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MSE’s own Ph.D. student Emma Vargo was named the UC Berkeley winner of the 2022 Gareth Thomas Materials Excellence Award. This award, named for former faculty member Prof. Gareth Thomas, a pioneer in electron microscopy and materials education, recognizes excellence in graduating Ph.D. students based on their research accomplishments, academic achievement, and integrity, spirit of cooperation, and…

MSE’s own Professor Kristin Persson has been chosen as recipient of the Cyril Stanley Smith Award. This award, which is given by the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS), recognizes an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the science and/or technology of materials structure. Prof. Persson will receive this honor at TMS-AIME Annual Awards Ceremony at…

If you would like to register for the 2022 Graduate Diversity Fair or obtain more information please visit: https://grad.berkeley.edu/graduate-diversity/prospective-grad-students/graduate-diversity-admissions-fair/

Prof. Al Balushi has been selected to receive the Micron Corporation Early Career Award in the College of Engineering. The award comes with funds to broadly support his ongoing efforts in semiconductor materials science.

MSE’s own Professor Ting Xu was selected as the recipient of the 2022 Faculty Award for Excellence in Postdoctoral Mentoring. As part of National Postdoc Appreciation Week, Prof. Xu was recognized at PostdocFest – an event organized by the Berkeley Postdoctoral Association (BPA) in collaboration with the campus’s Visiting Scholars and Postdoc Affairs (VSPA) program and the Vice Chancellor for Research – for her efforts in fostering…

US News & World Report just released its undergraduate and graduate program rankings, our MSE undergraduate program ranked #3 and our graduate program ranked #2.

Prof. Xu and her group were featured on ABC7 News for their research on on biodegradable circuits. Full news clip available here.

Prof. Xu and her team were awarded the Science Breakthrough of the Year 2022 in Engineering and Technology by the Falling Walls Foundation for their work in enzyme-embedded plastic. She will give a talk on Nov. 9th in Germany, the day the Berlin Wall fell in 1989. Congratulations to Prof. Xu and her team! Read…

MSE Alumnus Prof. Ponisseril Somasundaran to Chair Hoover Board of Award MSE alumnus Prof. Ponisseril Somasundaran (M.S., Ph.D.), who is currently the Lavon Duddleson Krumb Professor of Mineral Engineering in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University, will chair the Hoover Board of Award (representing five engineering organizations: the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the American…

MSE Alumnus Ilan Gur Leading UK Science Innovation Agency As of August 2022, MSE alumnus (B.S., M.S., and Ph.D.) Dr. Ilan Gur has become the founding Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the newly established UK Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA). With nearly a billion dollars in initial funding, ARIA is designed to play a similar role…

Emma Vargo wins the Gareth Thomas Materials Excellence Award

Professor Kristin Persson wins the Cyril Stanley Smith Award

MSE PhD Info Session 10/17/22 from 3:00-4:00pm during the 2022 Graduate Diversity Admissions Fair

Prof. Al Balushi awarded Micron Corporation Early Career Award

Professor Ting Xu receives the 2022 Faculty Award for Excellence in Postdoctoral Mentoring

U.S. News and World Report Ranks Berkeley MSE #2 & #3

MSE’s Professor Xu featured on ABC7 News regarding her biodegradable circuit!

Prof. Xu and her team were awarded the Science Breakthrough of the Year in Engineering and Technology by the Falling Walls Foundation

Alumni Spotlight: Alumnus Prof. Ponisseril Somasundaran to Chair Hoover Board of Award

Alumni Spotlight: Ilan Gur