Honors & awards

Portrait shot of Dean Tsu-Jae King Liu, wearing a navy blue jacket over a white shirt with trees in the background.

Dean Tsu-Jae King Liu nominated for NAE presidency

09/25/24 — Voting to take place in March 2025 for the six-year term beginning July 1

Collage of headshots of Siebel Scholars Foundation’s class of 2025

Six students honored as Siebel Scholars

09/20/24 — Foundation announces class of 2025

Laura Waller, professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences.

Laura Waller awarded Max Planck-Humboldt Medal

09/10/24 — Max Planck Society: EECS professor recognized for outstanding achievements in computational microscopy

Powerful new mini microscope will enable precision cancer surgery

08/22/24 — UCSF: Researchers win up to $15 million from ARPA-H to develop next-gen miniature scanner to detect individual cancer cells during surgery

Kristin Persson, Daniel M. Tellep Distinguished Professor in Materials Science and Engineering at UC Berkeley, holding a molecular model.

Kristin Persson receives DOE’s Distinguished Scientist Fellow Award

08/12/24 — Berkeley Lab: Award recognizes “pioneering advancements in data-driven materials design and discovery,” provides $1M in direct funding to support her research

Michael Yartsev in his lab with blue and yellow light simulating bat flight paths.

Michael Yartsev named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator

07/23/24 — Honor comes with significant research investment that enables investigators to “push the boundaries of science”

Jessica Boles, assistant professor of electrical engineering.

EECS professor Jessica Boles to receive IGNIITE 2024 award

06/28/24 — ARPA-E: Award recognizes early-career scientists and engineers converting disruptive ideas into impactful energy technologies

A firefighter standing in front of a grassfire.

Student engineers named UC Berkeley Climate Innovation fellows by CITRIS

06/14/24 — CITRIS: Rising entrepreneurs Youngseok Jo and Bear Häon will receive $10,000 each to advance innovative projects that address urgent environmental challenges

Nine people stand in front of a small stage. Two people at the center are holding a small trophy.

Winners of 2024 CITRIS Aviation Prize reach great heights

05/31/24 — CITRIS: UC Berkeley team received the Joby Aviation Award for Best Overall Design and the CITRIS Aviation Excellence Award

Five engineers among 2024 Spark Award winners: (top row, from left) Adam Yala, Jennifer Listgarten, Liana Lareau; (bottom row, from left) Zakaria Al Balushi, Robert Pilawa-Podgurski.

Five engineering professors among 2024 Spark Award winners

05/22/24 — Bakar Fellows Program: Recipients embody the spirit of innovation and collaboration that defines UC Berkeley’s entrepreneurial ecosystem

Berkeley engineer Lilly Etzenbach among 2024 University Medal finalists

05/07/24 — Forced into COVID-era isolation, this year’s finalists embraced resilience, compassion

Materials scientist Ramamoorthy Ramesh, a UC Berkeley professor now on leave at Rice University.

Ramamoorthy Ramesh elected to National Academy of Sciences

05/02/24 — Materials scientist recognized for his distinguished and continuing contributions in original research

Teresa Head-Gordon named recipient of the Humboldt Research Award

05/01/24 — College of Chemistry: Berkeley professor honored for groundbreaking discoveries and insights in chemistry, bioengineering, and chemical and biomolecular engineering

Photo of EECS professor Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli

Alberto L. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

04/24/24 — Berkeley EECS professor recognized for excellence in developing and improving a variety of modern electronics systems

Ravi Prasher, adjunct professor of mechanical engineering and an affiliate faculty scientist at Berkeley Lab (left); Sayeef Salahuddin, the TSMC Distinguished Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences and a faculty senior scientist at Berkeley Lab (right).

Ravi Prasher and Sayeef Salahuddin elected lifetime fellows of AAAS

04/18/24 — Honorees are among six UC Berkeley researchers recognized for their scientifically and socially distinguished achievements

Francisca Vasconcelos, a doctoral student in UC Berkeley’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences.

Francisca Vasconcelos chosen as Paul and Daisy Soros New American fellow

04/17/24 — CDSS: EECS doctoral student to receive up to $90,000 through merit-based program for immigrants, children of immigrants

McLaughlin Hall, College of Engineering at UC Berkeley.

Berkeley Engineering celebrates 2024 mentoring award winners

03/27/24 — Recipients recognized by the UC Berkeley Graduate Division for helping students succeed

Rebecca Abergel, Boubacar Kante, and Jay Keasling, 2024 Bakar Prize winners.

Rebecca Abergel, Boubacar Kanté, Jay Keasling win 2024 Bakar Prize

03/12/24 — Award helps campus innovators translate their discoveries into real-world solutions

Photo of Nika Haghtalab, assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences.

EECS professor named Schmidt Sciences AI2050 Early Career Fellow

03/04/24 — CDSS: Nika Haghtalab among cohort that will conduct ambitious artificial intelligence research to benefit society

Photo of Kristin Persson, Daniel M. Tellep Distinguished Professor of materials science and engineering at UC Berkeley and a senior faculty scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

MSE professor Kristin Persson named to Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

02/26/24 — Honor recognizes pioneering work and leadership in promoting science in society