Yale physicist Jack Harris has demonstrated that one doesn’t have to be a research veteran to push back the frontiers of science.Like Einstein, who was only 26 years old when he came up with the theory of special relativity, Harris — an assistant...
Paul Anastas, the inaugural Teresa and H. John Heinz III Professor in the Practice of Chemistry for the Environment, is widely regarded as the “father of green chemistry.”Green chemistry is the study of how to design chemical products and processes in...
Ania Bleszynski-Jayich, a postdoctoral fellow in physics, is one of five American women who have been honored by L’Oréal U.S.A. with a 2008 Fellowship for Women in Science.Bleszynski-Jayich has developed new techniques for creating the extreme conditions...
Yale University is one of five recipients of a $10 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to enhance informatics research tools for neuroscientists around the world. The five-year grant administered by the University of California-San Diego...
Bruce F. Carmichael has been named deputy dean for academic administration in the School of Engineering & Applied Science, effective Nov. 17. “We are extremely fortunate to have Bruce join us at this time of growth and strategic planning for our new...
Nearly 50 years ago, Yale scientist George Veronis helped found a program at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) through which researchers from around the world could discuss and debate how water and other fluids move in the ocean, on planets...
Microsoft External Research has named Jun Korenaga, Yale associate professor of geology and geophysics, as an A. Richard Newton Breakthrough Research Award winner for his research on how the movement of Earth’s surface plates contributes to the...
Yale alumnus Michael J. Rooks joined the Yale Institute of Nanoscience and Quantum Engineering (YINQE) on Oct. 1 as associate director for research facilities.In his new post, Rooks will be responsible for working with Yale faculty in the planning,...
Mark Hochstrasser, the newly named Eugene Higgins Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, is engaged in research at the crossroads of biochemistry and genetics aimed at understanding at a molecular level how specific eukaryotic proteins are...
The American Physical Society (APS) has chosen two Yale physicists to receive two of its prestigious annual awards.Ramamurti Shankar, the John Randolph Huffman Professor of Physics, is the 2009 winner of the Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize, “awarded for...
