The central mission of the College of Chemistry is to advance society through education and research, and we have made it our responsibility to fulfill this mission, year in and year out, for more than 140 years.
Our two departments provide fundamental and applied studies of an outstanding caliber. The remarkable breadth and depth of resources available to our students readies them as chemists and chemical engineers to address society’s most urgent 21st-century issues.
College faculty have been leaders at the frontiers of knowledge since 1872. Current pioneering research includes premier programs in catalysis, thermodynamics, chemical biology, atmospheric chemistry, the development of polymer, optical and semiconductor materials, and nanoscience, among others.
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Peidong Yang, a professor of chemistry and faculty scientist at Berkeley Lab, and his colleagues have tweaked the chemical structure of perovskite — a versatile...Read more about Chemists create tinted windows that also generate electricity
The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Basic Sciences category goes, in this tenth edition, to Jordanian-American chemist Omar Yaghi, “...Read more about Omar Yaghi wins BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Basic Sciences
The research, led by Peidong Yang of Berkeley Lab's Materials Sciences Division, was published this week in the journal Nature Materials in a study titled, "...Read more about Yang and colleagues discover material for smart photovoltaic windows
Prasad Raghavendra, an associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science, and Jennifer Doudna, a professor of molecular and cell biology and of chemistry, were...Read more about National Academy of Sciences honors Raghavendra, Doudna
The College of Chemistry is pleased to announce that Advisory Board member Terry Rosen has stepped into a newly-established role as the college’s first Special Adviser to the Dean.Read more about Alum Terry Rosen appointed to new college adviser role
Dr. Ramelmeier discusses the future needs of talent in the biomanufacturing industry.Read more about Advisory Board member Andrew Ramelmeier discusses jobs in biomanufacturing
Scientists at the University of California are teaming up with Mars company to try to save the crop before it's too late.Read more about Chocolate is on track to go extinct in 40 years
David Schaffer and fellow UC Berkeley scientists have for the first time used CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing to disable a defective gene that causes amyotrophic lateral sclerosis,...Read more about First step toward CRISPR cure of Lou Gehrig's disease
Markita Landry, UC Berkeley assistant professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering is a recipient of the second annual New Innovator in Food and Agriculture Research award for plant efficiency to study GMO-free gene editing.Read more about Markita Landry receives New Innovator in Food and Agriculture award
