We recently welcomed an awesome postdoctoral fellow, Marie! Marie joins us from Stockholm University, where she completed her Ph.D. studies with Prof. Kálmán Szabó. In her free time, Marie enjoys traveling and swimming outdoors! @Stockholm_Uni @uclachem

Here is our spin-off project from The Organic Coloring Book series, where OChem now comes to life in animations for the public. You can follow Cheesy The Mouse on YouTube or TikTok. Please share & more videos to come!  @ucla @2XDc @uclachem

And finally, good luck to Dr. Luca McDermott Catena as he begins his postdoctoral work with @SarpongGroup at @UCB_Chemistry! Congrats again to all of our 2025 grads! 🎓 @uclachem

Best of luck to Dr. Arismel Tena Meza as she heads to Foster City, CA to begin her position @GileadSciences as a process chemist🧪🧲!

We wish Dr. Dominick Witkowski all the best as he embarks upon his process chemistry journey @Amgen in Thousand Oaks, CA! 😎☀️

We were so excited to celebrate our newest grads recently: Dr. Dominick Witkowski, Dr. Arismel Tena Meza, and Dr. Luca McDermott Catena! 🎉📷.@uclachem.@UCLA_Alumni

We are 4 for 4 with new Ph.D. candidates! Congrats to Giulianna, and to all of our now 3rd year students for crushing candidacy! @uclachem

The celebrations continue! Congratulations to Christina for passing her candidacy exam! @uclachem

Another candidate! Congrats to Ben (@ben_janda1), who crushed his candidacy exam! @uclachem

@UCLACollege @uclachem @uclaphyssci @UCLA.

Check out this awesome UCLA news story about Ari (Arismel Tena Meza, now aka Dr. Tena Meza), who just earned her PhD degree studying in our group. If you want to feel inspired, please take a moment to read about her journey!

As the end of the quarter quickly approaches, we will be preparing for a bittersweet goodbye with our newest doctors, Ari, Dom, and Luca. Stay tuned to see what these three are up to next! 🥲🥂

Congratulations to our newest Ph.D. Candidate Allison, who passed her candidacy exam with flying colors! @Allisonc2001s @uclachem

Congratulations to Garg Lab alum Tejas, who was recently named one of C&EN’s Talented Twelve for 2025! @uclachem.

Congrats to all, including our very own soon-to-be Dr. Luca McDermott!.

RT @NatureSynthesis: Now online:. Article by Dominick C. Witkowski, Daniel W. Turner, Ana S. Bulger, @houk1000 & Neil K. Garg @garglab @ucl….

We are thrilled to share our latest study, just published in @NatureSynthesis, on azacyclic 1,2,3-trienes. Congrats to Dominick, Dani, and Ana! @ucla @uclachem @houk1000

RT @NatureSynthesis: Now online:. Review by Luca McDermott, Zach Walters, Allison Clark & Neil Garg @garglab @uclachem @uclachem . Geometri….

Check out our review on the use of geometric distortion as an enabling tool for organic synthesis, just published in @NatureSynthesis! Congrats to Luca, @zachwalterschem, and Allison! Read it here: @uclachem

Our second years are doing amazing things! All four received NSF recognition: Allison C. was awarded the 2025 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship and Christina, Giulianna, and Ben received Honorable Mention. Well done! #NSFGRP @uclachem @NSF @UCLA