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
Patchwork planets: Piecing together the early solar system
A new study led by Damanveer Singh Grewal, an assistant professor of Earth and planetary science in Yale’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, suggests that planetesimals in the early solar system emerged from a succession of high-energy collisions.
Stacy Malaker receives 2026 David Y. Gin Award from American Chemical Society
Malaker, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, received the award from the ACS's division of Carbohydrate Chemistry & Chemical Glycobiology. The award recognizes outstanding contributions to research in carbohydrate chemistry conducted by scientists in the first seven years of their independent career.
Joan Steitz, Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, receives 2025 Fund for Physician-Scientist Mentorship Award
The Fund for Physician-Scientist Mentorship is an annual award honoring those who have served as exemplary role models and mentors for physician-scientists at the Yale School of Medicine.
Nobel winner says prize honors an entire field of colleagues and students
Devoret, Frederick W. Beinecke Professor Emeritus of Applied Physics, had to be persuaded by his family that he had, indeed, won.
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