Press Coverage

Chef-turned-chemist Vayu Hill-Maini has a unique passion: transforming food waste into culinary delights using fungi.Read more about Fungi fusion: Turning food waste into culinary delights

A course at the University of California, Berkeley, gets first-year chemistry graduate students thinking about the field’s broader impact.Read more about Teaching chemistry citizenship

Three major startups have faltered over the past year, but smaller firms are finding a niche.Read more about Synthetic biology, once hailed as a moneymaker, meets tough times

Materials that are bigger on the inside than the outside provide a futuristic solution to supply water to an increasingly arid planet.Read more about Startups Are Racing to Make Water Out of Thin Air

In a Times.com article entitled 'A World Renowned Chemist Wants to Suck Water, and Carbon, Out of the Air', Omar Yaghi discusses his MOF water harvesting technology and his company Atoco.Read more about Omar Yaghi featured in Time.com article on climate change

Jnana Therapeutics today announced that UC Berkeley Chemistry alum Joanne Kotz, Ph.D. has been named Chief Executive Officer.Read more about Jnana Therapeutics announces appointment of alum Joanne Kotz, Ph.D. as Chief Executive Officer

(Berkeleyside) A bronze plaque designating the Mars Infrared Spectrometer as an ACS National Historic Chemical Landmark was unveiled at the May 15 ceremony, and a version of the Mars IRS is on view inside Pimentel Hall. It is accompanied by a display of historical materials and photographs tracing...Read more about Mars work by UC Berkeley’s George Pimentel recognized with national historic landmark

The recent inclusion of four new elements to the periodic table was cause for the clinking of champagne glasses at places where people cook up such exotic stuff, including Berkeley.Read more about It’s Elementary: Berkeley can bask in the glow as more elements hit periodic table