Newsletter 19-37

Issue 19-37, August 17, 2019

 

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  1. EPSC-DPS 2019 MEETING MENTOR-MENTEE PROGRAM
  2. EPSC/DPS WOMEN IN PLANETARY SCIENCE DISCUSSION HOUR 2019 – GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
  3. EPSC-DPS 2019 MEETING POSTER PRINTING SERVICE
  4. CARBON IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM: EPSC/DPS WORKSHOP 
  5. EPSC-DPS HOTEL NOTICE ABOUT FAKE AGENCIES
  6. OPAG MEETING WEBEX & AGENDA
  7. DPS PROFESSIONAL CULTURE AND CLIMATE SUBCOMMITTEE (PCCS) SEEKING NEW MEMBERS
  8. NASA KECK 2020A CALL FOR PROPOSALS
  9. CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2020 NASA HUBBLE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
  10. FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT FOR ICARUS SPECIAL ISSUE ON KUIPER BELT SCIENCE

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EPSC-DPS 2019 JOINT MEETING MENTOR-MENTEE PROGRAM

 

Sign Up Deadline: 31 August 2019

 

The EuroPlanet Early Career (EPEC) network is introducing a mentor-mentee

program for this EPSC-DPS 2019 meeting in Geneva. The program is designed

to support the novice conference attendees, students, and early career scientists

by enabling one-to-one meetings with an experienced researcher to help them

navigate the conference. The registered mentees will be able to meet their respective

mentors during the ice breaker event on Sept 15, 2019. 

 

Details to sign-up to the program: Mentees, if this is your first international conference,

your first oral presentation, first EPSC, or you are looking for guidance during the

EPSC-DPS 2019, sign up here:  http://eepurl.com/gxD-wf . We will put you in contact

with a suitable mentor, who would be beneficiary to your experience during the conference. 

 

Mentors, if you are a postdoc, researcher, or a senior scientist who has been in numerous
international conferences and are willing to show early careers how to navigate through

various sessions and network within an international community, please sign up here:
http://eepurl.com/gxD-wf .

 

You will be requested to set up at least one meeting with your mentee during the

conference week. 

 

The deadline to sign-up to the mentor-mentee program is 31st August, 2019. 

 

If you have any queries, please contact us at [email protected] 

 

Looking forward to meeting you in Geneva, EPEC-EPSC working group

 

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EPSC/DPS WOMEN IN PLANETARY SCIENCE DISCUSSION HOUR 2019 – GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

 

Date: Wednesday, Sept. 18th, 2019

Time:  12:00-1:15 pm

Place: EPSC/DPS Conference venue, Saturn Lecture Room

Join us for the annual Women in Planetary Science event over lunch. All are welcome! 

We will discuss professional development topics related to diversity and inclusion in

planetary science.  The presentation/discussion schedule will be announced on the

registration page. Pre-registration at http://bit.ly/DPS_WIPS_2019 is required to receive 

a lunch (available to the first ~200 registrants due the generosity of our sponsors: AURA

and Southwest Research Institute), and registration is recommended even if you are bringing

your own lunch so we can balance room size with attendance size. 

 

**Registration deadline to receive a lunch is August 31**

 

More details and RSVP at: http://bit.ly/DPS_WIPS_2019

 

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EPSC-DPS 2019 MEETING POSTER PRINTING SERVICE

 

The University of Geneva will offer a poster printing service for meeting attendees.

Price is CHF 15,-

 

Deadline for providing payment and providing your .pdf file is 5 September 2019.

 

Ordered posters can be picked up by presenters at the conference center. Neither the

conference organizers nor members of the scientific organizing committee or the

local organizing committee will attach your poster to the dedicated poster board.

 

More details can be found on the EPSC-DPS 2019 meeting website:

https://www.epsc-dps2019.eu/information/guidelines/poster_presentation_guidelines.html

 

Order and upload your poster here: https://formulaire.unige.ch/outils/limebooking3/index.php/54828?lang=en

 

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CARBON IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM: EPSC/DPS WORKSHOP 

 

Please join us for an engaging discussion on Thursday, Sept 19, 10:30AM-noon, 

Pluto room (room 13) 

 

Recent results ranging from the Pluto system, the Saturn system, other locations

beyond ~5 AU, all the way to Mercury in the inner Solar System, and nearly all

points in between, raise questions abut the state of carbon in the Solar System:

how do carbonaceous compounds become weathered in response to thermal

processes and irradiation? How do we recognize carbon compounds and their

various weathering products? The synthesis of these results improves our scientific

understanding of the role of carbon in the Solar System, how it evolves and how

to recognize it. Analyses of samples from the carbonaceous near-Earth asteroids

162173 Ryugu and 101955 Bennu will provide context for the presence of carbon.

In this workshop, please come prepared to discuss observational, laboratory and

modeling work related to carbon and carbonaceous species on Solar System bodies.

