Physical Sciences

No day at the beach

Global warming could cut into mental health benefits of beaches.

Sheryl Tsai

A fruitful career

Sheryl Tsai serves both present and future as a groundbreaking scientist and as an award-winning professor.

Deconstructing F. Sherwood Rowland

Scientific and personal papers and artifacts show the evolution of F. Sherwood Rowland’s life as a scientist, communicator and Nobel laureate.

Students prepare Evans for contamination simulation

Handle with care

Safety staff do hands-on training with chemistry majors.

Larry Overman

Molecular mix master

Chemist Larry Overman, who helped develop the acclaimed department, loves teaching as much as reassembling molecules.

Ken Janda

Good chemistry

New physical sciences dean Ken Janda brings pride, optimism and 20 years’ of experience to the post.

Ralph Cicerone

They had the whole world in their hands

On the occasion of the Earth system science department’s 20th anniversary, Chancellor Emeritus Ralph Cicerone says UCI was the first to study human impact on the environment in an interdisciplinary way.

Steven White

Quantum leaper

Acclaimed for a breakthrough algorithm, physicist Steven White is now first to model a new state of matter.

Zuzanna Siwy

‘Zapping’ viruses can speed identification, physicist finds

Physicist Zuzanna Siwy is working on faster identification of viruses to enable earlier treatment.

2011 Lauds & Laurels recipients

Awards presented by UCI Alumni Association at May 12 ceremony.