College of Chemistry News & Highlights
92 CoC undergrads named to Dean's Honor List
Undergraduate Dean Marcin Majda has named 92 students to the Dean's Honor Roll. The honor roll students earned a GPA of at least 3.9 during the fall semester of 2011. Says Majda, "I congratulate the students on their outstanding academic work and I express my best wishes for their continued success."
Hydrogen from Acidic Water
(LBNL News)
Berkeley Lab researchers develop a potential low cost alternative to platinum for splitting water.
New issue of Catalyst available online now (Vol. 06, No. 2)
Catalyst looks at Seaborg's legacy and nuclear chemistry in the age of climate change.
Professors’ innovations benefit society, economy
(UC Berkeley News)
UC Berkeley discoveries and and the companies created to manufacture them are spurring the U.S. and California economies and saving lives.
Cohen elected AGU Fellow
Chemistry professor Ron Cohen has been elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).
Berkeley Lab to Develop Novel Materials for Hydrogen Storage
(LBNL News)
Jeffrey Long, Berkeley Lab scientist and Professor of Chemistry, co-leads a project to develop novel materials for hydrogen storage.
Chandler wins ACS Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry
David Chandler, the Bruce Mahan Professor of Chemistry, has won the American Chemical Society's Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry.
Iglesia wins ACS Gabor A. Somorjai Award for Creative Research in Catalysis
Enrique Iglesia, the Theodore Vermeulen Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has won the American Chemical Society’s Gabor A. Somorjai Award for Creative Research in Catalysis.
