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Using a complex cast of metal-studded pigments, proteins, enzymes, and co-enzymes, photosynthetic organisms can convert the energy in light into the chemical energy for life. And now, thanks to a study published in ...Read more about Photosynthesis, Key to Life on Earth, Starts with a Single Photon

Shekhar has been awarded a scholarship for his project entitled: Evolution of neural diversity and patterning in the visual system.Read more about Karthik Shekhar has been named a 2023 McKnight Scholar

Enrique Iglesia, Theodore Vermeulen Chair in Chemical Engineering emeritus and Professor of the...Read more about University of California scientist Enrique Iglesia wins prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry Prize

The Pew Charitable Trusts and the Alexander and Margaret Stewart Trust have announced the 2023 class of the Pew-Stewart Scholars Program for Cancer Research. Our congratulations goes to Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology,...Read more about Ziyang Zhang named a Pew-Stewart Scholar selected to advance cutting-edge cancer research

Prof. Karthik Shekhar with 2023 President of the ChemE Car Club Matthew Moy during the College's graduation ceremony in May 2023. Photo courtesy of Matthew Moy.

The College of Chemistry is delighted to annouce that...Read more about Karthik Shekhar awarded 2023 teaching awards

Professor Omar Yaghi receives a medal and diploma from members of the Wilhelm Exner Foundation during a banquet in May 2023 in Vienna, Austria. Photo Jana Madzigon, courtesy of the Wilhelm Exner Foundation.

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Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a leading science and technology company, has today announced a three-year collaboration with the research group of John Hartwig at UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.Read more about UC Berkeley scientists collaborate with Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany on catalyst digital design program

This study was made possible by the use of a new laser laboratory in the ZEMOS research building at Ruhr University Bochum (RUB), where all external interference signals are minimized. Image Credit: RUB, Marquard

New research from a consortium of Ruhr-Universität Bochum and UC...Read more about Charge into Water Triggered by a Quick Light Pulse

A team of scientists from the College of Chemistry and Berkeley Lab find a new route in bacteria to decarbonize industry. The discovery could reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the manufacturing of fuels, drugs, and chemicals. Specifically, the team is looking at a metabolic...Read more about Tiny microbes could brew big benefits for green biomanufacturing

(l to r) Professors Jeffrey Long and T. Don Tilley. Photos College of Chemistry

Jeffrey Long, Professor of Chemistry and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and...Read more about Jeffrey Long and Don Tilley elected to the National Academy of Sciences