Department News

Dr. Kensaku Nakayama and Dr. Lijuan Li were recently recognized by local and state government officials for their work at The Beach.

CNSM faculty are tackling climate change head on by advancing clean energy and protecting wildlife. Their research informs policy and drives innovation while opening doors for under-resourced student researchers whose communities often are the first and hardest hit by global warming.

The College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics is proud of each and every one of our graduating students. Here a list of commencement awards given to our students from the graduating class of 2025.

We are proud to welcome to new faculty in our department for 2024-2025!

CSULB faculty have been awarded a 6-year $4.2M grant from the NSF's Partnership for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) program. The grant opens doors to new opportunities for CSULB students in research, education, and broadening participation in materials science.

The College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics is proud of each and every one of our graduating students. Here a list of commencement awards given to our students from the graduating class of 2024.

Dr. Vas Narayanaswami has been honored with the prestigious 2023-2024 Fulbright Award from the US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

Did you miss Dr. Fangyuan Tian's talk, or want to watch it again? The recording of "Innovative Solutions Found in Nature" is now available.

The Dr. Dot Goldish Endowed Scholarship is named after one of the first two female professors of chemistry at CSULB. Dr. Goldish was active in the University for 50 years, serving in a variety of roles. Her passion was teaching.

A university wide project to recognize faculty research efforts focused on racial equity has resulted in an award for CNSM Biochemistry faculty member Dr. Stephen Mezyk.

Judy Rodriguez (M.S. Biochemistry) from Weers Lab was recognized for her poster presentation at the SoCal Biomedical Sciences Graduate Student Symposium at Cedars Sinai. Victoria Sarkisian (B.S. Chemistry) and Katlyn Lawrence (B.S. Chemistry) from Slowinska Lab won the 1st Prize Undergraduate Research Poster Presentation at the Southern California Section…

Dr. Deepali Bhandari and her research students, Miguel Palma and Nishi Rauth, have received the esteemed CSUPERB Don Eden Graduate Research Award. In Bhandari's lab, students come first. One of the major questions Bhandari, Palma, and Rauth focus on is how cancer cells withstand and cope with stress – an adaptive ability that has been correlated to their…