Newsletter 20-03

Issue 20-03, January 19, 2020

 

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  1. CALL FOR DPS 2020 PRIZE NOMINATIONS
  2. AOGS 2020 SESSION PS11: GEOLOGY, GEOPHYSICS, AND HABITABILITY IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
  3. AOGS 2020 SESSION PS14: SOLAR SYSTEM SMALL BODIES: COMETS, TNOS, ASTEROIDS, METEORITES, AND DUST
  4. COSPAR SESSION 20-B1.3: RESULTS FROM THE EXPLORATION OF THE KUIPER BELT BY NASA’S NEW HORIZONS MISSION
  5. PLANETARY PROTECTION SESSIONS AT THE COSPAR 2020 GENERAL ASSEMBLY: CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
  6. APPLY FOR AAS CONGRESSIONAL VISITS DAY 2020
  7. JOBS, POSITIONS, OPPORTUNITIES

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CALL FOR DPS 2020 PRIZE NOMINATIONS

 

Deadline: April 1, 2020

 

Every year the DPS recognizes exceptional achievement in our field. Please

consider nominating a respected colleague for one of the annual DPS prizes.

 

The DPS sponsors five prizes:

 

The Gerard P. Kuiper Prize recognizes and honors outstanding contributors 

to the field of planetary science.

 

The Harold C. Urey Prize recognizes and encourages outstanding achievements 

in planetary research by an early-career scientist.

 

The Harold Masursky Award recognizes and honors individuals who have rendered 

outstanding service to planetary science and exploration through – but not limited to – 

engineering, managerial, programmatic, editorial, or public service activities.

 

The Carl Sagan Medal recognizes and honors outstanding communication by an active 

planetary scientist to the general public.

 

The Jonathan Eberhart Planetary Sciences Journalism Award recognizes and stimulates 

distinguished popular writing on planetary sciences.

 

DPS members and the planetary science community-at-large are encouraged to submit 

nominations for DPS prizes.

 

A complete nomination submitted by the deadline will be considered by the DPS

Prize subcommittee for 3 years (i.e. for this year’s award, next year’s award, and the

year after that), or for the duration of a candidate’s eligibility, whichever is less.

Please fill out the nomination form, and it will be submitted to the prize subcommittee. 

The Eberhart Award has different rules and procedures than the other DPS Prizes, please

see its page for more information. 

 

Scroll to the bottom of prizes for rules and procedures.

 

Questions: Email [email protected]

 

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AOGS 2020 SESSION PS11: GEOLOGY, GEOPHYSICS, AND HABITABILITY IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM

 

Dear colleagues,

 

We are pleased to announce a session for the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society

(AOGS 2020) to be held in Gangwon-do, South Korea in June 28 – July 4, 2020.

 

http://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2020/public.asp?page=home.html

 

The abstract submission deadline is January 21st, 2020.

 

PS11: Geology, Geophysics, and Habitability in Our Solar System

 

The surfaces of the terrestrial planets and their satellites have been largely shaped

through geological processes. Extreme conditions on outer solar system bodies, such

as the Jovian and Saturnian satellites, result in different types of exogenic and endogenic

features. Fracturing and faulting processes mainly affect minor bodies such as asteroids

and small moons, where volcanism and tectonism have not played an important role.

We invite contributions that cover a wide range of topics including geomorphology and
composition of volcanic deposits, edifices, and plumes, volcano-induced deformation and

edifice growth and collapse to tectonic structures, faulting and fracturing processes, crustal

stress and strain analysis, cryovolcanism, fluvial and aeolian features, and any study related

to planetary endogenic and exogenic processes. Furthermore, studies that relay interactions
between planetary interiors, surfaces, atmospheres, and astrobiology/habitability are

welcomed. Comparative studies of geological systems on Earth with a strong remote

sensing component are encouraged.

 

Hope to see you there!

The Conveners:

 

Dr Anezina Solomonidou (European Space Agency (ESA) ESAC, Spain)
Dr Rosaly Lopes (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, United States)

 

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AOGS 2020 SESSION PS14: SOLAR SYSTEM SMALL BODIES: COMETS, TNOS, ASTEROIDS, METEORITES, AND DUST

 

17th Asia Oceania Geosciences Society Annual Meeting (AOGS2020)

Jun 28 – Jul 4, 2020

Vivaldi Park, Hongcheon, South Korea

 

We invite contributions to Session PS14 at the AOGS2020 Meeting.

