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Now Hiring: Academic Coordinator

The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of California Santa Barbara invites applications for a 100% time (40 hr/wk) Academic Coordinator I position for undergraduate instructional laboratory support.

In Pursuit of Captured Sunlight

July 1, 2026 | MLPS

Nguyen Group Website

Congratulations to Professor Yang Yang

Award Date: June 30, 2026

2026 Mitsui Chemicals Catalysis Science Award for Creative Work

Congratulations to Professor Yang Yang for being selected as a recipient of the 2026 Mitsui Chemicals Catalysis Science Award for Creative Work!

The awards have been established in 2004 with the aim of contributing to the sustainable development of chemistry and the chemical industry by recognizing researchers who have made outstanding achievements in catalysis science.

Scientific illustration of a 3D protein molecules structure, formed by amino acids and peptides, reflecting the protein-folding process

Research Highlights: 2026

New Tools To Study Protein Assembly May Help In The Search For Neurodegenerative Disease Therapeutics

June 30, 2026 | The Current

Shea Group Website

Yang Yang Current Article Screenshot of Molecule

Research Highlights: 2026

Yang Group Develops New Mechanism For Metal Carbene Radical Cross Coupling

June 15, 2026 | The Current

Yang Group Website

Congratulations to Graduate Student Miguel Orozco

Publication Date: June 6, 2026

Does Turnover Number Represent a Single Value or a Distribution?

Congratulations to DCB Graduate Student Miguel Orozco (Sepunaru Group) and collaborators from the Mefford Group on their new publication in the Journal of the American Chemical Society!