Celebrated for Pioneering Reticular Chemistry and its use for Carbon Capture and Water Harvesting from Air
The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) proudly announces Professor Omar M. Yaghi as the first recipient of the IUPAC-Soong Prize for Sustainable Chemistry. The prestigious award honors Professor Yaghi for his...
BIDMaP congratulates our Postdoctoral Fellow Zhiling (Zach) Zheng on receiving the prestigious Inflection Award for his impactful research on climate change solutions. Organized by Marble and supported by Breakthrough Energy Fellows and the Quadrature Climate Foundation, the Inflection Award identifies and connects the world's top scientific leaders of tomorrow with...
Large Language Models are transforming reticular chemistry by accelerating materials discovery through AI driven insights. These generative models assist scientists in extracting knowledge, designing materials, and analyzing experimental data, shifting research from traditional trial and error to data driven discovery cycles. By integrating chemistry aware AI into labs, including self...
A new feature article explores Omar Yaghi’s pioneering efforts to integrate artificial intelligence with reticular chemistry, a field he helped establish. By harnessing AI-driven models, Yaghi and his collaborators at BIDMaP are accelerating the design and discovery of new porous materials, revolutionizing applications in clean energy, carbon capture, and water...
When: December 3 and 5th, 2024 | 9:30AM – 11:00AM Location: Pimentel Hall 1
EarthTech2024
We are excited to announce the second annual EarthTech Symposium. Building on the
success of last year’s inaugural event, EarthTech2024 will once again bring together
experts from across campus...
Omar Yaghi, the James and Neeltje Tretter Professor of Chemistry at UC Berkeley, and graduate student Zihui Zhou are senior author and first author respectively of a paper that will appear online on Oct. 23 in the journal Nature. UC Berkeley researchers created a highly efficient material for capturing CO2 from air...
The Synthesis Advanced Research Challenge (SARC), a multiyear, multimillion-dollar initiative by the Toyota Research Institute (TRI), has selected four winning applications to focus on the development of cutting-edge tools for predictive synthesis. BIDMaP’s Aditi Krishnapriyan and Bingqing Chen, were one of the winners with their project: Machine Learning and Atomistic...
Omar Yaghi, Co-director and Chief Scientist at the Bakar Institute of Digital Materials for the Planet, BIDMaP, and the James and Neeltje Tretter Professor of Chemistry, has been honored with the prestigious Balzan Prize for 2024 of Switzerland and Italy. This award recognizes Yaghi's transformative contributions to the field of...
Sarah Jones has recently been appointed Executive Director of the Bakar Institute of Digital Materials for the Planet (BIDMaP) at UC Berkeley. Jones joins UC Berkeley’s College of Computing, Data Science, and Society (CDSS) following a distinguished career at Arizona State University and in the nuclear medicine industry. Research scientists...
Climate Change AI has announced its 2024 Innovation Grants program, which will fund year-long projects at the intersection of climate change and machine learning. The program offers up to $150,000 per project, with a total funding pool of up to $1.4 million. This initiative is supported by Quadrature Climate Foundation...
BIDMaP's Prof. Omar Yaghi was honored with the prestigious Tang Prize for Sustainable Development in recognition of his pioneering work with Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) and Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs). This esteemed accolade celebrates individuals who have contributed substantially to advancing sustainable development, particularly through groundbreaking innovations in science and technology...
On April 24, 2024, Fernando Pérez, the BIDS Faculty Director, was honored with the 2023 Exceptional Public Service Medal from NASA. This prestigious recognition is awarded to non-government individuals for their outstanding contributions to NASA's mission. Pérez received the award for his role in creating and leading the open-source Project...
This symposium aims to bring together leading experts and thought leaders in the fields of artificial intelligence (AI) and physical sciences, working on applications of AI for climate innovation, particularly focusing on areas in climate and weather and materials science for sustainability.
Prof. Omar Yaghi has been awarded the esteemed Science for the Future Ernest Solvay Prize by Syensqo. This accolade celebrates chemistry leaders whose breakthroughs are shaping the future of the field and humanity. Yaghi is being recognized for his pioneering work on reticular materials, including metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and covalent...