We will kick off the discussion with short presentations from 1-2 invited speakers.

 

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EPSC-DPS HOTEL NOTICE ABOUT FAKE AGENCIES

 

Dear All,

 

We have been alerted to the fact that companies are making telephone calls to

conference participants/authors. They are claiming that they are “from the

congress organizers” and that they have a special hotel deal or that something

is wrong with your hotel booking for the EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2019.

 

Please ignore these calls (and/or emails) and do not provide them any information 

about your hotel booking, credit card or bank details.

 

Symporg is the only official housing agency has been contracted for the EPSC-DPS

Joint Meeting 2019 but will not do any cold calls.

 

If you are unsure about the status of your booking, please never hesitate to send

us a quick note.

 

Thank you and best regards,

Vanessa

EPSC-DPS 2019 Hotels – Accommodation team

c/o Symporg SA
Rue Rousseau 30
1201 Geneva
Switzerland

Email: http://lasp.colorado.edu/home/about/address-directions/spsc/ .

 

For remote access, please use the following Webex and phone # (same for OPAG & Workshop):

Webex: https://nasaenterprise.webex.com/nasaenterprise/j.php?MTID=mad22fe1fab5639e02d9ef5c74356b234
Meeting number: 901 243 086
Meeting password: nressHD19!
Audio connection/Dial In: 1-888-877-0391; PW: 7100733

 

Parking:   Will be $18/week, cash payment 

 

Note:NRESS is not providing meals/coffee. However, coffee & snacks will be

available at breaks.

Also note there may be potential traffic problems, part of the highway between Westminster, 

where the hotel is, and Boulder is running at 2/3 of the usual number of lanes.

 

Agenda: https://www.lpi.usra.edu/opag/meetings/aug2019/agenda15Aug2019.pdf

 

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DPS PROFESSIONAL CULTURE AND CLIMATE SUBCOMMITTEE (PCCS) SEEKING NEW MEMBERS

 

Are you interested in making the planetary science community more diverse and

inclusive?  If so, contact Julie Rathbun to volunteer to be part of the DPS Professional

Culture and Climate subcommittee (PCCS).  A list of our charge, duties, and

expectations can be found at leadership/climate

 

You can also find Julie at the DPS meeting in Geneva to discuss the PCCS. Please

send an email to [email protected] by the end of the DPS meeting on September 20,

2019 and include why you are interested, a brief discussion of any EDI work you’ve

already done, and a brief statement on what you hope to accomplish as part of the PCCS.

 

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NASA KECK 2020A CALL FOR PROPOSALS

 

The 2020A NASA Keck Call for Proposals is now available.  Mission Support

and General Observing proposals to support NASA’s science goals and missions are solicited.  

Please read the complete call and application procedures for information and criteria.

  

Selected Highlights for 2020A (refer to the call and Keck instrument availability for

complete information):

1.  Any NASA PI who would like to recover scheduled observing time lost due to the 

July/August observatory closure should resubmit their proposal written as if the time

was lost due to weather.  The proposal will be evaluated by the TAC, along with the other 

proposals submitted for the semester and will not receive any special consideration.

2.  Twilight observing: In semester 2019B, the TAC awarded a multisemester program for 

twilight observing through semester 2021B.  Since each partner institution is limited to one 

twilight observing program per semester, NASA is not accepting twilight proposals for semester 2020A.

3.  Keck 1 LGS will be unavailable from Feb. 1 through mid-April.

4.  OSIRIS-NGS will be unavailable from Feb. 1 – March 15. OSIRIS-LGS will be unavailable 

from Feb. 1 through mid-April.

5.  NIRSPEC (NIRSPAO) will be unavailable from Feb. 1 through mid-March.

 

Key Dates:

Thursday, August 29: deadline to request letters of support from NASA HQ for 

Mission Support proposals.

