College of Chemistry

An anti-cancer drug in short supply can now be made by microbes

September 1, 2022
by Aliyah Kovner | Berkeley Lab

Saccharomyces cerevisiae, also known as brewer’s yeast, has been dyed blue to be seen under a microscope.

Saccharomyces cerevisiae, also known as brewer’s yeast, is seen under a microscope. This species is used around the world to...

Willam Lester discusses milestones in his science career

August 17, 2022
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release

William Lester

Professor Emeritus Wiliam Lester gives a pesentation during his career with IBM. Photo courtesy William Lester.

In a new piece authored by Professor Emeritus William Lester for the Journal of Physical Chemistry A, he provides insight into his career in physical chemistry in the...

The College welcomes Lauren Haney Provost as Senior Assistant Dean of Development

August 17, 2022
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release
Lauren Heney Provost, Asst. Dean Development The College is delighted to announce that Lauren Haney Provost has been appointed the new Senior Assistant Dean of College Relations and Development for the College of Chemistry. She will start her new role on September 1, 2022.
Lauren brings extensive fundraising and leadership experience within higher education and...

How do nanoparticles grow? Atomic-scale movie upends 100-year-old theory

July 28, 2022
By Theresa Duque | Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Video of nanoparticles in movement

New video footage captured by Berkeley Lab scientists reveals for the first time that nanoparticle growth is directed not by difference in size, but by defects. (Credit: Haimei Zheng/Berkeley Lab....

Novel method examines the gas-liquid interface in new detail

July 26, 2022
Office of Science |US Dept. of Energy

Demonstration of materials to use to create novel scatter beam

Left: a liquid dodecane flat jet produced by a microfluidic chip nozzle. Right: an incident molecular beam (red line) striking the jet surface. Researchers can analyze the velocity and angular distributions of molecules in the...

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,...

Professor Michelle Chang awarded 2022 Centenary Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry

June 16, 2022
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release

Michelle Chang, RSC award announcement

The College is delighted to announce that Michelle Chang, Professor of Chemistry and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at UC Berkeley, has been named the...

The College is deeply saddened to announce that Professor Phillip Geissler has died

July 20, 2022
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release

Phillip Geissler 2013

Phillip Geissler (1974-2022)

Our community has been jolted by the news that Professor Phillip Geissler, 48, has died. Phill was hiking in Utah at the time of his death.

Phill was the Aldo De Benedictis Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and a renowned physical...

The scientist's journey to the Nobel Prize

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

David Macmillan

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...

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...