Congratulations to Daniel Kane on receiving the Gödel Prize, considered the highest theoretical computer science honor. Kane holds a joint appointment in the Jacobs School of Engineering and the Department of Mathematics. https://bit.ly/4vVs1ep

Congratulations to biochemistry major Kelli Childs on receiving an HHMI Cech Fellowship! Currently a member of Alexis Komor's lab, Childs will spend the summer at Columbia University in the Sternberg lab. https://bit.ly/4xqacpm

Congratulations to Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Bob Continetti on being appointed the Distinguished Chair in Physical Chemistry! 🎉

Early biological systems that could generate GTP from prebiotic chemicals would gain a crucial advantage toward self‑replication. Now researchers from the UC San Diego report a version of an RNA enzyme (ribozyme) that makes GTP synthesis more efficient than its predecessor. https://bit.ly/4onwXWT

You did it grads! Congratulations on all you have accomplished. We can't wait to see what you do next. No matter where you go, you'll always have a home at UC San Diego.

UC San Diego’s astronomy department will graduate its first cohort of undergraduates this year. Launched in 2023, the department wanted to capitalize on the rich history of space research and teaching at the university while also rethinking the needs of modern-day students. https://bit.ly/4onGA8f

💥Congratulations💥 to Sasha Levina on being selected for the prestigious ACME visitor program. Sasha will visit the University of Geneva to study gravitational waves and cosmic star formation. She is currently a third-year PhD student in Floor Broekgaarden's lab. https://bit.ly/3Q3fdDp

#DarkMatter, extraterrestrial life, space dust -- our astrophysicists cover all that and more. Even beyond our astronomy department, UC San Diego faculty in biology, geophysics and engineering are helping us explore the final frontier. https://bit.ly/4uUwjmm#DarkMatter#SpaceScience

San Diego County is partnering with UC San Diego to better understand how pollution from the #TijuanaRiver Valley affects people living nearby. Led by Kimberly Prather PhD the study will equip the county with the scientific foundation needed to support future health studies. https://bit.ly/43fWMP8

Sally Ride didn't let any barrier--even the atmosphere--stand in her way. After a groundbreaking career as an astronaut, she taught physics at UC San Diego. And that's just one fact you might not know about her: https://bit.ly/3RN6m9A

Drug delivery and diagnostic imaging can lack specificity, but a new method from UC San Diego biochem prof Neal Devaraj lets specially‑caged compounds stay inert until reaching a target cell’s enzymes, potentially allowing for more precise drug delivery and diagnostic imaging. https://bit.ly/4fWiZcj

Congrats to Aobo Li on receiving an NSF CAREER award. His proposal focuses on developing AI agents to automate the search for neutrinos and dark matter, as well as interdisciplinary AI education between physics and data science. https://bit.ly/4o0SVPc

The #TijuanaRiver sewage crisis remains one of the top #EnvironmentalJustice issues in the nation. In this interview with ABC 10News' Kimberly Hunt, atmospheric chemistry professor Kimberly Prather PhD explains the science behind the sewage. https://bit.ly/4dyksEh

Congratulations to all of our outstanding graduate students who received a Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention from the National Science Foundation! 🎉

Congratulations to all of our outstanding graduate students who received a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation! 🎉

Congrats to UC San Diego chemistry prof Fleur Ferguson on receiving the 2026 Philip S. Portoghese Early Career Award for the Advancement of Medicinal Chemistry from the American Chemical Society, which recognizes exceptional scientists whose research is reshaping their fields. https://bit.ly/4djorVd

Congratulations to Physics Professor George Fuller on being elected to the National Academy of Sciences. George is known for his research in theoretical nuclear and elementary particle physics and astrophysics, gravitation and cosmology. https://bit.ly/4drVHs7

The NIH's FIRST program helps universities recruit and support promising early career researchers, including chemistry professor Adrian Jinich: "You feel surrounded by this cocoon of support in every direction." https://bit.ly/4uOWsCH

Congrats to chemsitry prof Fleur Ferguson on receiving a 2026 Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Prize. The grants are designed to empower investigators early in their independent careers, enabling them to pursue their most bold and high-impact projects. https://ow.ly/Y4G650YXONI #CancerResearch

⚛️ Congratulations ⚛️ to UC San Diego Assistant Professor of Chemistry Shaowei Li on receiving an NSF Career Award! Li uses cutting edge technology to study the movement of individual atoms and molecules.

⭐Congratulations⭐ to UC San Diego Assistant Professor of Mathematics Morris Ang on receiving the Bernoulli Society New Researcher Award in Probability! 🎉

Congratulations to this year's Bouchet Scholars. Scholars are recognized for their excellence in scholarship, leadership, character, service and advocacy. Special shout out to Devontae Baxter, Ilyse Clark and Robin Glefke from the School of Physical Sciences! https://bit.ly/4cChWfP

Researchers, including UC San Diego physics professor Nigel Goldenfeld observed #turbulence (known as "the Blob") in a pure environment without external interference. The experiment helped them confirm earlier theory about how turbulence spreads. https://bit.ly/3P5nlmr

Congrats to biochemistry alum Larry Millstein, '87, on being elected an American Association for the Advancement of Science fellow. Larry is the president and program director of the Philosophical Society of Washington and is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University.

