College of Chemistry

Gordon E. Moore ’50: Scientist, philanthropist, fly fisherman

March 24, 2023
Elizabeth Costello |UC Berkeley

Gordon Moore with a Cal umbrella

“Gordon Moore matched scientific insight and business acumen with a genuine concern for the well-being of the natural world and the human beings who steward it. Throughout his brilliant career, he remained dedicated to developing common-sense, scientifically verifiable approaches to the challenges of our...

https://light.berkeley.edu/o/gordon-e-moore-50-scientist-philanthropist-fly-fish…

Can synthetic polymers replace the body’s natural proteins?

March 20, 2023
By Robert Sanders | Media Relations

Illustration of biological fluids are made up of hundreds or thousands of different proteins

Biological fluids are made up of hundreds or thousands of different proteins (represented by space filling models above) that evolved to work together efficiently but flexibly. UC Berkeley polymer scientists are trying to...

Probe reveals nanometer-scale chemical environment of cell membranes

August 27, 2019
by Celia Henry Arnaud | C&E News

Nanoscopic mapping of lipid order in cell membranes with NR4A.

When scientists use superresolution microscopy methods on cells, they usually get just structural information like the sizes and shapes of cellular compartments. By using a new derivative of a conventional dye, researchers can now get specific nanoscale information about the chemical environment of cell plasma membranes. Such information could tell scientists about the order and disorder of the cell membranes, including about highly ordered “lipid rafts.”

ChemE alumnae honored by AIChE

October 12, 2020
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release

The College of Chemistry is pleased to announce that Professor Karen Gleason (MIT) and Sarika Goel (Honeywell UOP) have been recently awarded honors from AIChE.

Karen Gleason (Ph.D. ’87, ChemE) invited as the 2019 John M. Prausnitz AIChE Institute Lecturer

Karen Gleason, MIT

Karen Gleason, the Alexander and I. Michael Kasser Professor of Chemical Engineering and Associated...

UC Berkeley researchers illuminate material complexity with nonlinear x-ray spectroscopy

August 10, 2021
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release

Nano letters cover art from the lab of Michael ZuerchOn the Cover: Artist rendering of second harmonic generation spectroscopy in the extreme ultraviolet state. Illustration by Ella Marushenko. (Nano Letters, Vol 21, No 14)

(SHG) spectroscopy in the extreme...

Stephanie Espy discusses importance of women in STEM during Berkeley Forum event

November 23, 2020
By Jasmine Lee | The Daily Californian

Girls at a STEM Gem club event

UC Berkeley alumna Stephanie Espy (M.S. '04, ChemE) started the STEM Gems Club, which has grown to about 80 clubs across the United States for girls in fifth grade and above to learn about different careers in STEM through the club curriculum. (Photo Jasmine Lee, The Daily Californian)

On Thursday, the Berkeley Forum hosted author...

Dan Nomura receives ASPIRE Award for cancer research

February 23, 2023
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release

Dan Nomura

Dan Nomura in his lab. Photo by Elena Zhukova.

The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research has announced twelve outstanding research projects to receive its latest round of ASPIRE awards. Grantees from top academic institutions in Germany...

UC funds new California Interfacial Science Institute

January 30, 2023
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release

clean water

The College of Chemistry is pleased to announce the founding of the California Interfacial Science Institute (CISI), recently funded through the UC Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives (MRPI), a program administered by the UC Office of the President. The CISI started as an “...

When scientists fight to save the climate

January 13, 2023
By Janet Wilson and Tom Vasich | UCI News

Sherwood Rowland and Mario Molina in the lab, 1970s

Research by F. Sherwood Rowland and alum Mario Molina is at the heart of a recent positive U.N. report. (Photo courtesy of UC Irvine.)

A new article out from the UCI School of Physical Sciences states that on January 9, a...

In Memoriam: Scott Lynn

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

Professor Emeritus Scott Lynn, 1989 photo

Scott Lynn in his office, 1989. Photo Dennis Galloway.

Dear CoC Colleagues,

I write to share the sad news that Scott Lynn, Professor Emeritus of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, passed away on Saturday, December 17, at the age of 94.

Scott completed his B.S. degree in...