Associate Professor of Environmental Science, Policy & Management and of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning, UC Berkeley
UC Berkeley
The headquarters of CITRIS and the Banatao Institute are located in Sutardja Dai Hall (SDH) on the UC Berkeley campus. Specially designed to house this interdisciplinary research institute, the building contains 141,000 sq. feet of laboratory space for collaborative research, faculty offices, the 149-seat Banatao Auditorium, conference rooms on each floor, and modern classrooms. SDH also hosts the CITRIS Invention Lab, a rapid prototyping space used by UC entrepreneurs in our CITRIS Foundry startup accelerator program and the student maker community. The Marvell Nanofabrication Laboratory occupies a two-story, 15,000-square-foot wing of Sutardja Dai Hall where academic and industry researchers develop prototypes for new biosensors, photonics devices, and other MEMS/NEMS sensors. SDH is equipped with hundreds of sensors and sophisticated systems for building management that form a living laboratory on campus for energy research and proof-of-concept demonstrations.
Murat Arcak
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering, UC Berkeley
CITRIS senior advisor to lead Berkeley Space Center
Victoria Coleman, former chief scientist for the U.S. Air Force, will succeed CITRIS’s Alexandre Bayen as associate provost for the Berkeley Space Center.
Juana Isabel Méndez Garduño
Fulbright–García Robles Visiting Research Scholar and Postdoctoral Researcher, California Institute for Energy and Environment and CITRIS Climate
Job opportunity: Technology writer (open to UC Berkeley students)
The communications team at CITRIS’s headquarters at UC Berkeley is seeking a student writer for the 2025–26 academic year.
CITRIS and Kajima bring smart infrastructure tech closer to real-world deployment
A collaboration between UC researchers and the Japanese construction powerhouse seeks to advance underground sensing and slope disaster modeling for resilient cities. A cross-Pacific partnership […]
2025 UC Berkeley AI Policy Research Symposium
Michael Helmbrecht
Executive Director, Marvell NanoLab
Jing Wu
Design and Content Strategist, California Institute for Energy and Environment and CITRIS Climate
Peffer and teams receive $8M to advance commercial building decarbonization
The two awards are part of a nearly $20 million investment by the California Energy Commission to fund decarbonization solutions for HVAC systems in large commercial buildings.
Job opportunities: Student marketing and writing assistants
CITRIS’s central communications team is looking for two UC Berkeley undergraduates to support activities for the 2024–25 academic year.
UC Berkeley AI Policy Research Symposium
Inaugural Tech Policy Summit addresses AI governance, ethical tech
The sold-out event, co-hosted by the CITRIS Policy Lab, drew world-renowned academics, policymakers and industry pioneers to discuss the most pressing issues in the field.
UC Berkeley Tech Policy Summit
CITRIS Foundry welcomes 5 teams to fall 2023 incubator cohort
These latest ventures are working to address significant societal challenges, including diagnosing and treating serious diseases and navigating a difficult rental housing market.
Roundtable: Recent Trends in AI
Hybrid cooling leads to significant energy savings in tropical office buildings
An alliance between UC Berkeley researchers and partners in Singapore has demonstrated that combining ceiling fans with higher air conditioning set points can lower energy use by one-third — without sacrificing occupant comfort.
AI Policy Hub welcomes second cohort of graduate fellows
Six UC Berkeley graduate students have been selected to join the AI Policy Hub, a collaboration between the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity and the CITRIS Policy Lab.
CITRIS Seed Funding offers up to $60K for multicampus research for public good
Principal investigators from UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Merced and UC Santa Cruz are invited to submit proposals for 2023 CITRIS Seed Awards.
Agogino named to Forbes 50 Over 50 list
CITRIS researcher and UC Berkeley professor Alice Agogino is recognized in her role as co-founder and CEO of startup Squishy Robotics.
CHIPS Act a reason to celebrate, says King Liu
“I am truly excited about this new bill,” she writes in the Berkeley Blog.