We're excited to host our first Heising-Simons Foundation 51 Pegasi b Fellow, Rayna Rampalli. Rayna studies how the history of the Milky Way shapes the star-planet systems that form within it, treating stars both as planet hosts and as tracers of Galactic evolution. https://bit.ly/3Ofg2s5

Barrier-busting astronaut Sally Ride devoted nearly 20 years to teaching physics at UC San Diego, forming a deep bond with the university's mission and spirit. Now, Sally Ride Science is celebrating its 25th year of bringing #STEMEducation to students from diverse backgrounds. https://bit.ly/4c1YQ2q

Twisters aren't just for the movies. Scientists at our Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes do their own stunts monitoring and modeling extreme weather events. Hear them speak as part of the "Science on Screen" series at the Comic-Con Museum. April 11, tix here >> https://bit.ly/4vkq7Vf

Congratulations to UCSD chemistry alumna Lucia Cancelada on being named a 2026 Schmidt Science Fellow. As a fellow, Lucia will explore how tiny ocean microbes help lock away carbon for centuries. Read more about this year's cohort: https://bit.ly/4e9oXFP

🎉Congratulations🎉 to Distinguished Professor of Chemistry Seth Cohen, who has been appointed the new dean of physical sciences at UC Irvine. https://bit.ly/489J0jA

Congratulations to UC San Diego Professor of Chemistry Vicki Grassian on being named the John Dove Isaacs Endowed Chair in Natural Philosophy for Physical Sciences! 🎉

A team, led by UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering and the Department of Energy research center Q-MEEN-C, has developed a new brain-inspired hardware platform that could help computer hardware keep pace with the explosive growth of #ArtificialIntelligence. https://bit.ly/41djBBO

🎆Congratulations🎆 Fleur!

#BaseEditing is still a relatively new #biotechnology. Researchers are working to improve its efficiency, while lowering the incidence of unwanted bystander edits. Alexis Komor’s lab has developed a new tool to do this. Their work appears in Nature Biotechnology https://bit.ly/47IKYHB

We're thrilled to announce this year's All Campus Commencement speaker is biochemistry alumnus Fred Ramsdell. Last year, Fred was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his groundbreaking contributions to immunology. Commencement takes place June 13. bit.ly/4dqN6Hy

Haiwang Yong lives life in the ultrafast lane. He uses #UltrafastSpectroscopy to observe the motion of atoms and electrons in femtoseconds. Last year, Yong received a Department of Energy award and a grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to support his work. https://bit.ly/4seZLlu

Happy #PiDay to all who celebrate!

The headline says it all: The Tijuana River Sewage Crisis is One of America’s Longest-Lasting Public Health Calamities. UC San Diego researchers including atmospheric chemist Kimberly Prather PhD are working hard to heal our coast. Reporting from Wendee Nicole / Sierra Club https://bit.ly/3MQC0ky

Remembering Purdue Chemistry Distinguished Professor Philip Low. An innovative scholar, his research led to the development of life-saving cancer therapies. Low said "I believe that I have an obligation to do whatever I can to relieve pain and suffering.” https://bit.ly/3N8SMez

New commentary from Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences explains the importance of the latest research from UC San Diego physics professor David Kleinfeld's lab: "deciphering how cerebral blood flow is controlled is central to understanding healthy brain function." https://bit.ly/3NeYVWH

Researchers, incl. Kimberly Prather PhD, have found a direct link between polluted water and the air, potentially exposing entire communities to toxic gases and other pollutants, even if residents don’t come in direct contact with the water itself. https://bit.ly/4aYhg27 #AlwaysUCSanDiego

.Sanford Stem Cell Institute UC San Diego is working to find cures for rare diseases, including #ALS and #RettSyndrome. Chemistry professor Alexis Komor's work in base editing is already healing sick children. https://bit.ly/4ufC2Dt#ALS#RettSyndrome#RareDiseaseDay #GeneTherapy

The U.S. government may soon release a trove of files related to #UFOs and #ExtraterrestrialLife, which may excite the conspiracy theorists among us, but how do scientists feel? UC San Diego astrophysicist Shelley Wright gives her opinion to CBS. https://bit.ly/4qYYVIl

A molecule has its own unmistakable tone, but the voices of individual molecules are so faint that traditional infrared spectroscopy can't detect them. UC San Diego Professor Chemistry Shaowei Li has found a way to hear a single molecule sing, using an approach called IRiSTM. https://bit.ly/46RiTgP

💥Congratulations💥 to astronomy graduate students Devontae Baxter and Ilyse Clark on being named Bouchet Scholars! The Bouchet Society recognizes outstanding scholarly achievements and promotes excellence in doctoral education and the professoriate. https://bit.ly/4rVE3lY

💥Congrats💥 to the entire UC San Diego SMASH team. Last month they hosted the UCSD SMASH & NSF HDR ML Challenge Hackathon with student hackers working on challenges ranging from climate prediction to monkey motor neuron behavior. Several teams even made it into the top 10 on the global leaderboards!

Congrats to UC San Diego's four newest Sloan Research Fellows, including Mattia Serra and Fleur Ferguson. The fellowships acknowledge researchers whose innovation and research accomplishments set them apart as the next generation of leaders. https://bit.ly/4rgWsK8 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Congratulations to Professor of Chemistry Joel Yuen-Zhou on being appointed the inaugural Kurt and Beatrice Shuler Chair in Theoretical Chemical Physics. Learn more about Joel in this Q&A: https://bit.ly/48kpIsL #FacultySpotlight #TheoreticalPhysics

Happy Valentine’s Day from UC San Diego School of Physical Sciences! 💘 Hope you find someone with the right chemistry. #ValentinesDay #ScienceHumor

UC San Diego’s CalTeach Program is hiring a Program Director. This 100% academic coordinator appointment will lead the CalTeach undergraduate program, which prepares STEM majors to become secondary math and science teachers. Apply today for full consideration: https://bit.ly/405ErCy

Happy Valentine’s Day from UC San Diego School of Physical Sciences! 💘 Wishing you a day full of positive energy and strong connections! #ValentinesDay #ScienceHumor #PhysicsFun