About Us

Paul Weiss Lab is an interdisciplinary group of scientists, engineers, and clinicians with broad interests and collaborations around the world. Our goal is to research the ultimate limits of miniaturization to develop new chemical understanding of the physical and biological world. Welcome!

Paul S. Weiss

UC Presidential ChairDistinguished Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, BioengineeringDistinguished Professor of Materials Science & EngineeringCalifornia NanoSystems Institute570 Westwood PlazaBuilding 114University of California, Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA 90095USA psw >at< cnsi.ucla.edu+1 (310) 825-0317+1 (310) 267-4918 fax Google Scholar About Born: 10 October 1959Married, three sons S.B. and S.M. in Chemistry from MIT, 1980. Research in high resolution laser spectroscopy […]

Patents

Liquid Crystal Scaffolds and Uses Thereof, A. Nasajpour and P. S. Weiss, European Patent Application 21845436.1 (2023). High-Throughput System and Method for the Temporary Permeabilization of Cells Using Lipid Bilayers. J. N. Belling, J. N. Jackman, N. J. Cho, S. J. Jonas, and P. S. Weiss, US and foreign patents pending. Systems and Methods of […]

Sponsors

Sponsors Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation Hyundai Hope on Wheels National Science Foundation Kavli Foundation National Institutes of Health UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine UCLA Eli & Edith Broad Stem Cell Research Institute Former Sponsors Air Force Office of Scientific Research Army Research Office Air Products Alfred P. Sloan Foundation American Chemical Society, Analytical Chemistry […]

Collaborators

Collaborators at UCLA Anastassia Alexandrova, UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Anne M. Andrews, UCLA Departments of Psychiatry and Chemistry & Biochemistry Andrea Bertozzi, UCLA Department of Mathematics Louis Bouchard, UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Gay Crooks, UCLA Departments of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine and Pediatrics Satiro De Oliveira, UCLA Department of Pediatrics Dino […]

Media

Nanotechnology Approaches to Biology and Medicine | Paul Weiss | 2020NSCW Experts Predict 2021’s Big Chemistry Trends iCANx ACS Spring 2020 Expo Link to Audio Link to Slides 2019 Initiative Nominee (I.N.) for Safety Awards Listening in to microbiomes with nanotechnology Bruins go to downtown Los Angeles to share the big potential of the very […]

In the News

Public UCLA Newsroom, Sweating the Small Stuff: Smartwatch developed at UCLA Measures Key Stress Hormone – Paul Weiss (February 2022) Professor Paul Weiss Named Distinguished Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras – Paul Weiss (August 2021) Technology Review: 2021 Pioneers 35 Innovators Under 35 – Nako Nakatsuka (June 2021) iCANx Story – Prof. Paul […]