May 02, 2025
The National Academy of Sciences has added eight UC Berkeley faculty members to its esteemed ranks of scholars and experts who advise governments and other organizations on subjects in academic fields ranging from chemistry and physics to psychology and economic policy. This year’s election of 120 members and 30 international members recognizes scholars’ distinguished and…
April 30, 2025
Many successful drugs are based on medicinal plants used and stewarded for generations by Native communities. A UC Berkeley doctoral student says these communities should also benefit. As a descendent of an indigenous Amazonian tribe, Maria Astolfi was concerned about research she conducted as a graduate student at UC Berkeley involving an extract of a…
April 28, 2025
Six UC Berkeley faculty members from a diverse range of fields are among nearly 250 newly elected members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the organization announced in a recent press release. The new Berkeley electees include leading experts in mathematics, statistics, computer science, molecular biology, neurobiology and comparative literature. Since 1780, the…
April 22, 2025
This year two UC Berkeley faculty members have been awarded a Guggenheim fellowship. Philosopher Hannah Ginsborg will use the award to write a book about the relation between norms and reasons, while chemical engineer Markita del Carpio Landry will try to find molecules in little-studied plants that could treat neurological disorders. For the past 100…
April 15, 2025
The Board of Trustees of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation announced today their appointment of the 100th class of Guggenheim Fellows, including 198 distinguished individuals working across 53 disciplines. QB3-Berkeley faculty affiliate Markita del Carpio Landry is among this year’s class of fellows. Chosen through a rigorous application and peer review process from a…
March 31, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C.— The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the induction of Aaron Streets, Ph.D., Lester John and Lynne Dewar Lloyd Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Associate Professor of Bioengineering at University of California, Berkeley to its College of Fellows. Election to the AIMBE College of Fellows is among the highest…
March 27, 2025
The 2024 class of AAAS fellows includes UC Berkeley researchers from the fields of biology, physics, psychology, engineering and statistics. Seven UC Berkeley faculty members from a broad range of fields are among the 2024 class of fellows elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), one of the world’s largest general…
March 18, 2025
Andreas Stahl is the Ruth Okey Professor in the Department of Nutritional Science & Toxicology at UC Berkeley. His research focuses on developing innovative strategies to combat obesity-related disorders, including Type 2 diabetes and metabolic liver diseases. Stahl’s lab explores lipid metabolism, mitochondrial function, and adipose tissue biology, with a particular interest in engineering solutions…