Department News
- The Blavatnik Family Foundation and The New York Academy of Sciences named 18 Finalists for the 2026 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists. Congratulations to Prof. David Olson for this impressive national recognition! He is being recognized for revealing how psychedelics promote neuroplasticity and engineering non-hallucinogenic analogues that could lead to safer treatments for neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative conditions.
- The Heffern Lab was awarded the UC Davis Lab Safety Award for the College of Letters and Science for the second time! Well done, Heffern Lab!
- UC Davis Chemistry postdoc alumnus Daniel Suess is moving to Caltech Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. Congratulations Daniel!
- Congratulations to Associate Professor Cody Pitts on earning promotion with tenure!
- Assistant Professor Alec Follmer is featured in a Voices article in Cell Structure featuring investigators who participated in the recent “9th Ringberg Workshop on Structural Biology with XFELs”.
- Assistant Professor Elizabeth Neumann will receive the Pittcon Achievement Award of the Society for Analytical Chemists and Spectroscopists of Pittsburgh (SACSP)! The award will be presented to her at Pittcon 2027 on April 26, 2027.
