Faculty News

Side-by-side images of UC Berkeley’s molten FLiNaK salt testbed in the HEAT Lab and two researchers in safety glasses and blue lab coats standing beside the equipment, one holding a sign marking its operation above 600°C.

UC Berkeley’s New Molten Fluoride Salt Testbed Takes on Fission and Fusion Energy Challenges

The HEAT Lab’s newly commissioned forced-flow FLiNaK facility provides a versatile experimental platform for high-temperature…

October 1, 2026
Jacob Sebastian stands beside and presents a scientific research poster.

Jacob Sebastian Receives Hoffman Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship

Jacob Sebastian, a recent Ph.D. graduate from UC Berkeley’s Department of Nuclear Engineering, has been…

September 30, 2026
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Berkeley Nuclear Engineers Contribute Technical Expertise to AB 2647 Hearings

UC Berkeley Nuclear Engineering faculty members Raluca Scarlat and Daniel Siefman recently traveled to Sacramento…

May 7, 2026
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Rebecca Abergel Elected to National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements

Rebecca Abergel has been elected to the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP),…

April 29, 2026
Awards written out

The Nuclear Materials team at UC Berkeley has been awarded two competitive research grants from Helion Energy through its Hercules program.

https://www.helionenergy.com/articles/helion-hercules-fusion-research-funding/) These awards recognize the team’s leading expertise in materials performance under extreme environments and…

April 15, 2026
Photo of Professor Hosemann receiving the award by debuty ambassador of the UK to the US James Paul Roscoe

Professor Peter Hosemann Receives Pioneering US-UK Breakthrough Award from UKRI

Professor Hosemann receives the Pioneering US-UK Breakthrough Award from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) at…

March 10, 2026

University of California, Berkeley Department of Nuclear Engineering Awards Tenure to Dr. Bethany Goldblum

Prof. Goldblum received her Ph.D. from UC Berkeley in 2007 studying the validity of the surrogate ratio…

January 13, 2026
Envoy Labs

Celebrating the Launch of Envoy Labs

We are so excited to extend our best wishes to Candace Fleming, and to two…

December 5, 2025
UC Berkeley Nuclear Engineering at After Dark: Nuclear Options

UC Berkeley Nuclear Engineering Faculty Takes the Stage at After Dark: Nuclear Options

We’d love to share a highlight with the Nuclear Engineering community: A few weeks ago…

November 18, 2025
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Professor Peter Hosemann has been awarded the distinguished title of Adjunct Professor by his alma mater, Montanuniversitaet Leoben

We’re excited to share that Professor Peter Hosemann has been awarded the distinguished title of…

November 17, 2025