College of Chemistry

Chemistry researchers work to develop new drug to inhibit COVID-19

May 19, 2020
by Robert Sanders | UC Berkeley Public Affairs

COVID-19 drug discovery

Thanks to Fast Grants, a rapid funding program activated six weeks ago, a group of seven COVID-19 research projects has started at UC Berkeley that could turn up new diagnostic and potential treatments for the infection within months. One project is being lead by Daniel Nomura, a professor of chemistry, molecular and cell biology, and nutritional sciences and toxicology. He is working with a group of investigators, and fellow professors, planning to use innovative chemical biology approaches to develop novel therapeutics against COVID-19.

Crispr, not just for gene editing

October 30, 2020
Jennifer Newton | Chemistry World

Illustration of Crispr-Cas activity

Crispr–Cas is part of an ancient bacterial immune system that detects and chops up invading viruses’ DNA. Source: © Science Photo Library

Thanks to the 2020 chemistry Nobel prize, Crispr–Cas systems will...

Douglas Clark tapped to be next College of Chemistry Dean

May 9, 2013
Michael Barnes

Douglas S. Clark, 56, the current Chair of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE) and the Warren and Katharine Schlinger Distinguished Professor in Chemical Engineering, has been designated the new Dean of the College of Chemistry.

Clark is a pioneering researcher in the field of biochemical engineering, with particular emphasis on enzyme technology, biomaterials, extremophiles and all areas of biofuels research. Before his appointment as CBE chair in July 2011, Clark served the college as the Executive Associate Dean, starting in January 2008.

Clark...

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Scientists uncover a process that stands in the way of making quantum dots brighter

March 26, 2021
Glennda Chui | SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Bright semiconductor nanocrystals known as quantum dots give QLED TV screens their vibrant colors. But attempts to increase the intensity of that light generate heat instead, reducing the dots’ light-producing efficiency. A new study explains why.

Ashok Ajoy announced as a CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar

June 7, 2022
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release
CIFAR has named Assistant Professor of Chemistry Ashok Ajoy a 2022 CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar in the Quantum Information Science program.

Why you should stay single: The scientific benefits of using a single photon

October 8, 2020
Kaydren Orcutt |QB3 Berkeley
The scientists in Graham Fleming’s lab at UC Berkeley are used to asking – and answering – difficult questions, usually by creating new and complicated techniques.

An electronic crystal turned flat

February 18, 2022
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release
In an exciting new study in Nature Communications, a global team co-led by UC Berkeley professor Michael Zuerch, Shanghai Jiao Tong University professors Dao Xiang and Jie Zhang, and UC Los Angeles professor Anshul Kogar, have discovered unexpected phenomenon in an electronic analogue of ice crystals.

Michael Zuerch receives award for quantum electronic and optics research

June 23, 2021
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release
The College of Chemistry is pleased to announce that Assistant Professor of Chemistry Michael Zuerch has been awarded the 2021 Fresnel Prize for Fundamental Aspects for outstanding contributions to the field of ultrafast condensed-matter science and for the application of linear and nonlinear X-ray spectroscopies to the investigation of quantum phenomena.

The search for a nonflammable lithium battery technology

April 26, 2023
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release
In a new study recently published in Nature Materials, an international research team, led by Professor of Chemistry Michael Zuerch, focuses on studying Lithium Lanthanum Titanium Oxide (LLTO), which is a promising candidate material for solid-state electrolytes.