American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Distinguished Teaching Awards
Institute of Medicine
MacArthur Fellowship
National Academy of Engineering
National Academy of Sciences
National Medal of Science
Nobel Prize
Noyce Prize
Priestley Medal
RSC Centenary Lectureships Award
Welch Award
Wolf Prize
* Emeritus professor
Distinguished Teaching Awards
Over the years, many of our faculty members have been honored for their outstanding teaching abilities. [click for more info]
1961 - Bruce Mahan
1978 - David Lyon
1986 - Donald Hanson
1986 - Alexander Pines
1988 - Michael Williams
1991 - Angelica Stacy
1992 - Richard J. Saykally
1994 - Clayton J. Radke
2001 - Carolyn Bertozzi
2003 - Jeffrey Reimer
2009 - Matthew Francis
Institute of Medicine
Michael Marletta
MacArthur Fellowship
Carolyn Bertozzi
Michael Marletta
National Academy of Engineering
Alexis T. Bell
Harvey Blanch
Morton Denn*
Jean M. J. Fréchet
Enrique Iglesia
C. Judson King*
John S. Newman
John M. Prausnitz*
Charles Shank
* Emeritus professor
| Paul Alivisatos Neil Bartlett* Robert G. Bergman Carolyn Bertozzi Carlos J. Bustamante David Chandler Robert Connick* Graham R. Fleming Jean M.J. Frchet Charles B. Harris Clayton H. Heathcock* Harold S. Johnston* Sung-Hou Kim Judith P. Klinman John Kuriyan |
Yuan T. Lee* Stephen R. Leone Michael Marletta William H. Miller Bradley Moore* Alexander Pines John M. Prausnitz* Kenneth N. Raymond Richard J. Saykally Charles Shank David Shirley* Gabor A. Somorjai Andrew Streitwieser* Ignacio Tinoco, Jr.* |
* Emeritus professor
National Medal of Science
Melvin Calvin
Darleane Hoffman*
Harold Johnston*
Yuan T. Lee*
George C. Pimentel
Kenneth S. Pitzer
John Prausnitz*
Glenn T. Seaborg
Gabor Somorjai
*Emeritus Professor
Nobel Laureates in Chemistry
1951 - Edwin M. McMillan
1951 - Glenn T. Seaborg
1949 - William F. Giauque
1946 - John H. Northrop
1946 - Wendell M. Stanley
1961 - Melvin Calvin
1986 - Yuan T. Lee
Info on all UC Berkeley Nobel Laureates
Nobelprize.org website
Noyce Prize
The Donald Sterling Noyce Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching is given annually to a faculty member in the physical sciences who has demonstrated excellence in undergraduate teaching, including curriculum development.
| 1987: Donald Noyce, Chemistry 1988: Howard Shugart, Physics 1989: George Pimentel, Chemistry 1990: Richard Packard, Physics 1991: Alexei Filippenko, Astronomy 1992: Alexander Pines, Chemistry 1993: Clayton Radke, Chem Engineering 1994: David Cudaback, Astronomy 1995: James Sethian, Mathematics 1996: Angelica Stacy, Chemistry 1997: Ole Hald, Mathematics 1998: Jeffrey Reimer, Chemical Engineering 1999: George Brimhall, Geology & Geophysics 2000: L. Craig Evans, Mathematics 2001: Carolyn Bertozzi, Chemistry 2002: Carl Heiles, Astronomy 2003: Robert Jacobsen, Physics 2004: Marina Ratner, Mathematics 2005: Enrique Iglesia, Chemical Engineering 2006: Matthew Francis , Chemistry 2007: James Graham, Astronomy 2008: Richard Allen, Earth & Planetary Science 2009: Richard A. Muller, Physics |
Priestley Medal
1962 - Joel H. Hildebrand
1969 - Kenneth S. Pitzer
1978 - Melvin Calvin
1979 - Glenn T. Seaborg
1989 - George C. Pimentel
2000 - Darleane Hoffman*
2008 - Gabor A. Somorjai
* Emeritus professor
More info on the Priestley Medal
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Centenary Lectureships
Financed by the Centenary Fund which was founded to celebrate the Centenary of the Chemical Society, for the purpose of promoting interchange of chemists between Britain and overseas countries and of financing the annual appointment of three Centenary Lecturers, who would normally visit a number of centres in the British Isles.
1956/57 - Glenn T. Seaborg
1977/78 - Kenneth S. Pitzer
1981/82 - Earl L. Muetterties
1983/84 - Gabor A. Somorjai
1993/4 - Alexander Pines
1995/96 - Graham R. Fleming, Clayton H. Heathcock
2001/02 - Richard J. Saykally
2007/08 - T. Don Tilley
Welch Award
1976 - Neil Bartlett
1984 - Kenneth S. Pitzer
1986 - George C. Pimentel
2007 - William H. Miller
More info on the Welch Award in Chemistry