ET24

EarthTech2024

Emerging Science and Technology for the Planet

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...

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Yaghi lab develops new material to dramatically improve Direct Capture of CO2

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...

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Aditi Krishnapriyan and Bingqing Cheng winners in the Toyota Research Institute’s Synthesis Advanced Research Challenge

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

Omar Yaghi Awarded Balzan Prize for 2024

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

Sarah Jones Appointed as Inaugural Executive Director of BIPMaP

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...

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CCAI Launches 2024 Innovation Grants Program

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...

Prof. Yaghi

Omar Yaghi Receives 2024 Tang Prize in Sustainable Development

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...

Fernando Pérez

BIDMaP Faculty Fernando Pérez honored by NASA with the Exceptional Public Service Award

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...

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AI & Physical Sciences for Climate Innovation Symposium

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.

Omar Yaghi, Co-Director, BIDMaP

BIDMaP Chief Scientist Omar Yaghi awarded prestigious Solvay Prize

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...

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BIDMaP Emerging Scholars Program

*Applications for the 2024-2025 cohort are completed at this time. Applications for the 2025-2026 cohort will open in early Fall 2024.* 

 

The BIDMaP Emerging Scholars Program is accepting fellowship applications from recent PhDs in basic science or data science fields interested in working at the interface of machine learning...

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BIDMaP Faculty Recruitment

*Please note this job posting is no longer accepting applications* 

The University of California at Berkeley is recruiting two tenured or tenure-track professors with an expected start date of July 1, 2024; one in ML/AI for chemistry, materials science, and chemical biology, and one in ML/AI methods for science including software platforms...

ChatGPT Assistant

ChatGPT-based Assistants Redefine Research Landscape in Groundbreaking ACS Central Science Article

In a groundbreaking scientific article recently published in ACS Central Science, a team of Berkeley researchers unveils the transformative potential of ChatGPT-based assistants in laboratory activities. By integrating a multi-AI system comprising seven independent ChatGPT assistant instances, the study showcases their remarkable ability to expedite the discovery of MOFs and...

Earth in a MOF pore

BASF announces commercial scale production of carbon capture MOFs

BASF has become the first company to produce metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) on a production scale of several hundred tons per year. MOFs are highly crystalline structures with nanometer-sized pores and a large surface area, which offer a high capacity for the storage of carbon dioxide, the dehumidification of air for...