Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Funding the Undergraduate Experience

May 15, 2026
By Sarah C.P. Williams
When donors support the College of Chemistry, they are not only supporting research, but shaping every stage of the undergraduate journey.

Chemical bonds beyond the lab: Douglas S. Clark

May 15, 2026
By Veronica Bartell | College of Chemistry
Dean Emeritus Clark has spent time reflecting on his career recently — as one might do when one steps away from being dean for 12 years.

Researchers discover a new pathway to building energy-efficient computing chips

May 6, 2026
by Marni Ellery | UC Berkeley Engineering
Ultrathin titanium dioxide film exhibits surprising properties that could advance semiconductor technology.

The Entrepreneurial University

May 5, 2026
Scientific American Custom Media | UC Berkeley
A research university emphasizes entrepreneurial science—and spawns start-ups in fields as varied as genetic medicine, humanoid robotics and carbon-catching materials.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/custom-media/uc-berkeley/technology-transferr…

W.M. Keck Foundation awards Neil Razdan grant to use molten salts a platform for energy conversion

April 17, 2026
By Veronica Bartell | College of Chemistry
The College is pleased to announce that Assistant Professor Neil Razdan was recently awarded a $1M grant from the W. M. Keck Foundation's Research Program.

The probability of greatness (and how to engineer it)

April 16, 2026
By Veronica Bartell | College of Chemistry
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.

Markita Landry awarded Bakar Prize for nanotechnolgy innovations

February 23, 2023
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release
Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Markita Landry is one of four UC Berkeley faculty members to be awarded the 2023 Bakar Prize.

Enrique Iglesia is the recipient of the 2019 Michel Boudart Award for the Advancement of Catalysis

January 15, 2019
North American Catalyst Society Press Release
The award is presented jointly by the North American Catalysis Society (NACS) and the European Federation of Catalysis Societies (EFCATS).

Research shines a light on development of the visual cortex during the critical period after birth

January 19, 2022
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release
A new study from the labs of Professors S. Lawrence Zipursky (UCLA) and Karthik Shekhar (UC Berkeley) presents "significant findings that shine an exciting light on our understanding of the influence of vision during the critical period of development in the mouse visual cortex.”

Meet our faculty: Alexis T. Bell

August 10, 2020
Roger Eardley-Pryor | UC Berkeley Oral History Project
Alexis T. Bell: A Career in Catalysis and University Administration at UC Berkeley

Black and white portrait of a man in front of blackboard.

Alexis T. Bell in UC Berkeley classroom, circa 1990.

Alexis T. Bell is the Dow Professor of Sustainable Chemistry in the Department of...