neurath Outstanding Promise Travel Award from the Protein Society. This is a prestigious award that recognizes exceptional research results of early-career scientists with outstanding promise and provides them with the opportunity to present their research at the Protein Society Annual Symposium.
08/11/2017
2016-17 Recipients of the Department Outstanding Dissertation Award
Congratulations to the 2016-17 Recipients of the Department Outstanding Dissertation Award: Doug Agnew (Figueroa Lab), Sarah Barnhill (Gianneschi Lab), Kara Finzel (Burkart Lab), Naomi Handly (Wollman Lab), and Jamie Schiffer (Amaro Lab). This award was established to acknowledge the work of our most exceptional students. Eligible students graduated between June 14, 2016 and June 16, 2017.
07/01/2017
Welcome Assistant Professor Alexis Komor
Dr. Komor was a Postdoctoral Researcher at Harvard University and received her PhD from the California Institute of Technology. Welcome Alexis!
06/28/2017
Distinguished Professor Kimberly Prather finds differences in sea spray particle chemistry
Differences in Sea Spray Particle Chemistry Linked to Formation Processes of Drops by Bubbles in Breaking Waves. Sea spray aerosols which seed clouds over three-fourths of the earth are formed by “film” or “jet” droplets; exposing chemical distinction could improve climate models. For more information click <a href="https://scripps.ucsd.edu/news/differences-sea-spray-particle-chemistry-linked-formation-processes-drops-bubbles-breaking" target="_blank">More details.</a>
06/14/2017
International Solar Fuels Conference Hosted by UC San Diego
More than 300 researchers from around the world traveled to UC San Diego for the second biannual International Solar Fuels (ISF-2) Conference. The international meeting, held July 6-10, 2017, showcased new biological and chemical approaches to utilizing solar energy for direct fuel production. Organizers of the first IFS Conference, held two years ago in Uppsala, Sweden, chose UC San Diego as the venue for the ISF-2 Conference because of its leadership in algae biofuels and artificial photosynthesis research led by UC San Diego Professors' Stephen Mayfield (molecular biology) and Clifford Kubiak (chemistry and biochemistry), respectively. Mayfield and Kubiak also co-organized and co-hosted ISF-2.
06/12/2017
Welcome Assistant Teaching Professor Dr. Jeremy Klosterman
Dr. Klosterman is currently an Assistant Professor at Bowling Green State University and earned his PhD. from Universität Zürich, Switzerland. Welcome Jeremy!
06/12/2017
Welcome Assistant Professor Dr. Galia Debelouchina
Dr. Debelouchina is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at Princeton University and earned her Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Welcome Galia!
05/25/2017
Professor Francesco Paesani Winner of the 2017 Legacy Lecture Award
Professor Francesco Paesani Winner of the 2017 Legacy Lecture Award! The Legacy Lecture Award is a faculty award sponsored by Scholars Society that is 100% nominated and voted for by students based on the professor they most want to hear speak about the topic: “If this was your last lecture, what would you want to say to the world?” For more information click <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/170502773475591/" target="_blank">More details.</a>
05/24/2017
Professor Seth Cohen receives UC San Diego 2017 Sustainability Award
The UC San 2017 Sustainability Awards recognized individuals and groups that have made the campus more sustainable. Hosted by the campus Sustainability Office, the awards honored six recipients for their efforts to share information about and prioritize sustainability in UC San Diego’s education, research, planning, and operations and outreach programs. “This year’s Sustainability Award recipients have gone above and beyond to support and advocate for practices and procedures that meet campus and community needs while maintaining UC San Diego’s commitment to environmental stewardship,” said Gary C. Matthews, Vice Chancellor for Resource Management and Planning. “I would like to thank the awardees for their dedicated, innovative and positive contributions to campus sustainability.” For more information click <a href="http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/pressrelease/uc_san_diego_recognizes_2017_sustainability_award_recipients" target="_blank">More details.</a>
05/24/2017
Marc Riera-Riambau receives 2017 Molecular Sciences Software Institute Software Fellowship
Marc Riera-Riambau receives 2017 Molecular Sciences Software Institute Software Fellowship. The Molecular Sciences Software Institute will serve as a nexus for science, education, and cooperation serving the worldwide community of computational molecular scientists – a broad field including of biomolecular simulation, quantum chemistry, and materials science. The Institute will spur significant advances in software infrastructure, education, standards, and best-practices that are needed to enable the molecular science community to open new windows on the next generation of scientific Grand Challenges, ranging from the simulation of intrinsically disordered proteins associated with a range of diseases to the design of new catalysts vital to the global chemical industry and climate change. The award will enable the computational molecular science community to work together to leverage its diverse capabilities that will reduce or eliminate the gulf that currently delays by years the practical realization of theoretical innovations. Ultimately, the Institute will enable computational scientists to tackle problems that are orders of magnitude larger and more complex than those currently within our grasp, and will accelerate the translation of basic science into new technologies essential to the vitality of the economy and environment. For more information click <a href="http://molssi.org/2017-phase-i-molssi-software-fellows/" target="_blank">More details.</a>
05/19/2017
Professor Wei Xiong received 2017 DARPA Director’s fellowship
Prof. Wei Xiong received the prestigious 2017 DARPA Director’s fellowship. This is an award on top of the 2015 DARPA Young Faculty Award, which only a few best scientists from the YFA recipients were chosen by the DARPA Director for this fellowship. Prof. Xiong and his group are going to develop interface sensitive ultrafast molecular microscope to visualize energy material interfaces, with chemical, conformation, temporal and spatial resolutions. This research will provide fundamental molecular physics insights on how complex energy materials works.
