Awards and Honors

College of Chemistry awards and honors featured in the news.

Ritankar Das: Chemistry as an economic powerhouse

May 2, 2024
By Veronica Bartell | College of Chemistry
At just 18 years old, he was the youngest person in over a hundred years to win the University Medal, and the first student from the College of Chemistry in 58 years to win the award.

Markita Landry's award-winning year: applying nanotechnology across disciplines

June 16, 2025
By Sarah C.P. Williams
The carbon nanotubes Landry has developed are exceptionally strong, chemically versatile, and capable of near-infrared fluorescence—making them invaluable in diverse scientific applications.

Omar Yaghi appointed as University Professor

June 17, 2025
By Veronica Bartell | College of Chemistry
The University of California Board of Regents formally approved the appointment of Professor Omar M. Yaghi as University Professor.

Omar Yaghi awarded honorary Doctor of Science by Princeton University

June 4, 2025
By Veronica Bartell | College of Chemistry
Princeton's honorary doctorate is one of the highest academic distinctions in the United States, granted only to individuals whose achievements reflect scholarly excellence and align with the University's mission to advance knowledge and serve humanity.

Breakthrough of the Year: CRISPR makes the cut

December 17, 2015
by John Travis
Science singles out CRISPR gene-editing as the Breakthrough of the Year.
https://www.science.org/content/article/and-science-s-2015-breakthrough-year

Richmond Sarpong elected to National Academy of Sciences

May 2, 2025
By Jason Pohl | Berkeley News
The National Academy of Sciences has added eight UC Berkeley faculty members to its esteemed ranks of scholars and experts, including Richmond Sarpong.

Omar Yaghi wins 2018 Eni Energy Transition Award

July 23, 2018
This year’s recipient is one of the most brilliant scientists working in the field of crystalline-porous solids research.

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.

CBE faculty announced as Bakar Fellows

September 6, 2019
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release
UC Berkeley Professor Roya Maboudian and Assistant Professor Markita Landry, have been named to the 2019-20 cohort of Bakar Fellows.

Graduate student Jose Roque awarded Bristol-Myers Squibb Fellowship

August 20, 2019
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release
Jose Roque, a Ph.D. student in the chemistry lab of Professor Richmond Sarpong, has been awarded a 2019–2020 Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) Graduate Fellowship in Synthetic Organic Chemistry.