Three UC Berkeley faculty members elected to UK’s Royal Society
Three faculty members from UC Berkeley have been elected as fellows of the UK's Royal Society. The new fellows include a geophysicist, a chemist, and a computer vision expert, reflecting the international nature of contemporary science. Their contributions are recognized as exemplifying the highest standards of scientific endeavor.
- ▪Jitendra Malik, Dean Toste, and Barbara Romanowicz are the new fellows from UC Berkeley.
- ▪The Royal Society, founded in 1660, is one of the world's most prestigious science academies.
- ▪The election of these fellows highlights the importance of international collaboration in scientific breakthroughs.
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Campus news Three UC Berkeley faculty members elected to UK’s Royal Society A geophysicist, a chemist and a computer vision expert will become fellows of the 365-year-old science academy. By Robert Sanders UC Berkeley's three new fellows of the UK's Royal Society are Jitendra Malik, Dean Toste and Barbara Romanowicz. UC Berkeley May 27, 2026 The UK’s national academy of sciences, known as the Royal Society, today elected more than 90 new members from around the world, including three from UC Berkeley. The new Berkeley fellows — geophysicist Barbara Romanowicz, chemist Dean Toste and computer vision and LLM expert Jitendra Malik — will join one of the world’s most famous science academies, which was founded in 1660.
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