05/18/2017
UC San Diego Chemists Create the Ultimate Natural Sunscreen
Chemists, materials scientists and nanoengineers at UC San Diego have created what may be the ultimate natural sunscreen. In a paper published in the American Chemical Society journal ACS Central Science, they report the development of nanoparticles that mimic the behavior of natural melanosomes, melanin-producing cell structures that protect our skin, eyes and other tissues from the harmful effects of ultraviolet radiation. “Basically, we succeeded in making a synthetic version of the nanoparticles that our skin uses to produce and store melanin and demonstrated in experiments in skin cells that they mimic the behavior of natural melanosomes,” said Nathan Gianneschi, a professor of chemistry and biochemistry, materials science and engineering and nanoengineering at UC San Diego, who headed the team of researchers. The achievement has practical applications. “Defects in melanin production in humans can cause diseases such as vitiligo and albinism that lack effective treatments,” Gianneschi added. For more information click <a href="http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/pressrelease/uc_san_diego_chemists_create_the_ultimate_natural_sunscreen" target="_blank">More details.</a>
05/10/2017
Tavina Offutt named 2016-2017 UC San Diego Bouchet Graduate Honor Society Member
Tavina Offutt named 2016-2017 UC San Diego Bouchet Graduate Honor Society Member. Tavina Offutt is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of California, San Diego. Her dissertation work is centered on gaining insight into the dynamics of proteins that are implicated in cancer, and harnessing this knowledge to the end of drug discovery. Since proteins are dynamic in nature, it is important to understand these dynamic characteristics in targeting them with drug molecules. Computational tools such as of molecular dynamics (MD) simulations can provide snapshots of how the atoms within the protein move over time. These MD conformations can provide insight into the function of proteins, and reveal novel “druggable” pockets. Her research utilizes MD to model the flexibility of two important cancer targets: protein kinases and p53. Using these models, her research assesses if including different MD snapshots enhances virtual screening against potential protein kinase inhibitors. She also uses MD to understand how p53 behaves when cancerous, and how its normal function is restored in the presence of a drug candidate. Her long-term goal is to understand how the conformational landscapes of proteins under normal conditions and in diseased states differ. For more information click <a href="http://grad.ucsd.edu/degrees/diversity/bouchet-graduate-honor-society/2016-2017-scholars.html" target="_blank">More details.</a>
05/09/2017
Jennie Chen Wins 2017 Exemplary Staff Employee of the Year Award
Jennie Chen, a financial analyst in the business office of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, is the recipient of a 2017 Exemplary Staff Employee of the Year Award. This annual campus award recognizes professional and support staff from across all Vice Chancellor and Health System areas who have demonstrated exemplary service and made other significant contributions to the UC San Diego and San Diego communities. Since joining the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in 2013, Chen has provided exceptional contributions in building relationships, leadership and university practices. She has managed complex financial projects with integrity, excellence and commitment, going above and beyond requirements to ensure her faculty members have the information they need to make decisions affecting their laboratories, staff and students. “Jennie has been at the forefront of developing and implementing financial best practices in department and has played a key role in simplifying and streamlining business processes,” said Steven Ford, Chief Operating Officer for the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. “Always thinking about the needs of those around her, she shares her expertise with fund managers in the department, giving them the tools and knowledge they need to succeed.” In addition to her outstanding fund management within the department, Chen serves as a FinancialLink instructor and member of the FinancialLink Advisory Group, where she contributes to the development of university-wide financial applications. In support of the university’s public service mission, she also volunteers for the Big Brothers Big Sisters of San Diego County program and The Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank. For more information click <a href="http://physicalsciences.ucsd.edu/news/2017/0509.html" target="_blank">More details.</a>
05/08/2017
Dr. Neil Garg Visits for Student-Invited Seminar Series
The Student-Invited Speaker Committee invited Dr. Neil Garg (UCLA) to speak on May 3, 2017. Dr. Garg met with both students and faculty and spoke not only about his exciting research, but also about his career path and innovative approaches to teaching organic chemistry lecture and lab.
