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
Enrique M. De La Cruz named Biophysical Society President
De La Cruz will serve a three-year term beginning February 2026.
Dark ages: Genomic analysis shows how cavefish lost their eyes
In a new study, Yale researchers in the lab of Thomas Near, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, used genomic analysis to show when cavefishes lost their eyes, which provides a method for dating cave systems.
Yale chemists win national honors
James Mayer and Scott Miller are winners of American Chemical Society awards for physical organic chemistry and creative catalysis.
Eric Arsenault joins Department of Chemistry
Eric Arsenault, whose research focuses on developing and applying ultrafast spectroscopies to understand the dynamics of complex nanoscale systems, has been appointed Assistant Professor of Chemistry.
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