Miguel A. García-Garibay is a professor of chemistry and biochemistry and the dean of physical sciences at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

[1][2] His research focuses on solid state organic chemistry, photochemistry and spectroscopy, artificial molecular machines, and mesoscale phenomena.

After completing a combined degree in Chemistry, Biology, and Pharmacy, García-Garibay went on to get a PhD degree in Chemistry at the University of British Columbia, where he joined the group of John Scheffer.

After that, he joined the group of Nicholas Turro as a postdoctoral fellow at Columbia University.

[5] García-Garibay received an Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award in 2015.