Awards and Honors

College of Chemistry awards and honors featured in the news.

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).

Eleven UC Berkeley faculty members elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

March 26, 2026
By Robert Sanders | Berkeley News
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).

Kristie A. Boering elected AAAS fellow

January 26, 2022
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release

Kristie A. Boering

Kristie A. Boering (Photo Michael Barnes)

The College of Chemistry is delighted to announce that Kristie A. Boering (professor of chemistry and of earth and planetary science) has been elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), one of the world’s largest...

T. Don Tilley named inaugural PMP Tech Chancellor's Chair in Chemistry

November 4, 2020
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release

T. Don TilleyThanks to a generous donation from Rubber and Joy Chen of PMP Tech, an international company based in Taiwan, Professor of Chemistry and Faculty Senior Scientist at Berkeley Lab, T. Don Tilley has been announced as the inaugural PMP Tech Chancellor’s Chair in Chemistry.

PMP Tech was founded in 1978 in Taiwan...

Alexis Shusterman awarded 2026 Distinguished Teaching Award

March 11, 2026
The campus’ highest honor for teaching excellence has been awarded to chemistry instructor Alexis Shusterman.

Richmond Sarpong awarded the A.R. Katritzky Junior Award in Heterocyclic Chemistry

May 22, 2019
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry press release
Richmond Sarpong, Professor of Chemistry and Executive Associate Dean at the College of Chemistry has been awarded the 2019 A. R. Katritzky Junior Award in Heterocyclic Chemistry.

Tom Maimone awarded the A.R. Katritzky Junior Award in Heterocyclic Chemistry

March 9, 2026
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry press release
Professor Maimone will be given the award at the 30th International Society of Heterocyclic Chemistry Congress this year in São Carlos, Brazil.

Five Berkeley Lab scientists receive DOE early career research awards

February 18, 2026
By Aliyah Kovner & Lauren Biron
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.
https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2026/02/18/five-berkeley-lab-scientists-receive-doe-e…

Seven UC Berkeley faculty named 2026 Sloan Fellows

February 17, 2026
by UC Berkeley Public Affairs
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.
https://news.berkeley.edu/2026/02/17/seven-uc-berkeley-faculty-named-2026-sloan-…