BIDMaP, together with Bakar Climate Labs, hosted the inaugural “AI and Climate Symposium: From Cutting-Edge Research to Commercialization.” The symposium brought together...
BIDMaP congratulates our Postdoctoral Fellow Zhiling (Zach) Zheng on receiving the prestigious Inflection Award for his impactful research on climate change solutions.
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...
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...
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 to engage in discussions about the role of emerging
science and technologies in addressing society's most pressing challenges...
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...
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...
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...
Kristin Persson – a Daniel M. Tellep Distinguished Professor in Materials Science and Engineering at UC Berkeley, faculty senior scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)...
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...
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...
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.
