News & Events

UCSB Chemistry Professor named Associate Editor of ACS Catalysis

Award Date: April 10, 2013

Congratulations to the 2013-14 Recipients of NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Awards!

Award Date: April 5, 2013

Congratulations to John Eickhoff, Zachary Rengert, Carol Tsai, and Kyle Young for their selection as recipients of the 2013 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Fellowship. These students were selected based on their outstanding abilities and accomplishments, as well as their potential to contribute to strengthening the vitality of the US science and engineering enterprise.

UCSB Chemistry Professor awarded Amgen Young Investigator Award

Award Date: March 3, 2013

Javier Read de Alaniz has been selected to receive the prestigious Amgen Young Investigator Award. The Amgen Young Investigator Award recognizes young chemists who are making significant contributions to the field of organic chemistry and pharmaceutical research. Congratulations Javier!

Reba Baker, In Memoriam

News Date: February 23, 2013

On the evening of February 23, 2013, Reba Baker passed quietly in her sleep at age 95.

UCSB alumnus recieves Sidney P. Colowick Award

Award Date: January 1, 2013

Craig Lindsley, William K. Warren, Jr., Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology at Vanderbilt University, and Ph.D. graduate from the Bruce Lipshutz research group, has recently been recognized with the receipt of the Sidney P. Colowick Award for Research that Serves as a Platform for Discovery in Diverse Areas.

Dan Little elected Fellow of the AAAS

Award Date: November 29, 2012

Dan Little, Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Read more here.

Two chemistry faculty are recipients of ACS awards

Award Date: September 11, 2012

Peter Ford and Craig Hawker are both recipients of 2013 American Chemical Society National Awards, to be presented at the next ACS Meeting in New Orleans in April. Prof. Ford was awarded the ACS Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Inorganic Chemistry, sponsored by Strem Chemicals. Prof. Hawker was awarded the ACS Award in Polymer Chemistry, sponsored by ExxonMobil Chemical. Congratulations to Peter and Craig!

Frank Leibfarth has been awarded the DSM Polymer Technology Award 2012

Award Date: September 5, 2012