January 2019 – July 2022
The SCGSR program provides funds for graduate students to conduct part of their thesis research at a host DOE laboratory in collaboration with a DOE scientist. Berkeley Lab will host 10 of these students. https://www.energy.gov/articles/doe-s-science-graduate-student-research-program-selects-70-students-pursue-research-doe
Do you know an entrepreneur who’s demonstrated exceptional vision and has persevered in growing a for-profit business in Berkeley? Consider nominating them for a Berkeley Chamber of Commerce 2019 Visionary Award. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1s3k_yd2BtqBnUZdFfgrfe84wa_NL-GcVJw9uQBb4IL8/viewform?edit_requested=true&mc_cid=0c36cd4921&mc_eid=c37c86e252
Louise Glass received the Robert L. Metzenberg Award during the Fungal Genetics Conference held March 12–17. Established by the Neurospora research community, the award is given to researchers whose innovative achievements have significantly advanced the understanding of biology. https://biosciences.lbl.gov/2019/03/25/louise-glass-receives-metzenberg-award/
Molecular Foundry industry users Coreshell Technologies and X-Therma Inc. were two of twelve winners awarded for their technological innovations out of 4,500 applications from 119 countries around the world. http://foundry.lbl.gov/#/news/2019-03-19_A.html
During the annual Lorne Conference on Protein Structure and Function in Australia last month, Ian van Driel of the University of Melbourne presented Eva Nogales with the Grimwade Medal for Biochemistry for “visualizing the molecular dance at the heart of human gene expression.” https://biosciences.lbl.gov/2019/03/07/nogales-receives-2019-grimwade-medal/
Cameron Geddes of the Lab’s Accelerator Technology and Applied Physics Division is a recipient of the U.S. Particle Accelerator School 2019 prize. The prize honors outstanding achievements over the full range of accelerator physics and technology. http://uspas.fnal.gov/about/prize/2019-winners.shtml
Earth and Environmental Sciences Area ALD Susan Hubbard will be inducted into the Alameda County Women’s Hall of Fame. She is being honored for her scientific contributions to key environmental challenges of our time. https://eesa.lbl.gov/susan-hubbard-honored-by-alameda-county-womens-hall-of-fame/
Zahid Hussain received the Secretary’s Distinguished Service Award, one of the highest scientific honors given by Energy Secretary Rick Perry, recognizing “continuous and distinctive achievements … within or beyond an individual’s area of responsibility, which are of substantial value” to the DOE. https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2019/01/22/berkeley-lab-pioneer-in-synchrotron-techniques-and-tools-receives-doe-secretarys-award/
John Hartwig, head of the Catalysis and Chemical Transformations Program in the Chemical Sciences Division and professor of chemistry at UC Berkeley, has been awarded the Wolf Prize in Chemistry for the development of efficient transition-metal catalysts that have revolutionized drug manufacturing. https://news.berkeley.edu/2019/01/17/uc-berkeley-researchers-awarded-wolf-prizes-in-agriculture-chemistry/
Berkeley Lab materials scientist Eli Yablonovitch is the recipient of the 2019 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Electrical Engineering. He was honored “for widely used scientific improvements to radio- and light-based technologies in wireless communications and solar energy applications.” https://news.berkeley.edu/2018/12/10/eli-yablonovitch-wins-2019-franklin-medal-in-electrical-engineering/