Joseph Krajcik, a Professor of Science Education in the School of Education at the University of Michigan, focuses his research on re-engineering science classrooms so that students engage in solving authentic, problems through collaboration and the use of learning technologies. Professor Krajcik has authored and co-authored over 60 journal articles or chapters in books and reviews manuscripts for a number of journals. He was recently selected to be President of NARST, the National Association for Research in Science Teaching.