Honors and Awards
Rausser graduate students receive National Science Foundation awards
Graduate students in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management were honored with the prestigious research fellowship.
Tim Bowles wins Faculty Mentor Award
Assistant professor Bowles manages the Berkeley Agroecology Lab.
Two Rausser College affiliates join Biden administration
Alumna Jane A. Flegal joins the White House Council on Environmental Quality as the senior director for industrial emissions.
McKalee Steen elected to American Indian Society of Science and Engineering board
Steen studies native and indigenous conservation at the Land Use & Land Use Change Lab.
Claire Kremen awarded Volvo Environment Prize
Kremen is recognized for her research in conservation biology and agricultural land use.
How a Google search led Jill Banfield to Jennifer Doudna
Professor Banfield speaks about meeting the Nobel laureate and Berkeley professor, as well as early research related to CRISPR.
Student Spotlight: Vera L. Chang
This edition of Student Spotlight features PhD candidate Vera Chang, who speaks about her journalism and food justice research.
Allen Goldstein receives Award for Creative Advances in Environmental Science & Technology
The American Chemical Society recognizes Goldstein for his research in the fields of biogeochemistry and atmospheric chemistry.
2020 ESPM Faculty Retirements
Rausser College congratulates Professors Gordon Frankie and J. Keith Gilless on their retirement this year.
Professor Jill Banfield receives H.C. Urey Award
The European Association of Geochemistry honors Banfield for outstanding contributions advancing geochemistry over her career.
Faculty receive Department of Energy Early Career Research awards
A number of Berkeley researchers were honored, including assistant professors Laura Lammers and Trevor Keenan.
Assistant Professor Carl Boettiger named 2020 Ecological Society of America Fellow
Boettiger is recognized for his contributions to ecology through his research and teaching.
Professor Allen Goldstein receives Yoram J. Kaufman Award
The American Geophysical Union award honors outstanding research and unselfish cooperation.
Forbes names Lorenzo Rosa on 30 Under 30 Science & Healthcare list
The distinction recognizes Rosa for his research on sustainable agriculture and water resources.
PhD student receives Solutions Journalism Network Fellowship
Doctoral student Vera L. Chang receives Fellowship to support her investigative reporting into sexual violence on large farms.
Professor Lynn Huntsinger receives W.R. Chapline Research Award
The award honors exceptional and sustained research accomplishments related to rangelands.
Two faculty members receive Miller Professorship
ESPM professor Steven Beissinger was one of nine at Berkeley who received the Professorship.
Nancy Peluso receives 2019 Environmental Peacebuilding Award
Peluso was awarded for her work on the intersections between natural resource management and armed conflict reduction.
Ron Amundson elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union
AGU Fellows are recognized for their scientific eminence in the Earth and space sciences.
