Awards and Honors

College of Chemistry awards and honors featured in the news.

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-…

Four UC Berkeley faculty elected to National Academy of Engineering

February 12, 2026
UC Berkeley Public Affairs
Professors Nitash Balsara and Jennifer Doudna have been elected to the NAE. Academy membership honors those who have made outstanding contributions to engineering research, practice or education.
https://news.berkeley.edu/2026/02/11/four-uc-berkeley-faculty-elected-to-nationa…

Omar Yaghi awarded 2024 Balzan Prize

September 9, 2024
College of Chemistry Press Release
Professor Omar M. Yaghi was awarded the 2024 Balzan Prize by the International Balzan Prize Foundation.

UC Berkeley’s Omar Yaghi shares 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

October 8, 2025
By Robert Sanders | Berkeley News
Yaghi created a field called reticular chemistry, which involves stitching together molecular building blocks to form porous structures — metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) — with myriad applications.

2026 MTI Parkinson’s Therapeutics Awardees Announced

February 10, 2026
by Julia Schaletzky | MTI Executive Director
UC Berkeley’s Molecular Therapeutics Initiative has selected three research teams for the inaugural MTI Parkinson’s Therapeutics Program, launched last autumn to transform high-impact academic discoveries into therapeutic leads.