Faculty honors and awards

Berkeley Engineering faculty receive the most prestigious awards and honors bestowed by academic and professional societies, foundations and other civic organizations. Among these are the 75 active and emeriti faculty who hold membership in the National Academy of Engineering.

8 engineering faculty named biohub investigators

January 11, 2022

The eight professors, representing three Berkeley Engineering departments, are among 21 Berkeley faculty members selected by the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub for the awards, each worth $1 million over five years.

QB3 director David Schaffer elected to National Academy of Inventors

December 7, 2021

One of 164 new NAI fellows, Shaffer holds appointments at UC Berkeley in chemical and biomolecular engineering, bioengineering, and molecular and cell biology

AI pioneer Stuart Russell named 2021 Reith Lecturer

October 14, 2021

Premier series of annual lectures, sponsored by the BBC, aims to advance public understanding and discourse of the major issues confronting the world

Berkeley engineers named American Physical Society Fellows

October 13, 2021

The honor recognizes the outstanding contributions to physics by Lane Martin and Kristin Persson, both professors in the Department of Materials Science.

Jay Keasling receives Distinguished Scientist Fellow award

September 23, 2021

Berkeley Lab: Bioengineer and senior faculty scientist is honored by DOE for scientific leadership and engagement with the academic and research communities

Award fuels female STEM leaders

July 2, 2021

Mechanical engineering assistant professor Hannah Stuart is one of six 2021 Johnson & Johnson WiSTEM2D scholars