January 2019 – July 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences Area research scientist Mengsu Hu was selected as a future leader of the American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA) in 2020. The ARMA Future Leader Program identifies early career ARMA members of outstanding promise. https://eesa.lbl.gov/mengsu-hu-selected-as-arma-future-leader/
Lin Lin, a faculty scientist in the Lab’s Mathematics Group and a mathematician in the Center for Advanced Mathematics for Energy Research Applications (CAMERA), has been selected to receive a Simons Investigator in Mathematics award. https://cs.lbl.gov/news-media/news/2021/crds-lin-lin-honored-with-simons-foundation-award/
Employee recognition platform Bucketlist offers an easy and fun way to thank and recognize individuals and teams for living and demonstrating the Lab’s core values. Redeem points received for Lab-unique prizes like naming a goat or turkey. Learn more and recognize someone for their great work today. http://bucketlist.lbl.gov/
Congrats to Biosciences, ESA, and ETA research scientists who received awards to work with industry partners on radioactivity detecting technology, next generation electrodes for electrolysis of water, and high performance sustainable aviation fuel. https://ipo.lbl.gov/berkeley-lab-researchers-receive-2-million-in-technology-commercialization-funding-awards-from-department-of-energy/
The Building Efficiency Targeting Tool for Energy Retrofits (BETTER) tool was recently named a 2021 EarthX Climate Tech Prize semi-finalist. The technology, developed by Lab researchers, identifies cost-saving energy reductions in building portfolios and is already used by hundreds of organizations. https://energyanalysis.lbl.gov/news/article/better-garners-award-avid-interest
Barbara Jacak, a faculty senior scientist and former director of the Nuclear Science Division, was recently named a member of the prestigious American Philosophical Society. She shares her philosophy about succeeding in science. https://physicalsciences.lbl.gov/2021/06/22/barbara-jacak-named-member-of-the-american-philosophical-society/
The Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a call for nominations for the 2021 Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award, one of the DOE’s highest honors. The Lawrence Award honors mid-career U.S. scientists and engineers for exceptional contributions and achievements in research and development. https://science.osti.gov/lawrence?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery
Lab scientists Holger Mueller and Peter Denes recently received Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Visual Proteomics Awards. These awards provide grants to support Mueller’s research on the moonshot cryoET microscope and Denes’ work on the development of the next generation cryoET camera. https://chanzuckerberg.com/newsroom/czi-awards-nearly-28-million-for-visual-proteomics-and-announces-new-funding-opportunity-to-support-software-plugin-development-for-bioimage-analysis/
Foundry staff members Yi Liu and Liana Klivansky, along with Nobel laureate and Foundry user K. Barry Sharpless, are part of a multidisciplinary team that has been awarded the 2021 Organic Division Horizon Prize for Synthetic Organic Chemistry which was presented by the Royal Society of Chemistry. https://foundry.lbl.gov/2021/06/08/foundry-staff-and-users-named-2021-horizon-prize-winners/
Congratulations to Lindsay Bassman (CSA), Marlene Turner (PSA), and Michael Whittaker (EESA) for being selected as participants in this year’s Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting as part of a UC program. They will attend virtual lectures this summer with 40 Nobel laureates around the world. https://research.lbl.gov/2021/06/04/lab-postdocs-to-attend-nobel-laureate-meeting-in-lindau-germany/