February 19, 2018
Computers have helped researchers develop a new phosphor that can make LEDs cheaper and render colors more accurately. An international team led by engineers at UC San Diego first predicted the new phosphor using supercomputers and data mining algorithms, then developed a simple recipe to make it in the lab.…
August 13, 2020
…VC-EDIC and Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Stacey Brydges. Photo credit: Binzhong Photography Women in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry are taking bold steps toward increased balance and fairness on campus. For example, Department Chair and Distinguished Professor Vicki Grassian set the pace by establishing the role of Vice…
December 1, 2014
The National Science Foundation (NSF) will profile the UC San Diego-based Center for Aerosol Impacts on Climate and the Environment (CAICE) in a video to be premiered Nov. 21.
February 8, 2021
Researchers from MIT have succeeded in developing an artificial intelligence (AI) approach to detect electron correlation – the interaction between a system’s electrons – which is vital but expensive to calculate in quantum chemistry.
May 22, 2014
…presented Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Mario Molina with the UCSD Medal, the highest honor the university bestows and one that has only been presented 10 times, mostly to visiting heads of state. Khosla cited Margaret Mead’s aphorism that a small group of committed people can change the world…
October 17, 2017
…by The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry’s J. Andrew McCammon. The distinguished professor, who also holds the Joseph E. Mayer Chair of Theoretical Chemistry, will deliver the Russ Pitzer Lecture Nov. 13 at Ohio State University, which named McCammon the winner of the 2017 Russell M. Pitzer Award. McCammon’s talk…
February 7, 2018
…honorable mention. It also recognized chapters that complete green chemistry activities—those that minimize the use and production of hazardous substances. UC San Diego was among the 52 outstanding student chapters and one of 56 green chapters recognized. More than 300 organizations were considered for the awards.
January 1, 2012
…2012 Marye Anne Fox Chancellor and Distinguished Professor of Chemistry Award - Othmer Gold Medal Judith A. Varner Professor of Medicine Award - Lustgarten Foundation Basic Science Innovator Award
June 14, 2022
Kimberly Prather has been elected to the American Philosophical Society. She is Distinguished Chair in Atmospheric Chemistry and Distinguished Professor at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UC San Diego.
February 20, 2020
…rhythms,” said the 2019 chemistry and biochemistry graduate, who now studies fashion at Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia. To Zong, these rhythmic flows emerge from things such as mathematical sequences and data patterns. “Although for most fashion designers, elements that can visually attract them are crucial, I…
