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Exciting research is going on in Organic Chemistry at UCLA. We have unusual strengths in several areas of organic chemistry and you will find our environment and opportunities to be unsurpassed. A new thrust in Organic Chemistry is the Exotic Materials Institute directed by professors Fraser Stoddart and Fred Wudl. |
| This Institute has created associations between supramolecular architects and materials fabricators and characterizers, and embodies a vision of the new organic materials chemistry of the future. |
| The Work of Yves Rubin on modified fullerines and the synthesis of carbon-based materials rounds out this unusually strong group designing and synthesizing architecturally novel organic materials. |
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Complementary studies in the physical organic chemistry of materials are represented in the work of Miguel Garcia-Garibay on chemistry of the solid state. |
| Robin Garrell on the creation of new monolayers and characterization of organic and biochemical molecules on surfaces, |
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Heather Maynard on polymeric surfaces with nanosized features and materials for the delivery of natural macromoleculesMaterials for the delivery of natural macromolecules |
| And Kendall Houk on computational methods to understand and predict how organic molecules interact to form materials and molecular machines. |
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| In synthesis, Mike Jung explores innovative syntheses of natural products and molecules of pharmaceutical interest, |
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While Craig Merlic develops novel synthetic methods based on organometallic reactions and applies these to natural product synthesis. |
| Ohyun Kwon expands the utility of synthetic organic chemistry by building libraries of natural product-like molecules through split-pool synthesis. These molecules are employed in the exploration of biological phenomena of interest and drug development. |
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Robin Garrell on biological adhesion, and Craig Merlic and Mike Jung's work on natural product synthesis and enzyme inhibitors provide rich opportunities in organic chemical biology. Combined with the research of outstanding colleagues such as Omar Yaghi, David Eisenberg, and Joan Valentine and fellowship support from our NIH Chemistry/Biology Interface Training Grant, we offer a fine experience in Chemical Biology. This is an extraordinary
atmosphere in which to do Organic Chemistry, while enjoying a
beautiful and stimulating environment. Explore our website, but updated 6/8/06 by Alice Ramirez (alice@chem.ucla.edu) |
