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
From Lab to Launch: FAS Faculty Among Innovators Recognized for Turning Research into Real-World Impact
Yale recognized eleven faculty innovators with the 2025 Yale Faculty Innovation Awards for translating breakthrough research into ventures that address some of the world’s most pressing challenges.
Brain circuits, bioturbation, and a new physics doc
Yale researchers, including FAS faculty, study a mass extinction from the distant past, uncover hidden brain networks, and share expertise at an international meeting on enhanced weathering.
How to celebrate a Nobel laureate? Swedish Fish and breakfast
Michel Devoret, the Frederick W. Beinecke Professor Emeritus of Applied Physics and winner of this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics, recently returned to campus for an impromptu gathering with colleagues at the Yale Quantum Institute.
Shining a brighter light on the link between cells and disease
David Breslow, Associate Professor in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, and his lab are using a genetic screening technique they developed that reveals an unprecedented view into the relationship between developing cells and disease.
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