 

Thursday, September 12 by 4 pm PDT: deadline for proposal submission

Questions: [email protected]

 

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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2020 NASA HUBBLE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

 

Dr. Andrew Fruchter, Space Telescope Science Institute

Dr. Dawn M. Gelino, NASA Exoplanet Science Institute

Dr. Paul Green, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

Applications Due: November 4, 2019 at 7:00 PM EST (4:00 PM PST 24:00 UTC),

 

On behalf of the NASA Astrophysics Division, the Space Telescope Science Institute

(STScI) announces the annual call for applications for postdoctoral fellowships under

the NASA Hubble Fellowship Program (NHFP), to begin in the Fall of 2020.

 

The NHFP supports promising postdoctoral scientists performing independent research

that contributes to NASA Astrophysics (see https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/ for 

more information). The research may be theoretical, observational, and/or instrumental.

If your application is successful you will become an Einstein, Hubble or Sagan fellow,

depending on the area of your research. We are continuing the legacy of those three earlier 

programs in this way, and through joint management of the program by STScI, in

collaboration with the Chandra X-ray Center and the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute.

 

The NHFP is open to applicants of any nationality who have earned (or will have earned)

their doctoral degree on or after January 1, 2017 in astronomy, physics, or related disciplines.

The duration of the Fellowship is up to three years: an initial one-year appointment, and

two annual renewals contingent on satisfactory performance and availability of NASA funds.

 

Eligibility may extend to those who received their PhD as early as January 1, 2016, if 

professional work was necessarily delayed by personal or family considerations. Such

extended eligibility must be justified in an email to [email protected] at least 2 weeks in

advance of the application deadline.

 

We anticipate offering up to 24 NHFP Fellowships this year. The Fellowships are tenable

at a U.S. host institution of the fellow choice, subject to a maximum of two new fellows

per host institution per year, and no more than 5 granted to a single host institution in any

3 year period.

 

The Announcement of Opportunity, which includes detailed program policies and

application instructions, is available at the website: http://nhfp.stsci.edu. Applicants 

should follow the instructions given in the Announcement and also read the Frequently

Asked Questions page. Please send any further inquiries about the NHFP to [email protected].

 

NHFP Fellowships are open to English-speaking citizens of all nations. All applicants

will receive consideration without regard to race, creed, color, age, gender, gender identity

or expression, sexual orientation or national origin. Women and members of minority

groups are strongly encouraged to apply.

 

Key Dates

_ September 3, 2019: 2020 NHFP Announcement of Opportunity available

_ November 4, 2019, 7:00 PM EST (4:00 PM PST 24:00 UTC): Applications due

_ November 8, 2019: Letters of reference due

_ By early February 2020: Award offers made; new appointments to begin on or about

Sept. 1, 2020

 

Download/Website: http://nhfp.stsci.edu

Contact: [email protected]

 

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FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT FOR ICARUS SPECIAL ISSUE ON KUIPER BELT SCIENCE

 

Discoveries about the Kuiper Belt and Trans-Neptunian Objects have been accelerating

over the past two decades. In the last five years, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft

initiated the close-up exploration of Kuiper belt objects with the flybys of the Pluto

system the cold classical KBO 2014 MU69 (nicknamed Ultima Thule). In addition,

many advances have been made in telescopic observations and theoretical modeling

of the Kuiper Belt and Dwarf Planets. This special issue calls for results related to the

exploration of the Pluto system, the Kuiper Belt, and Kuiper Belt Objects, particularly

by New Horizons, ground-based techniques, and NASA’s New Frontiers Data Analysis

Program (NFDAP) projects. Papers are solicited from authors across the planetary

science community and interdisciplinary papers are welcome.

 

Revised paper submission deadline: October 1, 2019

Topics of interest include, but are NOT limited to:

•           Geologic mapping and geomorphologic analyses

•           Geophysical and geochemical modeling

•           Particle or plasma data

•           Dynamical or collisional evolution modeling

•           Analysis of the composition and photometric properties

•           Atmospheric measurements or modeling

•           Ground- or space-based telescopic data

•           Laboratory analysis of analog materials

 

Sincerely, the Guest Editors:  

Alan Stern, Rick Binzel, Will Grundy, Kelsi Singer, Oliver White

 

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