04/27/2017
UC San Diego Receives $7.5 Million to Develop Innovative Uses for Melanin
A team of scientists from UC San Diego and two other universities has received a five year, $7.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to unravel the fundamental properties of melanins, a family of natural pigments found in skin, hair, eyes and even the plumage of brightly colored birds. The basic research effort will focus on elucidating the biochemical pathways that lead to the production of melanins in a range of organisms—compounds that efficiently absorb ultraviolet light and protect skin cells in humans—and gain a better understanding of the chemistry and morphology of melanin polymers at the molecular scale, nanoscale, micrometer and at the macroscale. The project is being funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, under the Defense Department’s Multidisciplinary Research Initiative, or MURI program, with the goal of using these natural pigments to develop new kinds of advanced materials. “Melanin is a ubiquitous natural material that has so far been underutilized in materials science and technological applications,” said Nathan Gianneschi, a professor of chemistry and biochemistry, materials science and engineering and nanoengineering at UC San Diego, who heads the research team. “But this polymer has a unique blend of properties, including strong ultraviolet and gamma radiation absorbance, a high refractive index, material toughness, high conductivity, magnetism and a high metal-binding capacity.” By unraveling the basic biology, chemistry and structural properties of melanins at multiple length scales, the team plans over the next three years to provide the foundation for the development of melanin-based synthetic materials for a wide range of applications. “We hope this basic research effort will eventually lead to the establishment of new methods of assembly to create functional arrays and structures that can be integrated into materials, providing them with unprecedented new optical, infrared, magnetic and biochemical properties,” said Gianneschi. Other melanin-based materials, the researchers added, could include new kinds of adaptive camouflage or detection systems, protective coatings that make structures resistant to ultraviolet and gamma radiation, and bioremediation devices that employ the ability of melanins to bind heavy metals. Other members of the research team from UC San Diego are Michael Burkart, professor of chemistry and biochemistry; Dimitri Deheyn, a marine biologist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography; and Jeffrey Rinehart, an assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry. Ali Dhinojwala from the University of Akron and Arthi Jayaraman from the University of Delaware round out the multidisciplinary team. The research team will collaborate with Wendy Goodson from the Air Force Research Laboratory and Matthew Shawkey, an associate professor of biology at the University of Ghent in Belgium, who were awarded an additional $1.25 million from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research for a cooperative research project. For more information click <a href="http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/pressrelease/uc_san_diego_receives_7.5_million_to_develop_innovative_uses_for_melanin" target="_blank">More details.</a>
04/14/2017
Vanavas Mouchlis received Wiley Computers in Chemistry Postdoc Award
Varnavas Mouchlis received the Wiley Computers in Chemistry Outstanding Postdoc Award at the recent 253rd American Chemical Society National Meeting. The Wiley Computers in Chemistry Outstanding Postdoc Award program is organized by ACS COMP Division, sponsored by Wiley and presented by the Int. Journal of Quantum Chemistry and the Journal of Computational Chemistry. More information on this award, click here <a href="http://www.acscomp.org/awards/the-comp-acs-outstanding-postdoc-award"target="_blank">here</a>
04/12/2017
Distinguished Professor Guy Bertrand awarded 2017 Luigi Sacconi Medal
Distinguished Professor Guy Bertrand has been awarded the 2017 Luigi Sacconi Medal from the Inorganic Chemistry Division of the Italian Chemical Society and the Luigi Sacconi Foundation. A public announcement from the Foundation will be forthcoming. This recognition is given when achievements in Inorganic Chemistry have been of top quality over the duration of an entire scientific career. More information on this award, including previous winners, click here <a href="http://www.cerm.unifi.it/fondazione/sacconi-medal "target="_blank">here</a>
03/28/2017
Wei Xiong was awarded by AFOSR the Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) Award
Wei Xiong was awarded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) the Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) Award. The YIP is open to scientists and engineers at research institutions across the United States who received Ph.D. or equivalent degrees in the last five years and who show exceptional ability and promise for conducting basic research. The objective of this program is to foster creative basic research in science and engineering, enhance early career development of outstanding young investigators, and increase opportunities for the young investigators to recognize the Air Force mission and the related challenges in science and engineering. Those selected will receive the grant over a 3 year period. For more information click here <a href="http://www.wpafb.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/969772/afosr-awards-grants-to-58-scientists-and-engineers-through-its-young-investigat"target="_blank">here</a>
03/28/2017
Congratulations to a UCSD Grad SLAM finalist, Jonathan Trueblood!
