Division of Physical Sciences

Ricky Elwell Wins 2025 Outstanding Thesis Award

Elwell bring’s home UCLA’s first AMO Thesis prize and only the second ever from the UC system

UCLA Researchers Achieve Breakthrough in Antibiotics

The NSF-Funded work could lead to a new class of antibiotic treatments and materials

Unmasking the Great Imitator

A Small Government Grant Could Lead to Big Progress in Lyme Disease Research

Harvesting a dream at UCLA

Arismel Tena Meza is graduating with a Ph.D. in organic chemistry and an education that goes beyond the lab

Asking Productive Questions

Lessons on research and philosophy from one of UCLA’s most accomplished scientists

Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni Named a 2025 Guggeheim Fellow

The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation’s 100th Class of Fellows taps 198 Trailblazing Artists and Scholars Across 53 Fields.

Jerry Xuan Named 51 Pegasi b Fellow to Study Giant Planet Formation

Since its launch in 2017, the fellowship has supported 66 fellows and grown to include 24 institutions throughout the United States.