Awards and Honors

College of Chemistry awards and honors featured in the news.

Karthik Shekhar awarded 2023 teaching awards

June 1, 2023
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release
Shekhar has been awarded the 2023 Donald Sterling Noyce Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching along with the Department of Chemical Engineering Teaching Award.

The College of Chemistry celebrates Jennifer Doudna

November 12, 2020
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release
An informal discussion with Nobel Laureate, and College faculty member, Jennifer Doudna.

Yaghi wins Faisal Prize for Science

February 3, 2015
by Michael Barnes, College of Chemistry Editor
The 2015 King Faisal International Prize for Science has been awarded to Berkeley chemistry professor Omar Yaghi. He shares the award with Michael Grätzel of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.

Professor Ting Xu honored at Falling Walls Science Summit

November 14, 2022
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release
Prof. Xu discussed her research in a talk entitled: 'Breaking the Wall to Programmable Plastic Degradation through Enzymes'.

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

The scientist's journey to the Nobel Prize

October 19, 2021
By Marge d’Wylde | College of Chemistry

A man sitting in an office with computer in the background.

David MacMillan at his Princeton University office. (Photo: Denise Applewhite/Princeton University, Via Reuters.)

The Nobel Prize is one of the most prestigious awards for the sciences in the world. Other notable international awards include the National Medal of Science (United States), the Wolf Prize (Israel), The Royal (Queen’s) Medal (...

Evan Miller awarded 2021 Donald S. Noyce Undergraduate Teaching Prize

April 20, 2021
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release
The committee said of Prof. Miller, "Selections from the student evaluations combined with the student letters make a strong case for the effectiveness of Prof. Miller as a communicator and someone who really cares about his students achieving mastery of the material."

Omar Yaghi awarded the inaugural VinFuture Special Prize

January 24, 2022
VinFuture Prize Press Release

Omar Yaghi at the VinFuture award ceremony - Vietnam

The first Special Prize, dedicated to “Innovators with Outstanding Achievements in Emerging Fields”, is awarded to Professor Omar Yaghi (USA) for his work on discovering metal-organic frameworks. — Photo courtesy VinFuture Prize

The first VinFuture Special Prize for Innovators with Outstanding Achievements for Emerging Fields was awarded to...

Richmond Sarpong has been awarded the Inhoffen Medal

July 15, 2025
By Veronica Bartell | College of Chemistry
Richmond Sarpong has been recognized for his exceptional contributions as an organic chemist, particularly in the field of natural products synthesis and the development of chemical methods.

Ritankar Das: Chemistry as an economic powerhouse

May 2, 2024
By Veronica Bartell | College of Chemistry
At just 18 years old, he was the youngest person in over a hundred years to win the University Medal, and the first student from the College of Chemistry in 58 years to win the award.