Awards and Honors

College of Chemistry awards and honors featured in the news.

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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Jennifer Doudna awarded 2020 Wolf Prize in Medicine

January 13, 2020

By Robert Sanders | UC Berkeley Media Relations

Jennifer Doudna, UC Berkeley professor of molecular and cell biology and of chemistry, has won the 2020 Wolf Prize in Medicine, a prestigious international prize awarded in Israel for unique contributions to humanity.