Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Douglas Clark receives award for excellence in biochemical engineering

May 6, 2019
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release

Douglas Clark

Dean Douglas Clark has been awarded the prestigious D.I.C. Wang Award for Excellence in Biochemical Engineering for 2019 from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).

Markita Landry awarded Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science

September 7, 2021
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release

Markita Landry

Markita del Carpio Landry, an assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at UC Berkeley has been announced as a 2022 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science recipient. The prize is awarded...

In Memoriam: J. Frank Valle-Riestra

December 6, 2021
by George Tyson, Judson King, and Jeffrey Reimer

Black and white photo of old manJ. Frank Valle-Riestra (1924-2021). Undated photo.

We are sad to report that J. Frank Valle-Riestra passed away in April of this year. Frank was a first generation American born on November 12, 1924 in Oakland, California. He was the son of Carlos and Milena (Pudil) Valle-Riestra. Carlos was originally from Peru. Milena was from the former Czechoslovakia. Carlos...

Markita Landry awarded a 2022 McKnight Scholarship

July 6, 2022
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release

Markita Landry

The Board of Directors of The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience has announced the selection six neuroscientists to receive the 2022 McKnight Scholar Award including Markita Landry, Assistant Professor of...

In Memoriam Rolf Hugo Muller, 1929-2020

November 1, 2021
by C. Judson King and Elton J. Cairns | College of Chemistry

Rolf Muller, Chemical Engineering, 1966

Rolf Hugo Muller, long time lecturer in chemical engineering at UC Berkeley, was born August 6, 1929 in Aarau, Switzerland. Pursuing his interest in science, he obtained his degrees in chemistry from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich. He emigrated to the United States in 1957, seeking wider professional opportunities. He first worked in...

Your weekend read: History of chemical engineering at Berkeley

August 26, 2020
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release

The College is pleased to announce C. Judson King's A History of Berkeley Chemical Engineering: Pairing Engineering and Science is now available on eScholarship, Berkeley's flagship scholarly repository, and as a print book from...

Aditi Krishnapriyan: A two-way street between physics and machine learning

May 2, 2024
By Sarah C.P. Williams
Krishnapriyan uses physics knowledge to improve machine learning methods, and machine learning methods to tackle challenges in physics and chemistry.

Laura Hirshfield shapes inclusive engineering through teaching, research, and design

June 16, 2025
By Veronica Bartell | College of Chemistry
Hirshfield joined UC Berkeley in fall 2024 as an assistant teaching professor and Director of Undergraduate Education in the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering (CBE).

Students shine at "Pet Biomolecule" showcase

June 2, 2025
By Iris Acosta and Audrey Ryder
Hosted by Professors Jason Ryder and Wenjun Zhang, the Spring 2025 showcase marked the culmination of a semester's worth of applied learning.

Indigenous knowledge helps biotech find new drugs. This grad student wants those companies to give back.

May 1, 2025
By Robert Sanders | Berkeley News
Many successful drugs are based on medicinal plants used and stewarded for generations by Native communities. A UC Berkeley doctoral student says these communities should also benefit.