Awards and Honors

College of Chemistry awards and honors featured in the news.

Jennifer Doudna awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry

October 7, 2020
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release

Portrait of Jennifer Doudna

Jennifer Doudna, 2020 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry. photo: Keegan Houser

For immediate release

The College of Chemistry is delighted to announce that biochemist Jennifer Doudna was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry today, sharing it with colleague Emmanuelle Charpentier...

Alumna Danna Freedman awarded MacArthur Fellowship

November 7, 2022
News release MIT

Danna Freedman

Alumna Danna Freedman, Professor MIT (Ph.D. '09, Chem with Professor Jeffrey Long). Photo courtesy of the MacArthur Foundation.

Danna Freedman, the F.G. Keyes Professor of Chemistry at MIT, has been named a 2022 MacArthur Fellowship recipient by the...

Graduate Student Instructor Awards announced

April 28, 2020
College of Chemistry Press Release
The College of Chemistry is proud to announce the Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor (GSI) awardees for 2019-2020.

Undergraduate students compete in national L'Oréal Brandstorm competition

May 24, 2019
by Marge d'Wylde | College of Chemistry

Two talented undergraduate teams, with members from the College of Chemistry and Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR), competed in this year's USA national L'Oréal Brandstorm competition in New York City in April. Both teams made it to the final round, with a third place tie out of approximately 150 teams nationwide. The first and second place winners will go onto France to compete in the finals later this year.

Jeffrey Reimer, Professor and Chair of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE) commented, “I am not surprised to see our students do so...

Doudna receives National Medal of Technology and Innovation

January 7, 2025
College of Chemistry
President Biden awarded Jennifer Doudna the National Medal of Technology and Innovation as a pioneer of CRISPR gene editing.

The College of Chemistry is ranked No.1 globally in 2019 by U.S. News

November 5, 2018
by Marge d'Wylde | College of Chemistry
UC Berkeley's College of Chemistry has been listed as the best global university for chemistry in the 2019 U.S. News and World Report Education rankings.

UC dominates new U.S. News ranking of public universities

September 11, 2018
by Public Affairs, UC Berkeley

Campanile, Berkeley campus

The University of California dominates the latest ranking of public universities from U.S. News and World Report, claiming six spots in the top 12 and seven in the top 30.

As usual, UCLA and UC Berkeley joust for position at the top of the list, in first and second place among public universities. This year, UCLA added four points to its...

The College of Chemistry announces new lectureship in honor of William Lester

November 10, 2020
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release

Professor Lester standing in his office in front of a bookcasePhoto: Professor William Lester in the 1980s at UC Berkeley.

The College of Chemistry is pleased to announce that a new lectureship has been established and named for Professor of the Graduate School William Lester. The lectureship is intended to welcome distinguished...

The Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists celebrates winners with gala ceremony

October 4, 2024
College of Chemistry
The Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists celebrated the 2024 award recipients in a gala ceremony in New York on October 1.

Markita Landry announced as laureate for Blavatnik National Award

September 12, 2024
College of Chemistry Press Release
Markita Landry is awarded the Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists for pioneering nanoscale chemical tools to address disparate challenges in human health and sustainability.