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Advisory Board members Herbert Hooper and Alan Mendelson discuss the Berkeley Catalyst Fund

Research in the lab of Jay Keasling
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By Marge d’Wylde The Berkeley Catalyst Fund (BCF) is in its second year as an investment resource for […]

Posted on May 10, 2019May 15, 2019 Donor SpotlightV 14.1

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

The super-microscopic world of Ke Xu

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When Assistant Professor of Chemistry Ke Xu finished his Ph.D. on superconductors, he decided to work in a […]

Posted on May 10, 2019May 15, 2019 ResearchV 14.1

Reflections on a Scholar’s Journey in the World of Entrepreneurship

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By Paul Alivisatos From the time I was a graduate student at Berkeley in the early 1980s, I […]

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

John Hartwig awarded 2019 Wolf Prize in Chemistry

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Henry Rapoport Professor in Organic Chemistry John Hartwig (Ph.D. ’90, Chem) and co-awardee Professor Stephen Buchwald from MIT […]

Posted on May 10, 2019May 15, 2019 New & NotableV 14.1

Frances Arnold’s thoughts on winning the Nobel Prize

Frances Arnold receives Nobel Prize
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Q: Where were you when you got the news you had won the Nobel prize?  A: I was […]

Posted on May 10, 2019May 15, 2019 Alumni profileV 14.1

Drug sponge could minimize side effects of cancer treatment

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New research from the lab of Nitash Balsara, the Charles W. Tobias Professor in Electrochemistry, reports that with […]

Posted on May 10, 2019May 14, 2019 New & NotableResearchV 14.1

Alum Frances Arnold signs chair in Nobel tradition

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Nobel Laureate Frances Arnold (Ph.D. ’85, ChemE) carries on a fun Nobel tradition: signing the underside of the […]

Posted on May 10, 2019May 14, 2019 Alumni profileNew & NotableV 14.1

Scientists find new and smaller CRISPR gene editor: CasX

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In a mere seven years, Cas9 has shown itself to be a formidable gene editor, employed in humans, […]

Posted on May 10, 2019May 14, 2019 New & NotableResearchV 14.1

Douglas S. Clark elected to the National Academy of Engineering

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Douglas S. Clark, Dean of the College of Chemistry and Gilbert Newton Lewis Professor, has been elected a […]

Posted on May 10, 2019May 14, 2019 New & NotableV 14.1

UN recognizes the Periodic Table’s 150th anniversary

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In 1869, Russian chemist Dimitri Mendeleev wrote out the known elements (there were 63 at the time) on […]

Posted on May 10, 2019June 3, 2019 New & NotableV 14.1

Alum David Oxtoby named president of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences

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The American Academy of Arts and Sciences has named David W. Oxtoby (Ph.D. ’75, Chem) the organization’s new […]

Posted on May 10, 2019May 14, 2019 Alumni profileNew & NotableV 14.1

Alum John Adams re-elected chair of ACS board of directors

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John E. Adams, (Ph.D. ’79, Chem) has been re-elected chair of the board of directors of the American […]

Posted on May 10, 2019May 14, 2019 Alumni profileNew & NotableV 14.1

Celebrating 150 Years of Chemistry at Berkeley

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Celebrating 150 years of history is a monumental task: doubly so when it is UC Berkeley’s prestigious College […]

Posted on May 1, 2018November 5, 2018 College of ChemistryFeaturesV 13.1

Professor Jennifer Doudna honored with National Academy of Sciences Award

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Jennifer Doudna, professor of biochemistry, biophysics, structural biology and chemistry, has received the 2018 National Academy of Sciences […]

Posted on May 1, 2018November 8, 2018 New & NotableResearchV 13.1

Berkeley’s First Women Chemists

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One of the important legacies of the UC system is that women were admitted as students two years […]

Posted on May 1, 2018November 5, 2018 FeaturesV 13.1

Giving back to the students: Ann & Joe Pease

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Ann and Joe Pease feel they had an outstanding educational experience at the College of Chemistry, both as […]

Posted on May 1, 2018November 3, 2018 Donor SpotlightV 13.1

Research team discover material ideal for smart photovoltaic windows

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Smart windows, that are transparent when it’s dark or cool but automatically darken when the sun is too […]

Posted on May 1, 2018November 8, 2018 New & NotableResearchV 13.1

Happy Birthday Gilman Hall

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“You have been a beacon of light for the College of Chemistry for the last 100 years. Long […]

Posted on May 1, 2018November 8, 2018 FeaturesV 13.1

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