Teaching, research and public service are the heart of any great university. Not surprisingly, Rutgers University-Newark is home to hundreds of talented faculty who are experts in their disciplines, scholars who create and share knowledge with students and the greater community. It isn’t possible to spotlight every one of these professors, but today we begin an occasional series of profiles of some of the women and men who are the heart of RU-N.

Michael Cole, Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience

Karina Schäfer, Biological Sciences

Yuan Gao, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Johnna Christian, School of Criminal Justice

Morris Davis, Rutgers Business School