Awards and Honors

College of Chemistry awards and honors featured in the news.

Karthik Shekhar has been named a 2023 McKnight Scholar

June 14, 2023
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release

Illustration of neural network

Illustration of neural network. Courtesy of the McKnight Endowment Fund.

The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience has announced the selection of ten neuroscientists to receive the 2023 McKnight Scholar Award. Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at UC Berkeley,...

Omar Yaghi wins prestigious Tang Prize for Sustainable Development

June 18, 2024
By Rachel Leven | Berkeley Computing, Data Science, and Society
Yaghi wins in recognition of his groundbreaking efforts founding and advancing the field of reticular chemistry.

Paul Alivisatos awarded 2024 Kavli prize in nanoscience

June 12, 2024
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release
UC Berkeley nanoscientist Paul Alivisatos and neuroscientist Doris Tsao are among this year’s Kavli Prize winners.

Aditi Krishnapriyan and colleagues win Scialog Award

June 4, 2024
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release
Krishnapriyan along with teammates Grant Rotskoff (Stanford) and Andrew Zahrt (U of Pennsylvania) win Scialog funding.

Michael Zuerch among UC Berkeley faculty selected as 2024 Rose Hills Innovators

June 4, 2024
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release
Zuerch's project explores a crucial yet poorly understood aspect of quantum materials.

Ziyang Zhang receives Searle Scholars award

May 23, 2024
College of Chemistry Press Release
Ziyang Zhang has been named as one of the 2024 Searle Scholars.

Omar Yaghi honored with Fiat Lux Faculty Award

February 23, 2024
By Veronica Bartell | College of Chemistry
Omar Yaghi has received the 2024 Fiat Lux Faculty Award from the Cal Alumni Association as a part of this year's Achievement Awards.

Michael Zuerch receives Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholars award

April 26, 2024
Press Release
Michael Zuerch, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, has been named a 2024 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar.

Michael Marletta inducted into Class of the AIMBE College of Fellows

March 26, 2024
College of Chemistry
The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) recently announced the induction of Michael Marletta, Professor of Chemistry and Molecular & Cell Biology, to its College of Fellows.

Abel and Zuerch named 2024 Scialog Fellows

March 21, 2024
College of Chemistry
Brooks Abel and Michael Zuerch were named Scialog Fellows by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement.