Science Research Groups

PEIs interdisciplinary research program is currently focused chiefly in the sciences, with particular strengths in global change, biogeochemical cycles, molecular geochemistry, biodiversity and conservation, and environmental science and policy. It is organized principally through its four centers: the Carbon Mitigation Initiative, the Princeton Climate Center, a unit of the Cooperative Institute for Climate Science, the Center for Environmental BioInorganic Chemistry, and the Center for Biocomplexity.

The mission of the Center is to help people understand that our health, and that of our children, depends on the health of the environment, and that we must do everything we can to protect it.

Financial Mathematics is a flourishing area of modern science. Since the pioneering days of Black, Scholes and Merton, the subject has developed rapidly into a substantial body of knowledge. Its numerous applications have become vital to the day to day functioning of the world's financial institutions. As a consequence, a solid command of the principles and techniques of quantitative finance is essential for a responsible approach to the trading, asset management, and risk control of complicated financial positions.

The North Pacific Universities Marine Mammal Research Consortium conducts research on the relationship between fisheries and marine mammals in the North Pacific Ocean and the Eastern Bering Sea.

The Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF) experimental collaboration is committed to studying high energy particle collisions at the worlds highest energy particle accelerator. The goal is to discover the identity and properties of the particles that make up the universe and to understand the forces and interactions between those particles.

Our mission is educating people to understand, to love and to protect the water systems of the planet, marin and fresh water, for the well-being of future generations.

Founded by renowned primatologist Jane Goodall, JGI is a global nonprofit that empowers people to make a difference for all living things. We are creating healthy ecosystems, promoting sustainable livelihoods and nurturing new generations of committed, active citizens around the world.

The Jackson Laboratory, an independent, mammalian genetics research institution and an NCI-designated Cancer Center. Our mission is to improve the quality of human life through discoveries arising from our own genetic research and by enabling the research and education of others.

Earthquake early warning can provide a few seconds to tens of seconds warning prior to ground shaking during an earthquake. ElarmS, short for Earthquake Alarms Systems, is a methodology designed to provide warnings in California and other earthquake prone regions around the world. The warning messages provided by ElarmS can be used to reduce the damage, costs and casualties in an earthquake.

The USGS serves the Nation by providing reliable scientific information to describe and understand the Earth; minimize loss of life and property from natural disasters; manage water, biological, energy, and mineral resources; and enhance and protect our quality of life.

The Space Environment Center (SEC) is one of the nine National Centers for Environmental Prediction and provides real-time monitoring and forecasting of solar and geophysical events, conducts research in solar-terrestrial physics, and develops techniques for forecasting solar and geophysical disturbances. The SEC Forecast Center is jointly operated by NOAA and the U.S. Air Force and is the national and world warning center for disturbances that can affect people and equipment working in the space environment.

The Materials Research Laboratory (MRL) at the University of California, Santa Barbara, was established in September 1992 with funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), and became an NSF Materials Research Science & Engineering Center (MRSEC) in 1996. Research is divided into four main groups: Programable bonding; Oxides as semiconductors; Soft cellular materials; and Nanostructured materials.

The nanophotonics theme is dedicated
to the understanding of nanoscale interactions in structures that offer the ability to control the propagation of photons below the diffraction limit and the use of nanostructured building blocks to create new photonic materials. Our research encompasses the generation, characterization, and theory of nanophotonic structures.

The mission of the National Biomedical Computation Resource is to conduct, catalyze, and enable biomedical research by harnessing, developing, and deploying forefront computational, information and grid technologies.

EFDA is intended to strengthen the co-ordination of work among the Associates. It will further develop the necessary scientific, technical and organisational basis in the Associations and in the European Industry for the possible construction of an experimental fusion power plant and will reinforce the European capability for international co-operation.

Scientists have made great advances in understanding how the brain works at the cellular level. But translating this knowledge to understanding human behavior and treating brain diseases such as drug addiction, eating disorders, attention deficit disorder, and neurodegenerative disorders has lagged behind. Brookhavens Center for Translational Neuroimaging aims to bridge this gap using a network of complementary brain-imaging tools including positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). These tools are a direct outgrowth of the Department of Energys (DOEs) long-standing investment in basic research in chemistry, physics and nuclear medicine. The ongoing neuroimaging research at Brookhaven is a prime example of how DOEs national laboratories bring together the expertise of chemists, physicists, and medical scientists to address questions of profound significance for society.

SCCOOS brings together coastal observations along the Southern California Bight to provide information necessary to address issues in coastal water quality, marine life resources, and coastal hazards.
Working interactively with local, state and federal agencies, resource managers, policy makers, educators, scientists and the general public, SCCOOS will improve our understanding and delivery of coastal observations, and will allow us to better manage our coastal ocean environment. Access realtime and archived SCCOOS data collected within the Southern California Bight (SCB). Find related data products, information on metadata, database schema and data flow charts. SCCOOS modeling efforts include ROMS-based Integrated Modeling of the Southern California Coastal Ocean, Coastal Ocean Data Assimilation System (CODAS), ocean swell propagation modeling, sediment transport modeling, and wind-wave generation modeling. OurOcean Portal provides access to many of these products.

On February 16, 2005, 61 countries agreed to a plan that, over the next 10 years, will revolutionize the understanding of Earth and how it works. Agreement for a 10-year implementation plan for a Global Earth Observation System of Systems, known as GEOSS, was reached by member countries of the Group on Earth Observations at the Third Observation Summit held in Brussels. Nearly 40 international organizations also support the emerging global network. The GEOSS project will help all nations involved produce and manage their information in a way that benefits the environment as well as humanity by taking a pulse of the planet. GEOSS is envisioned as a large national and international cooperative effort to bring together existing and new hardware and software, making it all compatible in order to supply data and information at no cost. The U.S. and developed nations have a unique role in developing and maintaining the system, collecting data, enhancing data distribution, and providing models to help all of the world's nations. EPA has a strong commitment to the GEOSS initiative.

This year the University of California, San Diego established the Center for Earth Observations and Applications (CEOA). Led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography, CEOA will provide an integrating vision for our work across the spectrum of natural, physical, and social sciences, engineering, and information technology related to Earth observations and applications. CEOA will stimulate support and coordinate sustained research and applications in Earth observations at UCSD.

The U.S. National Ocean Bottom Seismograph Instrument Pool provides instrumentation to support research to further our understanding of marine geology, seismology, and geodynamics. Funded through the NSF, the Pool makes ocean bottom seismic equipment available to all interested researchers, to private and public organizations, and to industry.