Since receiving his doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Dr. Edward Cheung has worked for NASA, developing technologies for satellites from Hubble to the ISS.
Carl Zimmer, who graduated from Yale in 1987 with a B.A. in English, has become a leading science writer and speaker, featured in publications ranging from Discover Magazine to the New York Times.
Professor Richard Burger’s interest in archaeology began at the age of eight, and following this interest has taken him to many exciting excavation sites in Peru – and placed him into an important position in negotiations regarding artifacts taken from Machu Picchu.
One of the founders of chemical biology, Dervan is the recipient of countless noteworthy awards and honors, including the prestigious National Medal of Science in 2006 for his contributions to organic chemistry.
Joe Greenberg ’83 graduated with a degree in Geology and Geophysics and is now the president of the Alta Resources LLC, a company on the frontier of the oil and gas industry.
The unanticipated journey that turned a Yale English major into a highly respected science journalist.
One could say that Professor David Gelernter is a man of three faces – a pioneer in computer science, an artist with deep cultural roots,
Quantum computers. When you first hear the term, it sounds like something out of science fiction. But quantum computers are very real for Jerry Chow,
Sterling Professor of Chemistry Peter Moore never thought he would return to Yale after he earned his Bachelor of Science from Yale College in 1961.
Some Nobel Laureates say that the research finding that led to their Nobel Prize arose from “a stroke of genius.” John Bennett Fenn, the 2003
This “big kid at heart” has achieved many big feats over the last 43 years here at Yale.
James “Jim” Baird, ES ’63, Professor of Chemistry and Adjunct Professor of Physics at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, has spent his career exploring physics and its connections to chemistry.