News & Events

Emeriti Professor Dan Little-Recipient of the 2022 Manuel M. Baizer Award!

Award Recipient: Emeriti Professor Dan Little

Award Date: June 17, 2021

Prestigious Award in Organic Electrochemistry

Professor Craig Hawker Elected to National Academy of Engineering!

Award Recipient: Craig Hawker

Award Date: February 09, 2021

UCSB College of Engineering News

Professor Hawker and Segalman Elected to National Academy of Engineering.

See UCSB College of Engineering's article.

Research Highlights: 2020

Old Molecule, New Tricks
Chemistry professors develop an electrochemical method for extracting uranium and, potentially, other metal ions from solution

Congratulations to Kevin Plaxco (faculty) and Perdita Barran (Bowers' group alumni), recipients of the 2021 Advances in Measurement Science Award!

Award Recipient: Kevin Plaxco

Award Date: November 24, 2020

ACS Publications Announcement

Kevin Plaxco - Biomolecular Receptors for Affinity vs. Cooperativity

Award Date: November 09, 2020

Kevin Plaxco's lab develops a modular design approach for tuning two important and typically opposing aspects of biomolecular receptor binding: affinity and cooperativity.

Congratulations to Craig Hawker for the Kathryn C. Hach Award

Award Recipient: Craig Hawker

Award Date: October 13, 2020

Entrepreneurial Excellence article by The Current

Congratulations to Professor Thuc-Quyen Nguyen as the recipient of the 2019-20 Outstanding Graduate Student Mentor Award!

Award Recipient: Professor Thuc-Quyen Nguyen

Award Date: April 14, 2020

2019-20 Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award

Professor Zakarian Targets Mitochondrial Metabolism

Starve the Cancer

UCSB's The Current posted an article on July 21, 2020 about Dr. Zakarian's research to help identify a cellular mechanism that, if inhibited, could enable interruption of the signal to proliferate, as well as starve the malignant cells and their eventual death.