ORA - ORU Roster and Contacts
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See a roster and contact information for Organized Research Units (ORUs) at UC San Diego.
| Organized Research Units | Director | Website |
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| Multi-Campus | ||
| IGCC - Institute on Global Conflict & Cooperation | Tai Ming Cheung | http://igcc.ucsd.edu/ |
| IGPP - Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics | Steven Constable | https://igpp.ucsd.edu/ |
| General Campus | ||
| BCI - BioCircuits Institute | Jeff Hasty | http://biocircuits.ucsd.edu/ |
| Calit2 /Qualcomm Institute - California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology-UCSD Division |
Ramesh Rao/ |
http://www.calit2.net/ |
| *CCAS - Center for Cyber-Archaeology and Sustainability (see Social Sciences) | Thomas E Levy | http://ccas.ucsd.edu/ |
| *CISA3 - Center of Interdisciplinary Science for Art, Architecture and Archeology | Falko Kuester | http://culturalheritage.calit2.net/cisa3/ |
| *CITA - Center for Information Theory and Its Applications | Alon Orlitsky | |
| *CREL-Center for Research in Entertainment and Learning | Shlomo Dubnov | http://crel.calit2.net/ |
| CASS - Center for Astrophysics & Space Sciences | George Fuller | http://casswww.ucsd.edu |
| CCB - Center for Circadian Biology | Susan Golden | http://ccb.ucsd.edu/ |
| CCIS - Center for Comparative Immigration Studies | John Skrentny/ David Fitzgerald |
https://ccis.ucsd.edu/ |
| CDDI - Center for Drug Discovery Innovation | Michael K. Gilson/ Thomas Hermann | http://drugdiscovery.ucsd.edu/Pages/default.aspx |
| CER - Center for Energy Research | Farhat Beg | http://cer.ucsd.edu/ |
| *Center of Excellence for Renewable Resources and Integration | Jan Kleissl/ Carlos Coimbra |
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| CGJ - Center on Global Justice | Fonna Forman/ Gerry Mackie |
http://globaljustice.ucsd.edu/ |
| CHD - Center for Human Development | Terry Jernigan | http://chd.ucsd.edu/ |
| CILAS - Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies | David Mares | http://cilas.ucsd.edu/ |
| CMRR - Center for Memory and Recording Research | Eric Fullerton | http://cmrr.ucsd.edu/ |
| *CNGDM-Center for Next Generation Digital Media | Sheldon Brown | |
| CRL - Center for Research in Language | Marta Kutas | http://crl.ucsd.edu/ |
| FF-21 - Food and Fuel for the 21st Century | Stephen Mayfield/ Julian Schroeder | http://ff21.ucsd.edu/ |
| *Cal-CAB - California Center for Algae Biotechnology | Stephen Mayfield | http://algae.ucsd.edu/ |
| IEM - Institute of Engineering in Medicine | Shu Chien | http://iem.ucsd.edu/ |
| *BMTEC-Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Center | Shaochen Chen/ Kang Zhang |
https://iem.ucsd.edu/researchers/centers/bmtec-biomaterials-tissue-engineering.html |
| *BTC-Biophotonics Technology Center |
Michael Berns/ |
https://iem.ucsd.edu/researchers/centers/btc-biophotonics-technology.html |
| *CANE-Center for Advanced Neurological Engineering (see INC) | William Mobley | https://iem.ucsd.edu/researchers/centers/cane-advanced-neurological-engineering.html |
| *CBSEC-Cardiac Biomedical Science and Engineering Center | Sylvia Evans/ Kirk Knowlton/ Andrew McCulloch |
https://iem.ucsd.edu/researchers/centers/cbsec-cardiac-biomedical-center.html |
| *CEC-Center for Engineering in Cancer | Stephen Howell/ Liangfang Zhang | https://iem.ucsd.edu/researchers/centers/cec-engineering-in-cancer-center.html |
| *CED-Center for Engineering in Diabetes | David Gough/ Maike Sander |
https://iem.ucsd.edu/researchers/centers/ced-engineering-in-diabetes.html |
| *CMDI-Center for Medical Device Technology | Juan Lasheras | https://iem.ucsd.edu/researchers/centers/cmdt-medical-device.html |
| *CMSA-Center for Mobile-health Systems and Applications | Kevin Patrick/ Joseph Wang |
https://iem.ucsd.edu/researchers/centers/cmsa-center-for-mobile-health-systems-and-applications.html |
| *CMSR-Center for Musculoskeletal Research | Ju Chen/ Robert Sah/ Samuel Ward |
https://iem.ucsd.edu/researchers/centers/cmsr-musculoskeletal-research.html |
| *CNME-Center on Nano-Medicine and Engineering | Adah Almutairi/ Ratneshwar Lal |
https://iem.ucsd.edu/researchers/centers/cnme-nano-medicine-engineering.html |
