Awards and Honors

College of Chemistry awards and honors featured in the news.

2024 Bakar Prize recipients target skin disease, spintronics and tree bark

March 12, 2024
By Robert Sanders | Berkeley News
Rebecca Abergel and Jay Keasling are among the five UC Berkeley faculty members awarded this year's Bakar Prize.

Markita Landry named 2023 Schmidt Science Polymath

October 26, 2023
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release
The 2023 cohort is recognized for having remarkable track records and the desire to explore risky new research ideas across disciplines to accelerate scientific breakthroughs.

Ashok Ajoy named 2023 recipient of Ampere Prize and Anatole Abragam Prize

July 26, 2023
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release
Prof. Ajoy was recognized for his substantial contributions to solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance in view of his creativity, intellectual brilliance, productivity and further promise in scientific research.

Nine young faculty members receive prized Sloan Research Fellowships

February 20, 2024
By Robert Sanders | Berkeley News
Kwabena Bediako among the nine young UC Berkeley faculty members to receive the prized 2024 Sloan Research Fellowships.

Jennifer Bergner wins the 2024 AAS Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy

January 11, 2024
By Leigh Moyer | College of Chemistry
Jennifer Bergner has been named the recipient of the Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy for outstanding research and promise for future research by a female researcher within five years after earning her PhD.

8 Teams Win Awards in Final Year of Scialog: Signatures of Life in the Universe

July 6, 2023
Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA) Press Release

Research Corporation for Science Advancement, theHeising-Simons Foundation, the Kavli Foundation and NASA announce awards totaling more than $1 million to eight interdisciplinary teams in the final year of Scialog:...

https://rescorp.org/news/2023/07/8-teams-win-awards-in-final-year-of-scialog-sig…

Chris and Michelle Chang receive 2024 ACS National Awards

September 8, 2023
By Leigh Moyer | College of Chemistry
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has announced Chris Chang and Michelle Chang as recipients of ACS National Awards for 2024.

Nobelists show their hands in photo exhibit by noted German photographer

September 15, 2023
By Robert Sanders | UC Berkeley News
Jennifer Doudna is one of 60 Nobel Prize winners captured by renowned German photographer Herlinde Koelbl. Also featured in this exhibit are college alumna Frances Arnold and former professor Carolyn Bertozzi.

Arc Institute announces new cohort of Investigators to pursue curiosity-driven research

September 20, 2023
ARC Institute | Press Release / Media Statement
Professor Alanna Schepartz and colleagues named recipients of the first cohort of ARC Innovation Investigators. Arc Institute scientists receive no-strings-attached funding to tackle their most important ideas.

'U.S. News' ranks UC Berkeley top public school in the country

September 17, 2023
UC Berkeley Public Affairs
UC Berkeley is once again the No. 1 public school in the country, tied with UCLA, according to the newest American college rankings by U.S. News and World Report.