News & Events

Prof. Bruce Lipshutz receives ACS award for Green Chemistry and Engineering Impact

Award Recipient: Bruce Lipshutz

Award Date: September 01, 2017

Assistant Professor Lior Sepunaru to join Chemistry & Biochemistry Faculty

The Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry cordially welcomes Lior Sepunaru, who joined our department as Assistant Professor on July 1, 2017.

Prof. Alison Butler receives the Alfred Bader Award from ACS

Award Recipient: Alison Butler

Award Date: August 22, 2017

Congratulations to Prof. Alison Butler for winning the 2018 Alfred Bader Award in Bioinorganic or Bioorganic Chemistry! This national award given by the American Chemical Society (ACS) is sponsored by the Alfred R. Bader Fund to recognize outstanding research accomplishments at the interface between biology and organic or inorganic chemistry.

Take Ten With UCSB Glass Shop Manager Richard Bock

Did you know that UCSB has an in-house glassblowing facility? Meet glass shop manager Richard Bock and learn about the art and science of glassblowing in this latest Take Ten spotlight.

2017 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Award Recipients

Award Date: May 24, 2017

CCS Appoints Associate Dean, Dr. Leroy Laverman

Award Date: January 26, 2017

DCB is happy to announce the recent appointment of Dr. Leroy Laverman to the position of Associate Dean in CCS. Dr. Laverman has been a part of the UCSB community since 1994 when he entered as a Chemistry graduate student.

Read more about it HERE.

Research Highlights: 2016

Shedding light on a dark solution: new insights into the classic iodine-starch reaction from the Seshadri and Wudl groups published in Angewandte Chemie. 
Click here for the article and report in The Current.

2017 Herbert C. Brown Award for Creative Research in Synthetic Methods

Award Recipient: Bruce Lipshutz

Award Date: October 13, 2016

Congratulations Professor Bruce Lipshutz! Prof. Lipshutz is being recognized for his "outstanding and creative contributions to research in synthetic methods."

You can read more about Bruce and his prestigious award in the most recent issue of the UCSB Current, which can be found online at http://www.news.ucsb.edu/2016/017110/better-chemistry-through-chemistry