Awards and Honors

College of Chemistry awards and honors featured in the news.

Jeffrey Long and Don Tilley elected to the National Academy of Sciences

May 3, 2023
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release

Jeffrey Long and Don Tilley

Jeffrey Long, Professor of Chemistry and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and T. Don Tilley, the PMP Tech Chancellor's Chair in Chemistry were among the 120 new members and 23 new international members...

Omar Yaghi awarded 2018 Wolf Prize

February 14, 2018

Omar Yaghi awarded 2018 wolf Prize The Wolf Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to The James and Neeltje Tretter Professor of Chemistry Omar M. Yaghi, University of California, Berkeley, for “pioneering reticular chemistry via metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and covalent organic frameworks (COFs).”

David Limmer awarded 2021 Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship

February 16, 2021
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release

Professor writing on whiteboard

David Limmer at UC Berkeley. (Photo: courtesy David Limmer)

The College of Chemistry is pleased to announce that David Limmer, Assistant Chemistry Professor and Chevron Chair in Chemistry, has been awarded a 2021 Fellowship by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. He joins the ranks of 126 early-...

Omar Yaghi receives the 2017 Albert Einstein World Award of Science prize

November 8, 2017
College of Chemistry News
The annual Albert Einstein World Award for Science is given by the World Cultural Council "as a means of recognition and encouragement for scientific and technological research and development", with special consideration for research which "has brought true benefit and well being to mankind".
https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/dossiers/world-cultural-council/live-video

Emeritus professor Jean Fréchet awarded King Faisal Prize in Science

February 27, 2019
King Faisal Foundation press release

Jean Fréchet named 2019 King Faisal Prize in Science winnerProfessor Jean M. J. Fréchet, UC Berkeley professor emeritus and Allen Bard, Professor of Chemistry at UT Austin have been named co-Laureates of the 2019 King Faisal Prize in Science. The award, announced on January 13, cites Fréchet's pioneering work and seminal contributions in the areas of convergent synthesis of dendrimers and their applications, chemically amplified photoresists and organic photovoltaics. A ceremony honoring the Laureates will be held in March.

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.

2022 Emanuel Merck Lectureship awarded to John F. Hartwig

May 23, 2022
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release

John Hartwig presentation at the Emanuel Merck lectureship award ceremony in Germany

John Hartwig during his presentation in Darmstadt, Germany for the 2022 Emanuel Merck Lectureship. (Photo courtesy of Merck KGaA.)

Merck KGaA, a leading science and technology company located in Darmstadt, Germany, has named...

College of Chemistry graduate programs get high honors in new U.S. News rankings

March 31, 2021
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release

College of Chemistry campus

The latest U.S. News & World Report national rankings has placed the College’s graduate programs in chemistry and chemical engineering in second place. The College continues to maintain its position among the top graduate programs in the country.

Our alumna Frances Arnold, who received her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at Berkeley, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2018 for...

Maimone wins Novartis, Bristol-Myers Squibb awards

November 21, 2016
by Michael Barnes, College of Chemistry Editor

Thomas Maimone Chemistry professor Tom Maimone has been selected as one of two recipients of the prestigious 2016 Novartis Early Career Award in Organic Chemistry.

Professor Richmond Sarpong elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

April 23, 2020
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release

Richmond Sarpong

The College of Chemistry is pleased to announce that Richmond Sarpong, UC Berkeley Professor of Chemistry and Executive Associate Dean of the College of Chemistry, has been named a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. This year, the Academy has elected 276 artists, scholars, scientists, and leaders in the public, non-profit, and private sectors. Sarpong joins fellow members singer Joan Baez and writer Ann Patchett in the 2020 cohort.