Division of Physical Sciences

A Lasting Legacy: Patty Morrison’s $5 Million Planned Gift to UCLA Mathematics

The endowed term chair will provide meaningful support to an emerging mathematics faculty member, while the graduate fellowship will help students pursue their studies and research.

Zuzana Buřivalová wins UCLA’s 10th annual Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award

Using bioacoustics, the conservation scientist has made a global difference for tropical forests and countless lives — human and otherwise

Jonathan Mitchell joins $3 million international effort to understand clouds across planets

The planetary scientist will lead UCLA’s role in a new Simons Foundation research group bringing together climate scientists, planetary scientists and astrophysicists

Bruin hosts with the most: Randall Park and Miguel García-Garibay Q&A

The alumnus and senior dean will helm Oct. 12’s inaugural UCLA College Lecture Awards … and maybe dance battle?

UCLA researchers leverage AI-for-science to accelerate control of complex quantum systems

Collaboration with Caltech and NVIDIA uses an AI model to design laser pulse sequences for a molecule up to 10 million times faster than conventional simulation

UCLA adds Aerospace Industry partner to Quantum Innovation Hub

Collaboration advances quantum networking research while expanding UCLA’s growing quantum innovation ecosystem

Update the textbooks: UCLA-led research revises theory of how crystals form

3D atomic imaging in advanced materials yields new insights into transitions such as liquid freezing into solid

Karen McKinnon receives prestigious AMS early-career research award

The award is the latest in a series of wins for the climate scientist whose work focuses on extreme heat

Rong Fu receives atmospheric science’s highest research honor

Her selection for the Rossby Medal further reinforces UCLA’s longstanding leadership in atmospheric and climate science and recognizes a career that has shaped both scientific understanding and the next generation of researchers. 

UCLA receives $1.4 million from W.M. Keck Foundation

Seven supported research projects, including four in Physical Sciences, pair early-career faculty and doctoral students