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The CBE Department has an exceptionally high concentration of NAE members (42.9%), one of the highest densities for any single department in the world.Read more about The probability of greatness (and how to engineer it)

Felix Raoul Fischer and Richmond Sarpong are among eleven UC Berkeley faculty members that have been elected 2025 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).Read more about Eleven UC Berkeley faculty members elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

The campus’ highest honor for teaching excellence has been awarded to chemistry instructor Alexis Shusterman.Read more about Alexis Shusterman awarded 2026 Distinguished Teaching Award

Professor Maimone will be given the award at the 30th International Society of Heterocyclic Chemistry Congress this year in São Carlos, Brazil.Read more about Tom Maimone awarded the A.R. Katritzky Junior Award in Heterocyclic Chemistry

Jaquesta Adams is a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate in Chemistry working on the development of near-infrared fluorescent nanosensors.Read more about How nanosensors ‘listen in’ on the brain’s chemical conversations

The College of Chemistry community gathered recently to celebrate a significant construction milestone: the "topping off" of its newest landmark.Read more about Heathcock Hall reaches new heights

The Healthcare Conference Taipei serves as an international summit connecting academic research with the global health industry, featuring biotech startup showcases and partnerships.Read more about College of Chemistry goes to Taipei for Healthcare Conference

Aditi Krishnapriyan, Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, is among the named recipients. Krishnapriyan is being recognized for her project on machine learning methods that scale with dataset size for modeling complex, multi-scale phenomena.Read more about Five Berkeley Lab scientists receive DOE early career research awards

Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Ashok Ajoy, and Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Karthik Shekhar are among the seven Berkeley faculty honored with the prestigious award honoring exceptional scholars.Read more about Seven UC Berkeley faculty named 2026 Sloan Fellows

Professors Nitash Balsara and Jennifer Doudna have been elected to the NAE. Academy membership honors those who have made outstanding contributions to engineering research, practice or education.Read more about Four UC Berkeley faculty elected to National Academy of Engineering