Zhu, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, is one of 24 early career scholars in chemistry, physics, and astronomy to receive a 2026 Cottrell Scholar Award. Each awardee receives $120,000 to support their research and science education as teacher-scholars.

Wang is a Professor of Chemistry and director of the Institute, which focuses on the emerging challenges facing the environment and energy sectors. One of seven institutes on the West Campus, the ESI houses collaborative laboratory space for energy sciences research.

Kenneth B. Wiberg, a pioneering chemist whose research illuminated the nature of the chemical bond and who served as chair of the Department of Chemistry from 1968 to 1971, died in Needham, Massachusetts, on May 10 at the age of 98.

Stacy Malaker, Associate Professor of Chemistry, will be working on a project titled “Cracking the Glycocode through Next-Generation Glycoproteomic Technologies.”

A research team led by Yale chemists, including Professor of Chemistry Hailiang Wang, has taken the ability of science to mimic photosynthesis to a new level, with a standalone device that produces methanol.

The biotech company Arvinas was originally founded based on pioneering research from Yale chemist Craig Crews into PROTAC protein degraders.

Ruth Son, a Preceptor for the Department of Chemistry, explains that “Chemistry is literally all around us, whether you are cooking, checking the weather, or at an art gallery.”

A recent study from the lab of Elsa Yan, Professor of Chemistry, on the disruption of water structures in DNA by drug binding, has been recognized in the Most Popular 2025 Article Collections by the journal Chemical Science.

In 2026, the Blavatnik Fund will support 12 faculty-led projects advancing innovative approaches to cancer, neurodegeneration, respiratory virus diagnostics, kidney disease, aging, metabolic disease, and rare disorders. FAS faculty members Seth Herzon, Farren Isaacs, and David Spiegel are among this year's recipients.

According to Yale's Victor Batista, the John Gamble Kirkwood Professor of Chemistry, “Chemistry has accumulated millions of reaction protocols, but making practical use of that knowledge remains a bottleneck. MOSAIC is designed to transform that information overload into actionable laboratory procedures.”