Awards and Honors

College of Chemistry awards and honors featured in the news.

Jay Keasling receives distinguished scientist fellow award

September 23, 2021
by Aliyah Kovner | Berkeley Lab

Jay Keasling

Jay Keasling, a senior faculty scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), professor at UC Berkeley, and CEO of the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), has been named a Distinguished Scientist Fellow by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science.

He and the other recipients – Gregory W...

Two Berkeley professors receive prestigious Guggenheim fellowships

April 22, 2025
By Lila Thulin | Berkeley News
Chemical Engineer Markita del Carpio Landry and Philosopher Hannah Ginsborg have been awarded one of the highest intellectual honors on North American academics and creatives.

Yaghi wins Mustafa Scientific Prize

January 5, 2016
by Michael Barnes, College of Chemistry Editor

Omar Yahgi. Photo by Lawrence Berkeley Nat'l Lab - Roy Kaltschmidt, photographer

Photo courtesy Lawrence Berkeley Nat'l Lab - Roy Kaltschmidt, photographer.

Chemistry professor Omar Yaghi has won an inaugural Mustafa Scientific Prize, awarded by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member states. The award ceremony was...

Hartwig wins Janssen Pharmaceutica Prize for Creativity in Organic Synthesis

July 14, 2014
Chemistry Professor John Hartwig has been awarded the 2014 Janssen Pharmaceutica Prize for Creativity in Organic Synthesis. The prize will be delivered after the lecture Hartwig will give at a symposium on Thursday, July 17, at the Belgian Organic Synthesis Symposium (BOSS).

White House honors chemists Darleane Hoffman and Gabor Somorjai with Enrico Fermi Award

March 29, 2023
by Robert Sanders | UC Berkeley Public Affairs

Darleane Hoffman and Gabor Somorjai

Nuclear chemist Darleane Hoffman and surface chemist Gabor Somorjai received the Enrico Fermi Award from President Biden and Vice-President Harris for their pioneering work. Photos courtesy of Lawrence Berkeley Lab.

The Biden Administration today (Tuesday, March 28) named Darleane C. Hoffman...

Omar Yaghi wins inaugural 2025 IUPAC-Soong Prize for Sustainable Chemistry

April 17, 2025
By Veronica Bartell | College of Chemistry
Omar Yaghi wins prestigious inaugural award for his groundbreaking work in reticular chemistry

Biochemical Society announces Kevin Shokat as among 2026 award winners

April 17, 2025
By Veronica Bartell | College of Chemistry
Professor Kevan Shokat (Ph.D., '91, Chem) has won the Centenary Award as a part of the 2026 annual Biochemical Society Awards

Professor Teresa Head-Gordon awarded the Humboldt Research Award

April 30, 2024
College of Chemistry Press Release
Professor Teresa Head-Gordon has been honored with a prestigious research award from the Humboldt Foundation.

Utzat receives prestigious NSF CAREER Award for advancing quantum light research

April 10, 2025
By Sarah C.P. Williams
Hendrik Utzat has been recognized for his groundbreaking work in materials for quantum optics and his commitment to mentorship and outreach.

Ashok Ajoy announced as a CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar

June 7, 2022
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release
CIFAR has named Assistant Professor of Chemistry Ashok Ajoy a 2022 CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar in the Quantum Information Science program.