Issue 16-27, July 24, 2016
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- REMINDER: PLEASE VOTE IN THE 2016 DPS ELECTION
- REMINDER: REGISTRATION DEADLINE FOR DPS48/EPSC 11
- JOBS, POSITIONS, OPPORTUNITIES
- UPCOMING MEETINGS
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REMINDER: PLEASE VOTE IN THE 2016 DPS ELECTION
DEADLINE FAST APPROACHING: ONLY ONE MORE WEEK!
The 2016 election for DPS Vice-Chair and Committee is now open, and will
close on July 31st 2016.
Please remember to vote!
Go to https://aas.org/vote/
You will need your AAS member login ID (which defaults to your membership
number), and your password.
If you have trouble voting on line, the AAS can do a proxy vote and vote on your
behalf (send an e-mail to [email protected]). You will still get an automated email
confirmation and a separate manual email, both with who you voted for and a
confirmation number.
You should vote for one of the two candidates for Vice-Chair:
o Catherine Olkin, Southwest Research Institute
o Harold Reitsema, Retired
The elected Vice-Chair will take his/her functions in October 2016 and will
become the DPS Chair in October 2017.
You should also vote for two of the five candidates for DPS Committee:
o Ashley Davies, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
o Karl Hibbitts, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
o Catherine Neish, University of Western Ontario
o Britney Schmidt, Georgia Institute of Technology
o Maria Womack, University of South Florida
The successful candidates will serve on the Committee for three years after
October 2016.
The detailed vitae and position statements for each of the candidates is linked
from the main election page,
It is very important for all DPS Members to participate to these elections, so
please take a moment to vote!
Thank you!
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REMINDER: REGULAR REGISTRATION DEADLINE FOR DPS 48/EPSC 11
The Regular Registration Deadline is Friday, August 12, 2016.
Full Registration for Full DPS Members increases from $622 to $719 if you
register after August 12.
Pasadena, CA, 16-21 October 2016 at the Pasadena Convention Center
https://aas.org/meetings/dps48
* Important dates
12 August 2016 DPS 48/ EPSC 11 Regular Registration Deadline
https://aas.org/meetings/dps48/registration
And also:
– 2 August 2016: Late Abstract Submission Deadline – 9:00pm ET
– 14 September 2016: Hotel Reservations Deadline
– 16 Septembar 2016: Dependent Care Grant Application Deadline
The DPS is grateful to our Meeting Sponsors:
Universities Space Research Association (USRA)
Ball Aerospace
Southwest Research Institute
Nature Geoscience
Elsevier
AURA
TMT-Thirty Meter Telescope
VORTICES
Space Science Institute
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JOBS, POSITIONS, OPPORTUNITIES
A) POSTDOCTORAL POSITION
REACTION DYNAMICS & PLANETARY SCIENCES,
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA, USA
The Reaction Dynamics Group, Department of Chemistry, University of
Hawai’i at Manoa, invites applications for two postdoctoral positions. The
appointment period is initially for one year, but can be renewed annually
based on availability of funds and satisfactory progress. The salary
is competitive and commensurate with experience. Successful applicants
should have a strong background in experimental reaction dynamics, UHV
technology, REMPI, and pulsed laser systems. The goal of the
experiments is to probe the formation of water and hydroxyl radicals on
the Moon via interaction of ionizing radiation (Solar Wind) with lunar
(analog) silcates.
Solid communication skills in English (written, oral), a publication
record in internationally circulated, peer-reviewed journals, and willingness
to work in a team are mandatory. Only self-motivated and energetic
candidates are encouraged to apply. Please send a letter of
interest, three letters of recommendation, CV, and publication list to
Prof. Ralf I. Kaiser, Department of Chemistry, University of Hawai’i at
Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822-2275, USA [[email protected]]. Applicants
must demonstrate their capability to prepare manuscripts for
publications independently.
The review of applications will start August 1, 2016, and continues
until the position is filled. A description of our current research
group can be found at http://www.chem.hawaii.edu/Bil301/welcome.html.
