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Rui Wang: From theoretical models to real world solutions

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By Michael Barnes It was in early 2003 when Rui Wang, a third-year undergraduate from Zhejiang University in […]

Posted on May 10, 2019May 14, 2019 Faculty ProfilesV 14.1

Friday’s return to Berkeley will be special for Nobel winner Frances Arnold

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By John Hickey, Berkeley News Frances Arnold admits it will be an emotional moment Friday when, as winner […]

Posted on May 10, 2019June 15, 2022 Alumni profileV 14.1

Giving back to the students: Ann & Joe Pease

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Ann and Joe Pease feel they had an outstanding educational experience at the College of Chemistry, both as […]

Posted on May 1, 2018November 3, 2018 Donor SpotlightV 13.1

Editor’s farewell: Catalyst magazine’s editor, writer and photographer retires

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We are very sorry to announce that, after eleven years roving the corridors of the College of Chemistry—and […]

Posted on May 1, 2017November 3, 2018 LifestyleStoriesV 12.1

Treating disease with cold atmospheric plasmas

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David Graves still remembers the first time he saw the Bay Area. “I had just graduated with a […]

Posted on May 1, 2017November 3, 2018 FeaturesResearchV 12.1

David Limmer returns to Berkeley

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Theoretical chemist David Limmer was born in 1986 in Clovis, NM, a town of about 40,000 people in […]

Posted on May 1, 2017November 3, 2018 Faculty ProfilesV 12.1

Kranthi Mandadapu on continuum and fluctuations

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Kranthi Mandadapu realized early in life that he was good at math. He was born in 1984 in […]

Posted on May 1, 2017October 23, 2018 Faculty ProfilesV 12.1

Eran Rabani finds a scientific home in the Pitzer Center

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Theoretical chemists can be like the quantum realms they study. Each is unique and difficult to categorize. The […]

Posted on May 1, 2017November 3, 2018 Faculty ProfilesV 12.1

Rod Panos on Leo Brewer: A critical moment

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Several big events colored the year 1969. Richard Nixon enjoyed his first year in office. An unusually large […]

Posted on September 1, 2016November 2, 2018 College HistoryFaculty ProfilesResearchV 11.2

Ke Xu: Navigating between worlds

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Ke Xu comfortably navigates between different worlds—geographic, cultural and scientific. He was born in 1982 in the city […]

Posted on September 1, 2016November 3, 2018 Faculty ProfilesResearchV 11.2

Markita Landry: The art of mentoring

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I inch my chair forward toward the table and earnestly peer over the paper my older sister Markita […]

Posted on September 1, 2016October 30, 2018 Faculty ProfilesV 11.2

T. Z. Chu: A man for his time

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Tao-Zeun (T.Z.) Chu, one of the college’s most loyal and beloved alums, lived a life that could have […]

Posted on September 1, 2016November 3, 2018 Donor SpotlightV 11.2

Ignacio “Nacho” Tinoco has died

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As this magazine went to press, we learned that emeritus chemistry professor Ignacio “Nacho” Tinoco died on Nov. […]

Posted on September 1, 2016October 29, 2018 New & NotableV 11.2
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