Division of Science
Driven by curiosity
The FAS Science division spans the biological and physical sciences. FAS scientists engage in observation of our world and the universe beyond it, laboratory-based experimentation, computational analysis, and the pursuit of questions driven by curiosity about how the world works. Their expertise covers the microscopic and the gargantuan: from the smallest cells, atoms, and particles of matter, to the physical and biological systems that shape life on earth, to the stars and planets.
The divisional dean of Science is Larry Gladney.
Science departments and programs
The FAS is home to three departments in the biological sciences--Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry; and Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology--and five in the physical sciences--Astronomy, Chemistry, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Mathematics, and Physics.
News
Yale paleontologists co-author study on key bone in bird wrists
The evolutionary path from dinosaurs to birds included the development of a tiny wrist bone that ultimately proved crucial for stabilizing wings in flight.
Mushroom-derived molecule drives microbial chemistry linked to colorectal cancer
The lab of Stavroula Hatzios, Associate Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology and of Chemistry, has uncovered how different types of gut bacteria feed on a prominent dietary antioxidant found in mushrooms and other common foods.
TIME Magazine: Astronomers Discover an Uncommon Way for Black Holes to Form
TIME Magazine highlights a recent discovery by Pieter van Dokkum, Sol Goldman Family Professor of Astronomy and Professor of Physics, of a pair of spiral galaxies that collided in space.
Tracing the evolution of pregnancy; Chemists use new AI-based model; Machine learning and climate change
FAS chemists, evolutionary biologists, and geochemists make waves with their latest research and collaborations.
Expanding understanding
Curiosity-driven research expands our understanding of the world and underpins virtually all applied research, innovation, and technological development. When researchers in Yale’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences follow their curiosity, it takes them down unexplored pathways, for the benefit of future generations.
FAS Science contacts
- FAS Dean of Science; Professor of Physics
- FAS Dean's Office
- Physics
- Senior Associate Dean
- FAS Dean's Office
- Assistant Dean
- FAS Dean's Office
- Senior Administrative Assistant
- FAS Dean's Office