Awards and Honors

College of Chemistry awards and honors featured in the news.

Taiwan’s Tang Prizes awarded to Doudna, Rosenfeld

June 20, 2016

by Robert Sanders

Taiwan's top science award, the Tang Prize, has gone to two UC Berkeley scientists well-known in the fields of biochemistry and physics: Jennifer Doudna, for her invention of CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing, and Arthur Rosenfeld, often called the "godfather of energy efficiency."

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BEAM wins Zipcar award

June 16, 2016

by Michael Barnes, College Editor

Bernardo Gouveia of Berkeley Engineers and Mentors (BEAM) discusses BEAM's recent Zipcar 2016 “Students with Drive” award.

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Landry and Xu earn Beckman Young Investigator Awards

July 22, 2016

by Michael Barnes, College Editor

Markita Landry and Ke Xu, two College of Chemistry assistant professors, have won prestigious awards from the Young Investigator Program of the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation.

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Ke Xu named one of C&EN's talented 12

August 22, 2016

by C&EN

Ke Xu This group of skilled young 'operatives' has been covertly using chemistry to safeguard the planet.

http://talented12.cenmag.org/ke-xu/

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Leone wins 2017 ACS Zewail Award

August 23, 2016

by Michael Barnes, College Editor

Chemistry professor Stephen Leone has won the 2017 American Chemical Society's Ahmed Zewail Award in Ultrafast Science and Technology.

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Alison Narayan, Sarpong group alumna, named one of C&EN Talented 12

August 22, 2016

by C&EN

UC Berkeley alumna Alison Narayan wants to turn the enzymes used by cyanobacteria to produce a life-threatening paralysis poison—saxitoxin—into machines that build lifesaving drugs.

http://talented12.cenmag.org/alison-narayan/

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Somorjai wins 2016 Richards Medal

November 22, 2016

by Michael Barnes, College of Chemistry Editor

The New England Section of the American Chemical Society (NESACS) has awarded Berkeley chemistry professor Gabor Somorjai its prestigious 2016 Richards Medal.