Biology, Ecology, & Conservation

Affiliated Faculty: Craig Brodersen (structure & function of plants); Adalgisa Caccone (molecular evolution, phylogeography, & conservation genetics); Michael Donoghue (plant phylogeny, evolution of morphological traits, patterns of diversification, & historical biogeography); Walter Jetz (biogeography, global change ecology, evolutionary & comparative biology, biodiversity informatics & conservation); David Post (food web structure & dynamics, conservation & management of aquatic resources); Oswald Schmitz (dynamics of food webs & ecosystems); David Skelly (patterns of animal distribution & abundance); David Vassuer (theoretical ecology related to biodiversity & community dynamics)

YIBS Centers & Programs: Center for Genetic Analyses of Biodiversity; Program in Spatial Biodiversity Science & Conservation; Program in Eco-Evolutionary Interactions

Climate, Carbon Cycling & Geology

Affiliated Faculty: Jay Ague (fluid flow, chemical reactions, mass transfer, & heat transfer in Earth’s crust & upper mantle); Alexey Federov (ocean & climate dynamics in the contexts of contemporary global warming & past climate change); Xuhui Lee (interactions between terrestrial biosphere, atmosphere & anthropogenic drivers); Mark Pagani (biogeochemistry, paleoceanography, & paleoclimatology); Jeffrey Park (plate tectonics & seismology research); Peter Raymond (carbon & nitrogen cycles within aquatic ecosystems); Ronald Smith (mesoscale meteorology & regional climate)

YIBS Centers & Programs: Yale Analytical and Stable Isotope Center; Yale Center for Earth Observation

Evolution & Paleontology

Affiliated Faculty: Derek Briggs (preservation & evolutionary significance of fossil biotas); Adalgisa Caccone (molecular evolution, phylogeography, & conservation genetics); Michael Donoghue (plant phylogeny, evolution of morphological traits, patterns of diversification, & historical biogeography); Thomas Near (speciation & adaptive radiation in teleost fishes); Paul Turner (evolutionary biology & medicine, experimental evolution, infectious disease, microbiology, phage therapy, vector-borne disease, virology); Gunter Wagner (evolution of complex characters, including homology, character identity & novelty)

YIBS Centers & Programs: Center for Genetic Analyses of Biodiversity; Yale Analytical and Stable Isotope Center

Green Chemistry & Environmental Health

Affiliated Faculty: Paul Anastas (molecular basis of sustainability & green chemistry processes); T. Kyle Vanderlick (properties of synthetic & biological membranes; molecular engineering of structured surfaces & nanostructures); John Wargo (environmental hazards & human health); Julie Zimmerman (green downstream processing & life cycle assessment of algal biomass for fuels; drinking water purification & industrial wastewater remediation)

Water & Watershed Management

Affiliated Faculty: Menachem Elimelech (water-energy nexus); Julie Zimmerman (green downstream processing & life cycle assessment of algal biomass for fuels; drinking water purification & industrial wastewater remediation)

Remote Sensing & Spatial Environmental Data

Affiliated Faculty: Xuhui Lee (interactions between terrestrial biosphere, atmosphere & anthropogenic drivers); Ronald Smith (mesoscale meteorology & regional climate)

YIBS Centers & Programs: Center for Earth Observation

Human-Animal-Disease Nexus

Affiliated Faculty: Adalgisa Caccone (molecular evolution, phylogeography, & conservation genetics); Durland Fish (ecology of vector-borne pathogens); Paul Turner (evolutionary biology and medicine, experimental evolution, infectious disease, microbiology, phage therapy, vector-borne disease, virology)

Eco-Evolutionary Informatics

Affiliated Faculty: David Post (food web structure & dynamics, conservation & management of aquatic resources); David Vassuer (theoretical ecology related to biodiversity & community dynamics)

YIBS Centers & Programs: Program in Eco-Evolutionary Interactions