January 2019 – July 2022
Robert Kaindl (Materials Sciences) and Ji Qiang (ATAP) were named as American Physical Society fellows. The honor recognizes exceptional contributions to the physics enterprise. Holger Mueller, Sayeef Salahuddin, and Ting Xu, who have UC Berkeley joint appointments, were also named. https://www.aps.org/newsroom/pressreleases/fellows2019.cfm
Eleanor Blakely of the Biosciences Area was awarded the Gray Medal last month at the International Congress of Radiation Research in England. The award recognizes outstanding contributions to diagnostic radiology and nuclear medicine, radiation therapy, radiation protection, and radiation science. https://biosciences.lbl.gov/2019/08/26/blakely-awarded-the-gray-medal/
Markita Landry (Biosciences), Alessandra Lanzara (Energy Sciences), Niren Murthy (Biosciences), and Kenichi Soga (EESA) were named UC Berkeley Bakar Fellows, an honor that gives the fellows the money and time to translate their laboratory breakthroughs into technologies ready for the marketplace. https://news.berkeley.edu/2019/09/05/seven-new-bakar-fellows-already-are-making-an-impact/
Kam-Biu Luk of the Physics Division is one of four researchers to win the 2019 Future Science Prize. He and Wang Yifang were honored for their discovery of a new type of neutrino oscillation, which is key to understanding the matter-anti-matter asymmetry in the universe. http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-09/09/c_138378114.htm
Frank Ponce, a technician with Berkeley Lab’s AAALAC-accredited Animal Care and Use Program, received the 2019 Al Marshal Animal Technician of the Year Award from the Northern California Branch of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science.
Twelve SLAM finalists will take to the Building 50 Auditorium stage Thursday, Sept. 19, from 2:30 to 4 p.m. for the 2019 Lab SLAM competition. Each gets three minutes to share their science work for cash prizes of over $5000. Read more about the six judges who will decide the winners. https://sites.google.com/lbl.gov/slam/about-the-slam/2019-judges
Eva Nogales of the Biosciences Area has been named a 2020 Fellow of the Biophysics Society. The international scientific society was created to promote the development and dissemination of biophysics knowledge through meetings, publications, community outreach, and career placement. https://biosciences.lbl.gov/2019/08/28/eva-nogales-named-a-2020-biophysical-society-fellow/
Jennifer Doudna of the Biosciences Area has received the 2019 Welfare Betterment Prize, a relatively new Hong Kong-based prize, for her pioneering discovery of CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing. The award is given for advancing world civilization and inspiring people to build a more harmonious world. https://news.berkeley.edu/story_jump/doudna-awarded-prize-for-helping-build-a-better-more-harmonious-world/
Carl Steefel of the Earth & Environmental Sciences Area has been named by the American Geophysical Union (AGU) as a 2019 AGU Fellow. The program recognizes members who’ve made exceptional contributions to the Earth and space sciences. His research intersects the fields of geochemistry and hydrology. https://eesa.lbl.gov/15552-2/
George Moridis was honored by the Society of Petroleum Engineers with the John Franklin Carll Award, which recognizes distinguished contributions in the application of engineering principles to petroleum development and recovery. https://eesa.lbl.gov/15467-2/