History of LANL IGPP(S)

• IGPP established at LANL in 1980, with Paul Coleman as first director (Oct 1981)
• Minigrant program starts in 1982, with 24 projects. Grows to 30+ projects in 1983.
• SAGE course starts, in 1982
• IGPP takes ownership of LANL's climate research activities in 1984 (Bob Malone/Sig Gerstl)
• Paul Coleman resigns in 1986, returns to UCLA.
• IGPP tasked to be more responsive to lab's research needs, and become more integrated into the lab.
• Chick Keller appointed director in 1987.
• Based on division input, defined focused research areas, of high laboratory interest.
• Each focus had a ¼ time focus leader
• In 1994, IGPP reassesses its role with visits to groups/divisions. Role reaffirmed.
• Chick resigns as director in 2001.
• Gary Geernaert appointed director in 2002
• IGPP becomes an institutional center, and manages basic science strategies with divisions
• In 2008, IGPP assigned to the Institutes Office, with responsibility to advance revolutionary research in support of a Laboratory goal to sustain research excellence in the long term.
• Gary Geernaert joins DOE and Harald Dogliani serves as acting Director in 2010.
  
• In 2010 IGPP Systemwide management office headquartered at UCLA formally terminated.  Many campus individual IGGP centers independently continued.
• In 2012 Harald Dogliani becomes permanent Director.
• IGPP explicitly identifies research on sensors/signatures and formally adds “S” for Signatures in its new title: IGGPS, Institute of Geophysics, Planetary Physics, and Signatures (2013).