News & Events

Congratulations to Alison Butler for receiving the Faculty Research Lecturer award!

Award Recipient: Alison Butler

Award Date: April 30, 2020

Dr. Alison Butler who has been selected as this year’s Faculty Research Lecturer, which is the highest honor the UCSB faculty can bestow on one of its members. This is in recognition of her extraordinary achievements in research and scholarly work, as well as her outstanding professional competence and international impact in the field of bioinorganic chemistry and metallobiochemistry.

Professor Joan-Emma Shea becomes Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Physical Chemistry!

The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry congratulates Joan-Emma Shea who recently became the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Physical Chemistry. Joan is the first female Editor-in-Chief in 124 years of the existence of this journal. This success is featured here:

https://cen.acs.org/acs-news/publishing/Joan-Emma-Shea-Gregory-Scholes/97/web/2019/12

Research Highlights: 2019

Master of Glass
UC Santa Barbara’s in-house glassblower (our very own, Richard Bock) combines scientific precision with ancient art

Introducing DCB Today!

Award Date: July 25, 2019

DCB Today is the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry's Newsletter. We hope to present a new volume biannually in which we will give you the most recent updates to our department and events that have happened throughout the year.

Professor Butler receives the Royal Society of Chemistry medal for Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms

Award Recipient: Alison Butler

Award Date: May 06, 2019

Congratulations to Professor Alison Butler for being awarded the Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms Award from the Royal Society of Chemistry! The award is given internationally for work leading to understanding of reaction mechanisms in any branch of inorganic chemistry. Prof. Butler was recognized for her pioneering research into the mechanistic bioinorganic chemistry of the marine environment.

Professor Butler is elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Award Recipient: Alison Butler

Award Date: April 25, 2019

Professor Hayton Receives the Bessel Research Award

Award Recipient: Trevor Hayton

Award Date: February 21, 2019

Research Highlights: 2018

New insights into tau protein aggregation in neurodegenerative disease from the Han group is published in PNAS. See The Current news article and journal article for more information.