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Kristie A. Boering elected AAAS fellow

January 26, 2022
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release

Kristie A. Boering

Kristie A. Boering (Photo Michael Barnes)

The College of Chemistry is delighted to announce that Kristie A. Boering (professor of chemistry and of earth and planetary science) has been elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), one of the world’s largest...

T. Don Tilley named inaugural PMP Tech Chancellor's Chair in Chemistry

November 4, 2020
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release

T. Don TilleyThanks to a generous donation from Rubber and Joy Chen of PMP Tech, an international company based in Taiwan, Professor of Chemistry and Faculty Senior Scientist at Berkeley Lab, T. Don Tilley has been announced as the inaugural PMP Tech Chancellor’s Chair in Chemistry.

PMP Tech was founded in 1978 in Taiwan...

Alexis Shusterman awarded 2026 Distinguished Teaching Award

March 11, 2026
The campus’ highest honor for teaching excellence has been awarded to chemistry instructor Alexis Shusterman.

Richmond Sarpong awarded the A.R. Katritzky Junior Award in Heterocyclic Chemistry

May 22, 2019
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry press release
Richmond Sarpong, Professor of Chemistry and Executive Associate Dean at the College of Chemistry has been awarded the 2019 A. R. Katritzky Junior Award in Heterocyclic Chemistry.

Tom Maimone awarded the A.R. Katritzky Junior Award in Heterocyclic Chemistry

March 9, 2026
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry press release
Professor Maimone will be given the award at the 30th International Society of Heterocyclic Chemistry Congress this year in São Carlos, Brazil.

Heathcock Hall reaches new heights

February 27, 2026
By Veronica Bartell | College of Chemistry
The College of Chemistry community gathered recently to celebrate a significant construction milestone: the "topping off" of its newest landmark.

College of Chemistry goes to Taipei for Healthcare Conference

February 25, 2026
By Veronica Bartell | College of Chemistry
The Healthcare Conference Taipei serves as an international summit connecting academic research with the global health industry, featuring biotech startup showcases and partnerships.

Surprisingly simple explanation for alien comet ‘Oumuamua’s weird orbit

March 29, 2023
By Robert Sanders | UC Berkeley media relations

Artist's rendering of an interstellar comet

An artist’s depiction of the interstellar comet ‘Oumuamua, as it warmed up in its approach to the sun and outgassed hydrogen (white mist), which slightly altered its orbit. The comet, which is most likely pancake-shaped, is the first known object other than dust grains to visit our solar system from another star. (Image credit: NASA, ESA and Joseph Olmsted and Frank...

Research shines a light on development of the visual cortex during the critical period after birth

January 19, 2022
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release
A new study from the labs of Professors S. Lawrence Zipursky (UCLA) and Karthik Shekhar (UC Berkeley) presents "significant findings that shine an exciting light on our understanding of the influence of vision during the critical period of development in the mouse visual cortex.”