B) SPACE TELESCOPE SCIENCE INSTITUTE SUPPORT SCIENTIST
BALTIMORE, MD
The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) has immediate openings for
Support Scientists to work on operations, calibration, testing, on-orbit
commissioning, and user support of the instruments for the Hubble Space
Telescope (HST) and/or James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Support Scientists
typically spend 80% of their time in support of the science operations
mission of the Institute and 20% on personal research. With grant support,
they can increase their research fraction up to 50%. Persons with
observational, instrumentation, or theoretical experience in Solar System
science are encouraged to apply. Positions are for terms of three years and
may be renewed depending on performance and availability of funding.
Application deadline is Aug. 19, 2016. Further details can be found at:
https://rn11.ultipro.com/SPA1004/JobBoard/listjobs.aspx?__VT=ExtCan
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UPCOMING MEETINGS
A) AGU 2016 SESSION P004: COMETARY PROCESSES
IN THE LIGHT OF ROSETTA
Conveners: Bonnie Buratti, Mathieu Choukroun, Matt Taylor, and Nicolas Altobelli
The European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft will make an unprecedented
controlled crash onto comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in late September
2016, providing close scrutiny of the comet until the very end. This session will
focus on scientific results from this final stage of Rosetta’s life. The session will
also include correlative studies among instruments from all phases of the mission;
studies that incorporate ground-based observations for better temporal coverage
and perspective; theoretical modeling of cometary processes; and interrelationships
among comets and other small bodies.
AGU abstracts are due no later than 3 August.
B) AGU SESSION P026 SOLAR SYSTEM SMALL BODIES:
RELICS OF FORMATION AND NEW WORLDS TO EXPLORE
We would like to invite you to submit an abstract to our session entitled
“Solar System Small Bodies: Relics of Formation and New Worlds to Explore”
scheduled at the AGU Fall Meeting at San Francisco, December 12-16 2016.
Abstract deadline: 3 August 23:59 EDT/03:59 +1 GMT.
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm16/preliminaryview.cgi/Session13304
The composition and physical properties of Small Solar System Bodies
(SSSBs), remnants of the formation of planets, are key to better understand
our solar system. Increased knowledge of their surface properties and their
potential as resources are also necessary to prepare for robotic and human
exploration. Hints about the internal structure and composition of SSSBs
have been acquired recently thanks to flyby/rendezvous data from space
missions, study of complex multiple asteroid systems, or close encounter
between asteroids. This session welcomes abstracts on the results bringing
information on the internal structure and composition of SSSBs based on
space and ground-based data, numerical models, as well as instrument/mission
concepts in the prospect of future exploration.
Conveners:
Franck Marchis (SETI Institute & Iris AO), Julie C. Castillo (NASA Jet
Propulsion Laboratory) and Padma A Yanamandra-Fisher (Space Science
Institute)
C) AGU SESSION P006: DETECTION AND DIRECT IMAGING OF
HABITABLE EXOPLANETS: PROGRESS AND FUTURE
We would like to invite you to submit an abstract to our session entitled
“Detection And Direct Imaging Of Habitable Exoplanets: Progress And Future”
scheduled at the AGU Fall Meeting at San Francisco, December 12-16 2016.
Abstract deadline: 3 August 23:59 EDT/03:59 +1 GMT.
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm16/preliminaryview.cgi/Session13664
This session consists in a discussion on the potential of new and future facilities
and modeling efforts designed to detect, image and characterize habitable
exoplanets, studying their formation, evolution and also the existence of
possible biospheres. Topics to be covered in this session include signs of
exoplanet habitability and global biosignatures that can be sought with
upcoming instrumentation; instrument requirements and technologies to
detect these markers; strategies for target selection and prioritization; and
impacts of planetary system properties, ground-based and space telescope
architectures, and impacts of instrument capabilities on the yield of potentially
inhabited exoplanets.
Conveners: Franck Marchis (SETI Institute), Ramses M. Ramirez (Cornell
University), Douglas Caldwell (SETI Institute)
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