Louis S. Bouchard

Louis S. Bouchard is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). His interdisciplinary research spans physical chemistry, biomedical engineering, and quantum computing, with a focus on NMR/MRI technologies, immunotherapy, and materials science.

He earned a B.Sc. in Physics and Business Management from McGill University, a M.Sc. in Medical Biophysics from the University of Toronto, and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Princeton University. His postdoctoral work at UC Berkeley with Alex Pines advanced low-field NMR and hyperpolarization methods.

• Research Interests: Physical & analytical chemistry, materials for immunotherapy, MRI contrast agents, biosensors, quantum control, machine learning in biomedical imaging.
• Lab Focus: Operando NMR methods, molecular kinetics, tissue engineering, quantum computing, and machine learning algorithms.

His group has developed groundbreaking technologies, including:

• NMR methods for topological insulator surface states
• 12% 15N hyperpolarization catalysts for MRI
• Operando NMR in catalytic reactors
• Multi-channel 3D tissue bioreactors

Scientific awards include the Beckman Young Investigator Award (2012), Dreyfus New Faculty Award (2008), and multiple UCLA faculty development grants.

Current projects recruit students in machine learning, molecular kinetics, and quantum computing applications to chemistry and biology.