| *VEC-Vaccine Engineering Center | Klaus Ley/ Victor Nizet |
https://iem.ucsd.edu/researchers/centers/vec-vaccine-engineering.html |
| *Whitaker Center for Biomedical Engineering | John Watson | https://iem.ucsd.edu/researchers/centers/wcbe-whitaker-center.html |
| INC - Institute for Neural Computation | Terrence Sejnowski/ Gert Cauwenberghs | http://inc2.ucsd.edu/ |
| *CANE-Center for Advanced Neurological Engineering (see IEM) | Tzyy-Ping Jung | http://inc.ucsd.edu/cane.html |
| * The Science Collaboratory (TSC) | Roger Bingham | |
| KIBM - Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind | Ed Callaway/ Yishi Jin |
http://kibm.ucsd.edu/ |
| SDSC - San Diego Supercomputer Center | Michael Norman | http://www.sdsc.edu/ |
| School of Medicine | ||
| ARI - AIDS Research Institute | Douglas Richman | http://ari.ucsd.edu |
| CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny | Ajit Varki/ Fred H. Gage/ Margaret Schoeninger |
http://carta.anthropogeny.org/ |
| CTRI - Clinical and Translational Research Institute | Gary Firestein | http://ctri.ucsd.edu/ |
| CRBS - Center for Research in Biological Systems | Mark Ellisman | http://crbs.ucsd.edu/ |
| GRTC - Glycobiology Research and Training Center | Ajit Varki/ Jeffrey Esko |
http://grtc.ucsd.edu/ |
| IGM - Institute for Genomic Medicine | Kelly Frazer | http://igm.ucsd.edu/ |
| UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center | Scott Lippman | http://cancer.ucsd.edu/ |
| SIRA - Stein Institute for Research on Aging | Dilip Jeste | http://sira.ucsd.edu |
| Scripps Institution of Oceanography | ||
| Climate, Atmospheric Science, and Physical Oceanography (CASPO) Research Division | Teresa Chereskin | https://scripps.ucsd.edu/caspo |
| Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine | William Gerwick | https://scripps.ucsd.edu/cmbb |
| Geosciences Research Division | Lihini Aluwuhare | https://scripps.ucsd.edu/grd |
| Integrative Oceanography Division | Michael Landry | https://scripps.ucsd.edu/iod |
| Marine Biology Research Division | Mark Hildebrand | https://scripps.ucsd.edu/mbrd |
| Marine Physical Laboratory | William Kuperman | https://scripps.ucsd.edu/mpl |
Non-ORU Centers |
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| School of Medicine | ||
| Shiley-Marcos Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (ADRC) | Douglas Galasko/ Edward Koo | http://adrc.ucsd.edu/ |
| Biostatistics and Bioinformatics | Karen Messer | http://biostat.ucsd.edu/ |
| California NeuroAIDS Tissue Network | Igor Grant | http://cntn.hivresearch.ucsd.edu/ |
| Center for AIDS Research | Douglas Richman | http://cfar.ucsd.edu/ |
| Center for Community Health | Sheila Gahagan | https://ucsdcommunityhealth.org/ |
| Center for Neural Circuits and Behavior | Anirvan Ghosh/ William Mobley |
http://cncb.ucsd.edu/ |
| CIHED – Center for Investigations of Health and Education Disparities | Antonio DeMaio/ Ross Frank |
http://cihed.ucsd.edu/ |
| CPM - Center for Pain Medicine | Mark S. Wallace | http://anesthesia.ucsd.edu/divisions/pain-medicine/Pages/default.aspx |
| HIV Neurobehavioral Research Center | Robert K. Heaton | https://hnrc.hivresearch.ucsd.edu/ |
| Howard Hughes Medical Institute | Robert Tjian | http://www.hhmi.org |
| Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, San Diego Branch | Richard Kolodner | https://www.ludwigcancerresearch.org/location/san-diego/ |
| Scripps Institution of Oceanography | ||
| CCE-LTER - California Current Ecosystem-Long Term Ecological Research | Mark Ohman | http://cce.lternet.edu/ |
| CalCOFI - California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigation | Brice Semmens | http://www.calcofi.org |
| CNAP - California Nevada Applications Program | Daniel Cayan | http://cnap.ucsd.edu |
| CAICE - Center for Aerosol Impacts on Climate and the Environment | Kimberly Prather | http://caice.ucsd.edu |
| CCCIA - Center for Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation | Mark Merrifield | https://scripps.ucsd.edu/centers/adaptation/ |
| CMBC - Center for Marine Biodiversity & Conservation | Stuart Sandin | https://scripps.ucsd.edu/centers/cmbc/ |
| CW3E - Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes | F. Marty Ralph | http://cw3e.ucsd.edu/ |
