College of Chemistry

A network of cubes opens the door for new COF chemistry

October 29, 2020
by Ariana Remmel | C&EN

illustration of a newly designed COF is composed of repeating borophosphonate cubes linked at the vertices

A new covalent organic framework uses boron and phosphorus to make complex connections. This new COF is composed of repeating borophosphonate cubes linked at the vertices. O = red; B = pink; P...

Matthew Francis discusses lowering the activation barrier to change

May 13, 2019
by Emily Hartman and Chrissy Stachl | Berkeley Science Review

Matthew Francis discusses the graduate diversity project

Professor Matthew Francis discusses the new Graduate Life Committee diversity initiative with graduate student founders Emily Hartman and Chrissy Stachl.

Markita Landry receives the 2020 Emerging Leader in Molecular Spectroscopy Award

October 19, 2020
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release

Markita Landry acknowledges receipt of Emerging Leader in Molecular Spectroscopy Award

Laura Bush, Editorial Director of Spectroscopy magazine virtually presented Markita Landry with the Emerging Leader in Molecular Spectroscopy Award during the 2020 SciX 2020 conference. Photo courtesy of...

College of Chemistry receives award to grow graduate diversity

October 2, 2020
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release

diversity, equity and inclusion

For immediate release

The College of Chemistry was recently awarded one of nine four-year grants from the UC Berkeley Graduate Diversity Pilot program. The program was established in July 2020 as one of a series of campus initiatives...

Holy grails: seeking out selective C–H activation

October 1, 2020
By Jamie Durrani | Chemistry World

Demonstration of complexity of C-H targets

The sheer number of C–H bonds in the precursor to the antibiotic erythromycin shows just how tricky a task it is to target a single one. The oxidation of a single C–H bond (red) makes erythromycin six times more biologically active than its precursor 6-deoxy erythromycin A – this chemical feat...

UC Berkeley Greener Solution program receives EPA funding

September 25, 2020
College of Chemistry Press Release

Examples of green food packaging

UC Berkeley’s Greener Solutions program has been selected as one of the national grantees to receive EPA funding for a new program. This initiative partners students with companies interested in adopting sustainable chemistry. UC Berkeley’s $194,832 grant will help identify alternatives to chemicals of concern currently used in the carpet and food...

Metal wires of carbon complete toolbox for carbon-based computers

September 24, 2020
By Robert Sanders | UC Berkeley media relations

Illustration of graphene nanoribbon

Scanning tunneling microscope image of wide-band metallic graphene nanoribbon (GNR). Each cluster of protrusions corresponds to a singly-occupied electron orbital. The formation of a pentagonal ring near each cluster leads to a more than tenfold increase in the conductivity of metallic GNRs. The GNR backbone has a width of 1.6...

Ron Cohen talks about the Beacon project

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

In a new video from Ron Cohen, UC Berkeley Professor of Chemistry and Earth and Planetary Sciences, the remarkable change in our atmosphere with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic is explored. Cohen postulates what the world would be like with fewer CO2 emissions.

UC Berkeley researchers awarded Pew Innovation Funding

September 15, 2020
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release

Ke Xu, Polina

Image: Polina Lishko and Ke Xu (UC Berkeley)

The Pew Charitable Trusts has annouced the 2020 grantees of the Pew Innovation Fund which supports research collaborations among alumni of their...

Alumna Carol Burns receives Garvan-Olin Medal

September 3, 2020
Press release | Los Alamos Lab

Carol Burns, alumna, Los Alamos Lab

(Photo: Los Alamos Lab)

Carol Burns (Ph.D. '87, Chem) executive officer for the Deputy Director for Science, Technology & Engineering at Los Alamos National Laboratory, was selected as the recipient of the 2021 American Chemical Society’s (ACS) Francis P. Garvan‒John M. Olin Medal. This national award recognizes...