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The American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS) is one of the most distinguished honors within the scientific community. The AAAS is one of the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals. Congratulations to Professor Persson!

The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) announced today that UC Berkeley engineer and physicist Ramamoorthy Ramesh has been elected to the 2022 class of NAI Fellows, the highest professional distinction awarded to academic inventors. Ramesh, professor of materials science and engineering and of physics at Berkeley, and currently vice president for research at Rice University, is known…

MSE’s own Prof. Joel W. Ager, working in collaboration with Cambridge-CARES in Singapore, has used proton transfer-reactiontime-of-flight mass spectrometry (PTR-TOF-MS) for the real-time detection of the intermediates and products of electrochemical CO2 reduction. Using precise measurements of on onset potentials and the degree of 13C isotope discrimination, the eCO2EP team led by Prof. Ager was able to unravel…

It is with great sadness that we pass on the news that Wladyslaw (Wladek) Walukiewicz, a leading mind in the field of semiconductor materials, passed away on November 9, 2022. Wladek received his Ph.D. from the Institute of Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, and spent a few years working at the National…

We are happy to announce that MSE graduate students: KyuJung Jun and Tina Chen from the Ceder group, and Jimin Kim from the Yang group have been selected to receive Materials Research Society (MRS) Silver award. Congratulations! Official announcement available at: https://www.mrs.org/careers-advancement/awards/spring-awards/graduate-student-awards/past-recipients Tweet from MRS: https://twitter.com/Materials_MRS/status/1598328645692579842?s=20&t=Ii2abwdwDdqgYYZZRk0MVw KyuJung Jun (Photo by Adam Lau/Berkeley Engineering) Tina Chen…

Professor R. Ramesh has been elected as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). The NAI Fellows Selection Committee noted that Prof. Ramesh has “demonstrated a highly prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on the quality of life, economic development, and welfare of society.” He will be officially…

The faculty in MSE are leaders in their fields and the 2022 edition of Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers list reflects this. To be named to the list, a researcher must have demonstrated significant and broad influence in their publications and be among the top 1% by citations in the fields in a publication year. For 2022, MSE faculty…

MSE’s own Ph.D. student Emma Vargo was named the UC Berkeley winner of the 2022 Gareth Thomas Materials Excellence Award. This award, named for former faculty member Prof. Gareth Thomas, a pioneer in electron microscopy and materials education, recognizes excellence in graduating Ph.D. students based on their research accomplishments, academic achievement, and integrity, spirit of cooperation, and…

MSE’s own Professor Kristin Persson has been chosen as recipient of the Cyril Stanley Smith Award. This award, which is given by the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS), recognizes an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the science and/or technology of materials structure. Prof. Persson will receive this honor at TMS-AIME Annual Awards Ceremony at…

MSE’s own Professor Ting Xu was selected as the recipient of the 2022 Faculty Award for Excellence in Postdoctoral Mentoring. As part of National Postdoc Appreciation Week, Prof. Xu was recognized at PostdocFest – an event organized by the Berkeley Postdoctoral Association (BPA) in collaboration with the campus’s Visiting Scholars and Postdoc Affairs (VSPA) program and the Vice Chancellor for Research – for her efforts in fostering…

Professor Kristin Persson has been elected into the 2022 class of the American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Ramamoorthy Ramesh elected to the National Academy of Inventors

Prof. Ager collaborates with Cambridge to unravel the complex reaction pathways in zero carbon fuel synthesis

Passing of Adjunct Professor Wladyslaw Walukiewicz

MSE Graduate Students Selected as Recipients of Silver Awards from Materials Research Society (MRS)

Prof. R. Ramesh elected to the National Academy of Inventors

MSE well represented in 2022 Highly Cited Researchers

Emma Vargo wins the Gareth Thomas Materials Excellence Award

Professor Kristin Persson wins the Cyril Stanley Smith Award

Professor Ting Xu receives the 2022 Faculty Award for Excellence in Postdoctoral Mentoring