| Cooperative Institute for Marine Ecosystems and Climate | Bruce Cornuelle | https://scripps.ucsd.edu/cimec |
| SCMA - Scripps Center for Marine Archaeology | John Hildebrand/ Thomas Levy | http://scma.ucsd.edu/ |
| Arts & Humanities | ||
| CHS - Center for Hellenic Studies | Denise Demetriou | http://helleniccenter.ucsd.edu/ |
| IPE - Institute for Practical Ethics | Craig Callender/ John Evans | http://ipe.ucsd.edu/ |
| Engineering | ||
| CaliBaja Center for Resilient Materials and Systems | Olivia Graeve | http://resilientmaterials.ucsd.edu/ |
| CENI - Center for Engineered Natural Intelligence | Gabriel Silvia | http://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/ceni/faculty.shtml |
| CEER - Center for Extreme Events Research | J.C. Chen | http://ceer.ucsd.edu |
| CHO Systems Biology Center | Bernhard Palsson | http://cho.ucsd.edu |
| Center for Microbiome Innovation | Rob Knight | http://cmi.ucsd.edu |
| CWC - The Center for Wireless Communications | Sujit Dey | http://www-cwc.ucsd.edu |
| Charles Lee Powell Structural Research Laboratories | Gil Hegemier | http://structures.ucsd.edu/node/52 |
| CNS - Center for Networked Systems | Stefan Savage | http://cns.ucsd.edu/ |
| Cymer Center for Control Systems and Dynamics | Miroslav Krstic | http://ccsd.ucsd.edu/ |
| Contextual Robotics Institute | Henrik Christensen | http://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/contextualrobotics/ |
| CVC - Center for Visual Computing | Ravi Ramamoorthi | http://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/visualcomputing/ |
| CWS - Center for Wearable Sensors | Joseph Wang/ Patrick Mercier | http://cws.ucsd.edu/ |
| Deep Decarbonization Initiative | David Victor/ George Tynan | http://deepdecarbon.ucsd.edu/ |
| ITA - Information Theory and Applications Center | http://ita.ucsd.edu/ | |
| IGE - Institute for the Global Entrepreneur - Dele Von Liebig Center - Gordon Center | Sujit Dey | http://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/ige/index.sfe |
| SPE - Sustainable Power and Energy Center | Shirley Meng | http://spec.ucsd.edu |
| School of Global Policy and Strategy (GPS) [formerly International Relations and Pacific Studies] | ||
| USMEX - Center for U.S. Mexican Studies | Melissa Floca | http://usmex.ucsd.edu |
| EmPac - Center on Emerging and Pacific Economies | Gordon Hanson | http://empac.ucsd.edu/ |
| Physical Sciences | ||
| CAMSEE - The Center for Advancing Multidisciplinary Scholarship for Excellence in Education |
Jeffrey Remmel/ |
http://camsee.ucsd.edu/ |
| Center for NMR Spectroscopy and Imaging of Proteins | Stanley J. Opella | http://nmrresource.ucsd.edu/ |
| CCoM - Center for Computational Mathematics | Randolph Bank/ Phillip Gill/ Michael Holst |
http://ccom.ucsd.edu/ |
| IPAPS - Institute for Pure and Applied Physical Sciences | Brian Maple | |
| CIMS - Center for Interface & Materials Science | Brian Maple | |
| CAICE - Center for Aerosol Impacts on Climate and the Environment | Kim Prather | http://caice.ucsd.edu |
| Social Sciences | ||
| AAASRC - African and African-American Studies Research Center | Bennetta Jules-Rosette | https://www.facebook.com/AAASRC |
| BCSSPD - Bioregional Center for Sustainability Science, Planning and Design | Keith Pezzoli | http://bioregionalcenter.ucsd.edu/ |
| CCW - Center for Community Well-being | Michael Cole/ Hugh Mehan |
http://ccw.ucsd.edu/ |
| CGMH - Center for Global Mental Health |
Janis Jekins |
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| CSAPE - Center for the Study of African Political Economy | Clark Gibson | |
| CREATE - Center for Research on Educational Equity, Assessment, and Teaching Excellence | Mica Pollock | http://create.ucsd.edu/ |
| LCHC-Laboratory of Comparative Human Cognition | Michael Cole | http://lchc.ucsd.edu/ |
| CEE - Center for Environmental Economics | Mark Jacobsen | http://econweb.ucsd.edu/cee/ |
| CRG STEMM - Center for Research on Gender in STEMM | Mary Blair-Loy | http://crg-stemm.ucsd.edu/ |
| **SCMA - Scripps Center for Marine Archaeology |
John Hildebrand/ |
http://scma.ucsd.edu |
* Centers within ORUs
** Joint center between Scripps Institution of Oceanography and campus Division of Social Sciences - Department of Anthropology
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