The Science Council is charged with the approval of courses for the natural science (Sc) distributional designation and more broadly with overseeing the enhancement of undergraduate education in the natural and applied sciences. All members of the Council are available to discuss matters pertaining to undergraduate science education. Materials to be considered in association with new course proposals or proposals for the enhancement of science teaching may be submitted to the Chair or to the Science Council, c/o alexia.belperron@yale.edu, Yale College Dean’s Office, Room SSS 26.
Science Council 2025-2026
Nikhil Padmanabhan, Chair
Associate Professor, Physics and Astronomy
Alexia Belperron, Vice Chair
Associate Dean, Science and Quantitative Reasoning
Jay Ague
Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences
Amy Arnsten
Professor, Neuroscience and Psychology
Jason Crawford
Professor, Chemistry and Microbial Pathogenesis
Craig Crews
Professor, Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology, of Chemistry, of Pharmacology and of Management
Mark Johnson
Professor, Chemistry
Maria Moreno
Senior Lecturer II, Research Scientist, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Thomas Near
Professor, Environmental Science
Tim Newhouse
Professor, Chemistry
Witold Skiba
Professor, Physics
Alison Sweeney
Associate Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Physics