Yves Rubin, Professor

University of California, Los Angeles
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
405 Hilgard AvenueÊ
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1569

Telephone: (310) 206-2338
FAX: (310) 206-7649
e-mail: rubin@chem.ucla.edu

Photo by Rina Mukai

Honors and Awards:

  • AAP Faculty Appreciation Award (UCLA), 2008

  • Glenn T. Seaborg Award, 2002

  • Herbert Newby McCoy Award, 1999Ê

  • Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow, 1998

  • Ruzicka Prize (National Award for a Young Swiss Chemist), 1997

  • NSF Young Investigator Award (NYI), 1994

  • Arnold and Mabel Beckman Young Investigator Award, 1994

  • UCLA Faculty Career Development Award, 1994

  • Camille and Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Award, 1992

  • Swiss National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1991-1992

  • Saul Winstein Dissertation Award, 1990

  • Products Research Corporation Research Award, 1989

  • UCLA Departmental Teaching Assistant Award, 1989

Recent symposia attended:

  • International Symposium on Reactive Intermediates and Unusual Molecules (ISRIUM), Ascona, Switzerland, August 19-24, 2007
  • 12th International Symposium on Novel Aromatic Compounds (ISNA-12), Awaji Island, Japan, July 22-27, 2007
  • 211th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society; Molecular and Supramolecular Chemistry of Fullerenes and Carbon Nanotubes Symposium, Chicago, May 6-11, 2007
  • Special Lecture at the 29th Fullerene Nanotubes General Symposium Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, July 26, 2005
  • Pacifichem 2005, International Congress of Pacific Basin Societies, Honolulu, Hawaii, December 15-20, 2005
  • International Symposium on Carbon-Rich Organic Materials, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan, September 29-30, 2003Ê (conference website)
  • 1st International Symposium on Future-Oriented Interdisciplinary Materials Science (FIMS2003), Tsukuba University, Tsukuba, Japan, February 28 - March 1
  • Gordon Research Conference in Japan on Organic Structures and Properties, Spring-8, Hyogo, Japan, July 28-August 2, 2002 (conference website)
  • 221st National ACS National Meeting, Symposium on Fullerenes,ÊSan Diego, CA, April 1 - 5, 2001Ê (conference website)
  • Pacifichem 2000, International Congress of Pacific Basin Societies,ÊHonolulu, Hawaii, December 14-19, 2000Ê (conference website)
  • U.S. - German - French Workshop on Carbon-Rich Organometallic Compounds,ÊErlangen, Germany, July 16-20, 2000Ê (conference website)
  • SMARTON 3 Workshop (pictures!), Hindsgavl Castle, Middlefart,ÊDenmark, May 25-28, 2000Ê (conference website)
  • 196th Meeting of the Electrochemical SocietyFullerene Science and Technology Symposium, Honolulu, Oct. 17-22, 1999
  • Fullerenes '99 (pictures!), Chateau de Bonas, Toulouse, France,ÊAug. 29 - Sept. 2, 1999Ê (conference website)
  • 218th National ACS Meeting, Symposium on Fullerenes,ÊNew Orleans, Lousiana, Aug. 22-26, 1999
  • 4th International Symposium on Functional Dyes,ÊFunctions of ?-Electrons Systems, Osaka, Japan, May 31-June 4, 1999
  • Symposium on New Developments of the Chemistry of ?-Electron Systems,Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan, Matsuyama, Sept. 15-18, 1998
  • Gordon Research Conference in Japan on Organic Structures and Properties,ÊFukuoka, Japan, Sept. 6-11, 1998Ê (conference website)
  • 216th National ACS Meeting, Symposium on Carbon-Rich Superstructures,ÊBoston, Massachusetts, Aug. 23-27, 1998
  • 9th International Symposium on Novel Aromatic Compounds (ISNA-9), Hong Kong, Aug. 2-7, 1998Ê (conference website)
  • 193rd Meeting of the Electrochemical Society Fullerenes: Chemistry, Physics, and New Directions XI, San Diego, May 3 - 8, 1998
  • 215th National ACS Meeting, James Flack Norris Symposium in honor of Peter J. Stang Dallas, Texas, March 29 - April 2, 1998

last updated 3-24-2008