Jonathan Trueblood from the Grassian Lab, and working in CAICE, is one of 10 finalists for the UCSD Grad SLAM contest. The winner from our Campus will represent UC San Diego in the UC system-wide Grad SLAM competition in northern California. Come support Jonathan in the final round April 5, 4:00-6:00 p.m. in the Student Services Center Multipurpose Room. Congratulations on being a finalist! For more information click <a href="http://grad.ucsd.edu/gradlife/grad-slam.html"target="_blank">here</a>
03/24/2017
Professor Joshua Figueroa receives 2017 Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship
Professor Joshua Figueroa has been awarded a 2017 Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship for Experienced Researchers. The Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship supports an extended stay in Germany to carry out research in cooperation with academic hosts at institutions within the country. Professor Figueroa will be working with Prof. Dr. Manfred Scheer at the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Regensburg on the interaction between transition metals and main-group elements. For more information click here <a href="https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/home.html"target="_blank">here</a>
03/21/2017
Professor Neal Devaraj receives 2017 HFSP Award
Professor Neal Devaraj has been awarded a 2017 The Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) research grant. HFSP supports novel, innovative and interdisciplinary basic research focused on the complex mechanisms of living organisms. Research is funded at all levels of biological complexity from biomolecules to the interactions between organisms. Prof. Devaraj’s lab will collaborate with an international team of researchers in Spain and Japan to develop synthetic cells containing artificial cytoskeletons. Worldwide, 30 grants were awarded from a total of 1073 letters of intent. For more information click <a href="http://www.hfsp.org/sites/www.hfsp.org/files/css/2017%20Research%20Grant%20awardees.PDF"target="_blank">here</a>
02/24/2017
Professor Kamil Godula Named 2017 Cottrell Scholar
Prof. Kamil Godula has been named a 2017 Cottrell Scholar by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement. Godula was honored for his research program, “Harnessing the Mechanobiology of the Glycocalyx to Influence Stem Cell Specification.” “The Cottrell Scholar program champions the very best early career teacher-scholars in chemistry, physics and astronomy by providing these significant discretionary awards,” said Silvia Ronco, the program’s senior director. Ronco added the program is designed to foster synergy among faculty at major American research universities and primarily undergraduate institutions. “Outstanding candidates are admitted to the ranks of Cottrell Scholars through a stringent peer-review process based on their innovative research proposals and education programs,” Ronco said. For more information click <a href=" http://rescorp.org/news/2017/02/research-corporation-for-science-advancement-announces-2017-cottrell-schola"target="_blank">here</a>
02/22/2017
Professor Kamil Godula named 2017 Sloan Research Fellow
Professor Kamil Godula named 2017 Sloan Research Fellow. Six early-career faculty members at the University of California San Diego have won prestigious 2017 Sloan Research Fellowships for achievements that mark them as the nation’s future leaders in science and technology. The campus’ six new fellows—which represent the biological and physical sciences, as well as engineering—were among only 126 researchers from 60 colleges and universities who received the honor this year. For more information click <a href=" https://sloan.org/fellowships/2017-Fellows/"target="_blank">here</a>
02/01/2017
Professor Joel Yuen-Zhou Receives NSF CAREER Award
The National Science Foundation (NSF) selected Joel Yuen-Zhou, Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry at UC San Diego as a recipient of its NSF CAREER Award. This prestigious five-year award supports the early career-development activities of those teacher-scholars who most effectively integrate research and education within the context of the mission of their organization. The Award will support Yuen-Zhou’s research in molecular polaritonics and the resultant new opportunities for spectroscopy and control of charge and energy transport.
01/23/2017
Professor Seth Cohen receives 2017 TREE Award.
Professor Seth Cohen receives 2017 TREE (Transformational Research and Excellence in Education) Award. The TREE award is designed to recognize the outstanding research and educational accomplishments of the community of Cottrell Scholars. Additionally, the award serves to encourage the improvement of science education at American universities and colleges. Congratulations Seth!
01/04/2017
The CAICE has launched a web site for summer research opportunities
The Center for Aerosol Impacts on Climate and the Environment (CAICE) has launched a web site for summer research opportunities. For more information or to apply to one of these exciting opportunities please click <a href="http://caice.ucsd.edu/index.php/undergraduate-summer-research-program/"target="_blank">here</a>