UC Santa Cruz - Chemistry Department

Clean Energy - environmentally friendly fuel

Novel ruthenium-based catalyst developed by researchers led by chemistry Professor Shaowei Chen has potential applications in sustainable hydrogen production for clean energy, industrial processes

Novel electrocatalyst outperforms platinum in alkaline hydrogen production

Outstanding Faculty

Distinguished Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry Glenn Millhauser is this year's recipient of the Division of Physical & Biological Sciences Outstanding Faculty Award

Impact on the Research Community

Three Chemistry Faculty Among Highly Cited Researchers in 2018

Better Plastics

UCSC chemists develop safe alternatives to phthalates used in plastics

On the verge of a technological revolution

Theorist Yuan Ping is developing computational methods to guide the design of new materials for quantum computing

Center for High Content Functional Annotation (HiFAN) will be established

Program is designed to develop new tools to push the frontier of natural products with the support of a $2.4M/3 year NIH grant

NIH grant supports development of novel drug for stroke treatment

Drug discovery grant funds quest by UCSC chem professor Ted Holman to bring new drug treatment for stroke to clinical trials

State program funds lung cancer research

Biomedical researchers at UC Santa Cruz have won major funding to investigate lung cancer

Meet the Researchers

UC Santa Cruz may not have a medical school, but its scientists are tackling some of the most challenging problems in cancer genomics, drug discovery, and basic cancer biology