Ronald Breaker

Ronald Breaker, Sterling Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, joined Yale in 1995 after completing his Ph.D. at Purdue University and conducting groundbreaking work as a postdoctoral researcher at The Scripps Research Institute. Since 2023, he has served as the chair of the Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry. From 2010 to 2016, he chaired the department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCDB), where he oversaw the recruitment and retention of faculty and guided the department as it provided crucial input toward the redesigned Yale Science Building (which officially opened in 2019). Breaker has also been a member of dozens of university-wide committees, including the Committee on Yale College Expansion and the Yale Committee on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, and has chaired committees including the Yale Committee on Risk Stratification – COVID-19 Research Restart.