In 2024, as part of a ceremony at Royce Hall honoring the UCLA College’s first 100 years, Dean of Physical Sciences and Senior Dean of the UCLA College Miguel García-Garibay (left) recognized Bhaumik for his transformational leadership, advocacy and support. Physicist Mani L. Bhaumik gives UCLA $3 million for postdoctoral research in physical sciences
A $3 million commitment from physicist, entrepreneur and philanthropist Mani L. Bhaumik will allow UCLA to establish a program for recruiting postdoctoral fellows in the departments of physics and astronomy and of chemistry and biochemistry, bolstering the university’s capacity to contribute to fundamental research across these disciplines.