Hayoung Park Postdoctoral Researcher, UCLA Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | Li Group Incoming Assistant Professor, Ewha Womans University   “Turning every moment and experience into momentum for growth.”   Hayoung Park, a postdoctoral researcher in...

Anjali Chaparala B.S. Chemical Engineering, UCLA 2025 Research Associate, Seawolf Therapeutics For Anjali Chaparala, UCLA Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering was more than a degree program. It was a place to build community, learn how to solve hard problems, and...

Plastic has become a ubiquitous part of modern life — in water bottles, shopping bags and car dashboards. But once discarded, it is among the hardest materials on earth to recycle. Most recycling processes require plastics to be sorted by type first, a step that is...

Orchid Pyone Incoming Second-Year M.S. Student, UCLA Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Srivastava Lab; UCLA B.S. Chemical Engineering, 2025 “The future depends on what you do today.” Orchid Pyone’s path through UCLA Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering has taken...

Fahed Albreiki Ph.D. Student, UCLA Chemical Engineering | Srivastava Lab “What made me happiest was never the glamorous stadiums, theaters, and stages; instead, it was the late nights in the lab, where I made very exciting observations.” Fahed Albreiki’s graduate life...

The seven projects supported by the grant pair early-career faculty and doctoral students in critical and emerging areas of research.

“UCLA CBE has given me the space, mentorship, and community to grow from a student learning the fundamentals into an independent researcher.”

Two first-year Ph.D. students in UCLA Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Ian Anthony Grimm and Imrie Ross, have received the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, one of the nation’s most competitive awards for early-career graduate students in science and engineering.