Division of Physical Sciences

UCLA Researcher Decodes the Hidden Architecture Inside Cells

New faculty member Kalli Kappel uncovers molecular rules that govern how cells organize themselves

How Quantum Mechanics May Have Shaped Life’s First Molecules

New Chemistry and Biochemistry professor Thomas Fay examines how electron spin could influence molecular handedness on early Earth

JWST Reveals a Hazy World That Shows Not All Planet Twins Are Identical

A team led by UCLA scientists discovers an exoplanet that upends our understanding of “planetary siblings”

Amy Mainzer: Planet Protector

More than half of the “city killer” asteroids that might threaten Earth remain undiscovered. With an infrared eye, NASA’s NEO Surveyor aims to find them

UCLA Physicist Alvine Kamaha Helps Lead World’s Most Sensitive Dark Matter Search with New LZ Results

The LUX-ZEPLIN experiment analyzed the largest dataset ever collected by a dark matter detector

Pradip Gatkine receives inaugural Kavli Exploration Award

Pradip Gatkine, a UCLA assistant professor of physics and astronomy, and Kevin Bundy, a UC Santa Cruz associate professor of astronomy and astrophysics, received an inaugural $3.7 million, four-year Kavli Exploration Award.

DataFest Q&A: Annie Flippo

Annie Flippo is Chief Data Officer at Urgently where she manages data science/AI, Business Intelligence and Data Engineering teams to bring data and AI innovations to the company.

DataFest Q&A: James Wilson

James Wilson (UCLA Statistics, BS, 2019) is a Senior Data Scientist at HBO Max focusing on content and marketing strategy. He has been involved in DataFest since his freshman year at UCLA. Below, James answers some questions about the growing importance of DataFest to UCLA students.

DataFest Q&A: Alex Krebs

Alex Krebs graduated from UCLA with a B.S. Statistics 2016 and M.S. Statistics 2017. He works at Atlassian as a data scientist in the workforce planning group.

“UCLA Gave Us the Opportunity to Become a Family”

How a very special alumni newsletter has helped an Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences class stay friends for decades