The ESPM professor will be awarded the Society’s highest honor and named a fellow.
Three in Rausser College named UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellows
David J.X. González, Alexander Huezo, and Jesús Martínez-Gómez are among the 2022-23 cohort of fellows.
ESPM Professor Scott Stephens appointed to federal wildfire commission
Stephens, a professor of fire science and ecology and co-director of Berkeley Forests, will advise federal efforts to better prevent, mitigate, suppress, and manage wildland fires.
Professor Dennis Baldocchi awarded international water prize
The Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water recognizes cutting-edge innovation in water research.
Two Rausser College graduate students named 2022 Switzer Fellows
ERG’s Chelsi Sparti and ESPM’s Leslie “Leke” Hutchins receive support for their work to drive positive environmental change.
NST Professor James Olzmann receives 2022 Spark Award from Bakar Fellows Program
The award will support Olzmann as he pursues research that may help target cancer cells that fail to self-destruct.
ESPM postdoc Christine Wilkinson named 2022 Schmidt Science Fellow
The postdoctoral award will support Wilkinson as she explores machine learning and computer science.
Ben Williams named 2022 Hellman Fellow
The program supports research by junior faculty members at UC Berkeley and across the UC system.
Three seniors honored with Kenneth L. Babcock Prize in Environmental Science
Endowed as a tribute to longtime soil chemistry professor Kenneth Babcock, the prize recognizes high-achieving ESPM undergraduates.
Graduating environmental science student Anjika Pai awarded University Medal
Watch Pai share her "personal love letter to UC Berkeley" with graduating classmates in this clip of Saturday morning's commencement.
NST PhD student Justin Lee wins 2022 University of California Grad Slam
The third-year metabolic biology PhD student won for his talk "Jamming the SARS-CoV-2 copy machine." He is the first NST grad student to win the Grad Slam.
Rausser College faculty, students honored with 2022 Sustainability Awards
The awards recognize students, faculty, and staff who make UC Berkeley a more sustainable place to work, live, and learn.
Rausser College graduate students receive National Science Foundation awards
Eleven current and incoming students will be supported by the prestigious research fellowship.
Ellen Bruno awarded New Innovator in Food & Agriculture Research grant
The award will support Bruno’s work on sustainable groundwater use and regulation.
Justin Lee wins first prize in Grad Slam competition
With Lee's success, this is the second year in a row that a Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology student won the campus-wide competition.
Two ESPM-led projects receive seed grant funding from the Berkeley Food Institute
The award will support research on pathogens and coffee in Costa Rica, and biodiversity and food sovereignty on Hawai'i.
NST student advances in Grad Slam 2022
Metabolic Biology PhD student Justin Lee qualified as a semi-finalist and will compete during the finalist selection on April 11.
Two Rausser College alumni honored by Society for Freshwater Science
Patina Mendez, ‘07, and Gary Lamberti, ‘83, were recognized with 2022 Career Awards.
Temple Byars receives Chancellor’s Outstanding Staff Award for 2022
Byars is a college scheduler and enrollment manager at Rausser College.
Nancy Lee Peluso honored by American Association of Geographers
The ESPM professor received the distinguished career award from the AAG’s Cultural and Political Ecology Specialty Group.