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A Carnegie-classified national doctoral research institution, Rowan University focuses on applied research, solving real-world problems that affect everyone. We partner on research and development with businesses and industry, government and nonprofits. Our undergraduate and graduate students are essential to this work, often presenting at national conferences, sharing credits in professional publications and winning regional and national awards. 

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Meet Our Researchers

Our teams of faculty and student researchers are leading the way to scientific discoveries and innovations that make a difference in people's lives. We're passionate about our work. Here's a look at who we are and what we do. Learn more

Dr. Anne Pulta poses outside at Rowan University's Glassboro, NJ campus

Presidents and politics

Presidential communications and campaigns are continuously adapting to the times. Meet Anne Pluta, political scientist.
Gustavo Mours-Letts in his organic chemistry lab

Drug discovery

Chemistry and entrepreneurship are a winning combination for drug discovery. Meet Gustavo Moura-Letts, organic chemist.
Gerald Rustic in his lab using a microscope

Climate science

Examining past climate trends to predict the future. Meet Gerald Rustic, geologist.

At the forefront of Alzheimer's research

Meet Robert Nagele, Ph.D., and the team of researchers from Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine and Durin Technologies, Inc., forging ahead with breakthroughs in detecting early-stage Alzheimer's Disease. With 97 percent accuracy, their innovative blood test uses biomarkers to detect the presence of Alzheimer's disease-related pathology up to 10 years before symptoms arise.

Dani Arigo poses outside

Rowan researcher named NIH Innovator

Dani Arigo, Ph.D., an associate professor of psychology has received the National Institutes of Health Director’s New Innovator Award, the first researcher at the 100-year-old academic institution to do so. The award is part of the agency’s High-Risk, High-Reward Research program, which supports highly innovative scientists who propose visionary and broadly impactful behavioral and biomedical research projects.
Stacked plastic bottles

Plastic additive linked to autism, ADHD

According to a new study published in the public access journal PLOS ONE by researchers at Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine and Rutgers University-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, children with ASD and ADHD often have a reduced ability to clear the common plastic additive, bisphenol A (BPA), from their bodies, thereby increasing their exposure to BPA.

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