2025 New's Items

Professor Ting Xu Joins Plastic People Discussion

February 9, 2025

Professor Ting Xu will take part in BAMPFA’s upcoming discussion, Plastic People, on February 9, 2025, at 1 PM. The event will explore the complex impact of plastics on society and the environment. The conversation is part of BAMPFA’s efforts to bridge science and public discourse.

https://bampfa.org/event/plastic-people

Kwabena Bediako Honored at Third Annual Philomathia Day

February 11, 2025

"The third annual Philomathia Day took place on Friday, Jan. 31, and honored 2024 Philomathia Prize recipient Associate Professor Kwabena Bediako. The event, themed, "Quantum at the Macroscale," was an exploration of how chemists and physicists are leveraging the emergent properties of molecules and crystals."

https://chemistry.berkeley.edu/news/kwabena-bediako-honored-at-philomathia-day

Kristin Persson Elected to the National Academy of Engineering

February 11, 2025

Kristin Persson, the Daniel M. Tellep Distinguished Professor of materials science and engineering at UC Berkeley, and member of the Kavli Energy NanoScience Institute was elected for pioneering data-driven materials design through the creation and stewardship of open materials databases and associated data-mining algorithms.

https://www.nae.edu/331605/NAENewClass2025