MISSION
The Institute for Geophysics and Planetary Physics at LLNL is a branch of the University of California systemwide IGPP, a Multi-Campus Research Unit focusing primarily on extraterrestrial materials, astrophysics and geophysics. IGPP serves as an interface between unique LLNL facilities, personnel and capabilities and the broader academic community. The mission of the IGPP branch of LLNL is to perform world-class science, leveraging state-of-the-art LLNL capabilities, while attracting and retaining scientific talent relevant to Laboratory programs.
Astrophysics
The LLNL Astrophysics Research Center manages the astrophysics part of the University Collaborative Research Program (UCRP) and facilitates contacts between UC scientists and their LLNL counterparts. The Astrophysics Research Center also serves as the focus of astrophysics activities at LLNL by organizing the weekly astrophysics colloquium, by hosting visitors and collaborators, by editing an annual Observatory Report that covers all astrophysics activities at LLNL (and is published in the Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society), and by providing various other service functions.
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Planetary Sciences
The IGPP Planetary Sciences Research Center, headed by Lars Borg, serves the aims of the IGPP-LLNL in the area of geosciences. This includes managing the geosciences part of the Minigrants program facilitating contacts between UC faculty and students and their LLNL counterparts. The Geosciences Research Center also participates in activities at LLNL by organizing the colloquia, by hosting visitors and collaborators, and organizing workshops. The staff and post- doctoral researchers of the Geosciences Research Center carry out a significant program of research in earth and planetary science as well as analytical astromaterials research on meteorites, micrometeorites, interplanetary dust particles (IDPs), and Stardust samples.
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IGPP Program Leader: John Bradley
Prior to joining the Laboratory, John was the Executive Director of MVA Inc., a privately held company that specializes in materials science consulting and research for industry and the federal government. Since 1996, he has also held the position of Adjunct Professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. He was a Senior Research Scientist with McCrone Associates in Chicago ('83-'92) and conducted his postdoctoral research in the Department of Astronomy at the University of Washington in Seattle ('82).
John earned a Ph.D. in chemistry from Arizona State University in 1982 and a B.S. in chemistry from the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, in 1976. He is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow of the Meteoritical Society and Microbeam Analysis Society.
Email:bradley33@llnl.gov
Phone:925-423-0666
Fax:925-423-0238
Mailing Address: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
MS L-413
Livermore, CA 94550
Program Director
John Bradley
bradley33@llnl.gov
(925) 423-0666
Administrative
Sharon Taberna
taberna1@llnl.gov
(925) 423-6290
IGPP LINKS
> IGPP Los Alamos National Laboratory
> IGPP UC Los Angeles
> IGPP UC Riverside
> IGPP UC San Diego
> IGPP UC Santa Cruz
