Our Centers

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded cooperative agreements to 12 leading institutions to build a collaborative network of Physical Science-Oncology Centers (PS-OCs). The PS-OCs will bring together experts from the physical sciences/engineering and cancer biology/oncology fields to assemble and develop the infrastructure, research programs, and the network required to enable cross-disciplinary team research that converge these two fields.

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Arizona State University Physical Sciences-Oncology Center
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Principal Investigator: Paul Davies, Ph.D.

Cornell University Physical Sciences-Oncology Center
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Principal Investigator: Harold G. Craighead, Ph.D.

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute Physical Sciences-Oncology Center
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL
Principal Investigator: Robert A. Gatenby, M.D.

Johns Hopkins University Physical Sciences-Oncology Center
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Principal Investigator: Denis Wirtz, Ph.D.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Physical Sciences-Oncology Center
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Principal Investigator: Alexander van Oudenaarden, Ph.D.

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Physical Sciences-Oncology Center
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Principal Investigator: Franziska Michor, Ph.D.

Northwestern University Physical Sciences-Oncology Center
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Principal Investigator: Jonathan Widom, Ph.D.

Princeton University Physical Sciences-Oncology Center
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Principal Investigator: Robert H. Austin, Ph.D.

The Scripps Research Institute Physical Sciences-Oncology Center
The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA
Principal Investigator: Peter Kuhn, Ph.D.

University of California-Berkeley Physical Sciences-Oncology Center
University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Principal Investigator: Jan Liphardt, Ph.D.

University of Southern California Physical Sciences-Oncology Center
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Principal Investigator: W. Daniel Hillis, Ph.D.

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Physical Sciences-Oncology Center
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX
Principal Investigator: Mauro Ferrari, Ph.D.