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Carolyn Bertozzi’s path to the Nobel Prize

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By Robert Sanders Carolyn Bertozzi, a professor at Stanford University recognized with the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on […]

Posted on June 20, 2023June 20, 2023 Alumni profileFaculty ProfilesFeaturesV 18.1

Dean Toste to become new Chair of Chemistry in July

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By Marge d’Wylde The College of Chemistry is delighted to announce that Dean Toste will serve as the […]

Posted on June 20, 2023June 20, 2023 Faculty ProfilesV 18.1

Jennifer Bergner: deep space chemistry

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By Sara C.P. Williams Millions of light years away from Earth, atoms collide and merge; chemical structures assemble […]

Posted on June 20, 2023June 20, 2023 Faculty ProfilesV 18.1

Hendrik Utzat: Pushing the limits of light

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by Sarah C.P. Williams Every second, a typical 60-watt, incandescent light bulb emits about one hundred quintillion photons, […]

Posted on June 19, 2023June 19, 2023 Faculty ProfilesV 18.1

Robert Saxton: Learning the language of the immune system

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By Sarah C.P. Williams A decade ago, Dr. Robert Saxton was a Berkeley undergraduate torn between a pre-med […]

Posted on June 19, 2023June 19, 2023 Faculty ProfilesV 18.1

Bryan McCloskey announced as chair of chemical and biomolecular engineering

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Bryan McCloskey, Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, will serve as the next Chair of the Department of […]

Posted on June 10, 2022June 10, 2022 Faculty ProfilesV 17.1

A scientist’s journey to the Nobel Prize

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By Marge d’Wylde The Nobel Prize is one of the most prestigious awards for the sciences in the […]

Posted on June 8, 2022June 8, 2022 AwardsFaculty ProfilesV 17.1

Ziyang Zhang’s drug discovery journey

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By Marge d’Wylde The College is pleased to welcome Dr. Ziyang Zhang who will be joining us this […]

Posted on June 7, 2022June 7, 2022 Faculty ProfilesV 17.1

The College welcomes polymer scientist Brooks Abel

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By Marge d’Wylde We are delighted to introduce Dr. Brooks Abel who joined the College of Chemistry as an assistant […]

Posted on June 7, 2022July 20, 2022 Faculty ProfilesV 17.1

Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna and the bio revolution

Jennifer Doudna holds the Nobel Prize medal in her hands.
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CRISPR is a story of fundamental discovery science, collaboration, and the harnessing of a powerful engineering technology that […]

Posted on May 25, 2021June 7, 2021 Faculty ProfilesFeaturesV 16.1

The new era in theoretical chemistry

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By Marge d’Wylde The development of quantum mechanics as we know it today was first established about 100 […]

Posted on May 25, 2021June 29, 2021 Faculty ProfilesFeaturesV 16.1

Introducing Professor Joelle Frechette

Joelle Frechette will join the College of Chemistry in July 2021.
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“I am looking forward to joining the CBE department at the College of Chemistry,” Frechette said. “Berkeley has […]

Posted on May 25, 2021June 9, 2021 Faculty ProfilesV 16.1

Michael Zuerch: Shining a light on solid matter energy dynamics

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My lab currently hosts chemistry students and two physics postdocs. I, myself, am a trained physicist, but now […]

Posted on May 25, 2021June 9, 2021 Faculty ProfilesV 16.1

In Conversation with CBE’s Karthik Shekhar

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I think if you enjoy teaching, and I really do, seeing 100 students write on their end-of-the-year evaluations […]

Posted on May 25, 2021June 9, 2021 Faculty ProfilesV 16.1

Scientists race against the clock testing existing drugs to fight COVID-19

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A group of scientists from across the world, including Kevan Shokat (Ph.D. ’91, Chem) , UC Berkeley Professor […]

Posted on May 26, 2020May 26, 2020 Alumni profileFaculty ProfilesNew & NotableResearchV 15.1

Integrating green chemistry in the undergraduate curriculum

Laura Armstrong (from left), Lauren Irie, Anne Baranger, and Michelle Douskey examine the results of an octanol-water partitioning experiment. Photo courtesy: Anne Baranger
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A recent major gift from the Dow Chemical Company Foundation was primarily used to completely renovate the College’s […]

Posted on May 26, 2020May 26, 2020 Faculty ProfilesNew & NotableV 15.1

Polly Arnold: Keeping her foot on the gas

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By Michael Barnes 2020 has been a rough year, but the College of Chemistry nevertheless started it off […]

Posted on May 26, 2020May 31, 2020 Faculty ProfilesV 15.1

Alanna Schepartz: Exploring biomolecules nature never created

Alanna Schepartz
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By Michael Barnes Driving east out of Manhattan through Queens on the Long Island Expressway brings you to […]

Posted on May 26, 2020 Faculty ProfilesV 15.1

Rui Wang: From theoretical models to real world solutions

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By Michael Barnes It was in early 2003 when Rui Wang, a third-year undergraduate from Zhejiang University in […]

Posted on May 10, 2019May 14, 2019 Faculty ProfilesV 14.1

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