January 2019 – July 2022
Nominations for the Director’s Awards are now open. There are three new categories: stewardship, IDEA, and organizational impact, in addition to past categories. Nominations are accepted through May 31. Learn more about this exciting opportunity to recognize outstanding work by your colleagues. https://recognition.lbl.gov/nomination-process/
Nominations for the Director’s Awards, which has new categories of stewardship, IDEA, and organizational impact in addition to past categories, opens April 1. Learn how to write a winning entry from former nominators on Friday, March 25, at 12:30 p.m. This prestigious award includes cash prizes. https://calendar.google.com/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=NmNsYTFlcXJuZjJnbTl0bG5zaWN0dWgzZ3IgbGJsLmdvdl80czRycmcxMmw2ZXFnNm5jbWMya3QwdmNnZ0Bn&tmsrc=lbl.gov_4s4rrg12l6eqg6ncmc2kt0vcgg%40group.calendar.google.com
The East Bay Economic Development Alliance is is hosting its 10th annual Innovation Awards, and accepting nominations for companies that contribute to the East Bay’s legacy of innovation. Nominations are due by March 25. The Lab was honored to be selected as the EDA’s 2021 Legacy Award winner. https://eastbayeda.org/innovation-awards/
Sherry Li, a senior scientist and group lead in the Applied Math and Computational Research Division, is a co-author on a paper being honored with the 2022 SIAM Activity Group on Supercomputing Best Paper Prize. Read more in this Q&A with the authors, and watch their talk on Feb. 25, 8:30 a.m. https://crd.lbl.gov/news-and-publications/news/2022/amcrds-sherry-li-part-of-team-honored-by-siam-for-best-paper/
Do you have a significant innovation that will make a real difference? The R&D 100 Awards program recognizes new products, technologies, and materials that are available for sale or license (made available to the marketplace between Jan. 1, 2021, and Mar. 31, 2022). The entry deadline is May 6. https://www.rdworldonline.com/2022-rd-100-awards-to-open-march-1st/
Pamela Ronald, UC Davis professor and Director of Grass Genetics at JBEI, has won the Wolf Prize in Agriculture for her work on disease resistance in rice. Carolyn Bertozzi of Stanford, formerly of UC Berkeley and the former director of the Molecular Foundry, shared the Wolf Prize in Chemistry. https://wolffund.org.il/the-wolf-prize/
Berkeley Lab’s DreamWarmer, developed by ETA inventors Ashok Gadgil and Vi Rapp, has been selected as one of three finalists for the AUTM Better World Project (BWP) Award. Show your support and cast your vote for the DreamWarmer by Feb. 22. https://autm.net/about-tech-transfer/better-world-project/better-world-awards/2022-finalists
Energy Technology Area scientist Corinne Scown has won the 2022 ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering Lectureship Award for the Americas. She was honored for “her contributions integrating emerging technology development with rigorous technoeconomic analysis and life-cycle assessment.” https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c00245
Three Lab scientists and one affiliate have been named 2021 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellows. Congratulations to researchers Kristie A. Boering, Hitoshi Murayama, and Eva Nogales, and affiliate Scott Baker for receiving this lifetime honor. https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2022/01/27/berkeley-lab-aaas-2021/
Congratulations to staff scientist Francesca Toma of the Chemical Sciences Division for being selected to represent the Lab as a 2022 Oppenheimer Science and Energy Leadership Program (OSELP) Fellow. OSELP brings together leaders from all 17 national labs to learn more about the DOE and lab system. https://oselp.org/cohort-5