List of University of California, Berkeley alumni in science and technology

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This page lists notable alumni and students of the University of California, Berkeley. Alumni who also served as faculty are listed in bold font, with degree and year.

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Notable faculty members are in the article List of UC Berkeley faculty.


Astronauts

Astronomers and space explorers

Biologists

Computer scientists and engineers

Enrico Fermi Award

Feynman Prize

The Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology is awarded by the Foresight Institute for significant advancements in nanotechnology. The prize is named in honor of Nobel physicist Richard Feynman, whose 1959 talk '"There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom" is considered to have inspired the beginning of the field of nanotechnology. [48] [49]

Mathematicians and physicists

Physicians and Allied Medical Specialists

Other

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