 

This session provides a forum to present the most recent results on solar system small

bodies research, including space missions, ground- and space-based observations,

laboratory experiments, theoretical modeling, and sample analyses. We welcome

abstracts on the dynamics, composition, and physical properties of small bodies.

Abstracts reporting the new results from Rosetta, Hayabusa2, OSIRIS-REx, New

Horizons missions are welcome. We also welcome talks on small body mission ideas,

such as those submitted to the NASA Discovery Mission early this year, the NASA

Planetary Mission Concept Studies call, and ESA Voyager 2050.

 

Preliminary information such as the sessions and conveners, the venue, and the major

deadlines is available on the conference webpage http://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2020.

 

The abstract deadline is January 21, 2020.

 

Best wishes,

AOGS PS14 Conveners
 
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COSPAR SESSION 20-B1.3: RESULTS FROM THE EXPLORATION OF THE KUIPER BELT BY NASA’S NEW HORIZONS MISSION

We call your attention and invite contributed talks for the COSPAR-2020 session

on “Results from the Exploration of the Kuiper Belt by NASA’s New Horizons

Mission.” Abstract submission is open through 14 February; the 43rd COSPAR

Scientific Assembly will occur August 15-22, 2020, in Sydney, Australia.

Website: https://www.cospar-assembly.org/

 

This session will review and extend the scientific results obtained from the

exploration of KBO 2014 MU69 (Arrokoth) by NASA’s New Horizons mission.

Topics will include the color, composition, bulk properties, geology and origin

of MU69, including its cratering record, with the objective of understanding the

formation of Kuiper Belt planetesimals. The session will also examine the loss

of primordial volatiles from MU69, its space weathering evolution, the Kuiper

Belt radiation and dust environment, and observations of dwarf planets and other

KBOs to assess satellite populations, phase curves, rotational lightcurves, and

shapes, and to otherwise place MU69 in context.

 

On behalf of this special session’s conveners and scientific organizing committee:

Alan Stern

Dale Cruikshank

Michele Bannister

Cynthia Conrad

JJ Kavelaars

Alessandro Morbidelli

Catherine Olkin

Bernard Schmitt

Kelsi Singer

John Spencer

Anne Verbiscer

Harold Weaver

 

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PLANETARY PROTECTION SESSIONS AT THE COSPAR 2020 GENERAL ASSEMBLY: CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

 

We would like to encourage you to attend and present in the following sessions

of the 43d COSPAR Scientific Assembly which will take place at the International

Convention Centre, in Sydney, Australia from 15-22 August 2020.

 

See: www.cospar2020.org

 

Please consider submitting an abstract. Abstract submission deadline is 14 February

2020. There will also be a COSPAR Panel on Planetary Protection Business meeting 

to which you are welcome. More information on time, place and date will follow in

the spring. See our web site: https://cosparhq.cnes.fr/

 

Best regards,

The organisers

 

COSPAR-20-PPP.1: Planetary Protection Policy

 

This session will include reports on recent planetary protection studies, colloquia,

workshops and agency activities with relevance to the COSPAR Planetary Protection

Policy and implementation guidelines. Recent adaptations and updates of the Policy

proposed by the COSPAR Panel on Planetary protection and validated by the COSPAR

Bureau following the Panel’s recent meetings and based on documented studies will

be presented. Further revisions proposed by the current international space exploration

context or new scientific discoveries will be discussed.

 

Organisers: Athena Coustenis and Akihiko Yamagishi

 

COSPAR-20-PPP.2: Planetary Protection Mission Implementation and Status

 

 

This session covers reports on the planetary protection implementation and status

of launched, ongoing and planned missions. The session will focus on techniques,

measures and procedures applied to spacecrafts, payloads and ground facilities to

meet and verify the respective planetary protection requirements.

 

Organisers: Gerhard Kminek and Lisa Pratt

 

COSPAR-20-PPP.3: Planetary Protection Research and Development

 

 

This session will report on planetary protection research and development activities,

including in preparation for new mission concepts and, taking into account more

challenging scientific endeavors, including on life detection.

 

Organisers: Niklas Hedman and Petra Rettberg

 

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APPLY FOR AAS CONGRESSIONAL VISITS DAY 2020

 

Every year the AAS brings volunteers to Washington, DC, to advocate for federal

support of their science with their members of Congress for a Congressional Visits

Day (CVD). For information on eligibility requirements and how to apply, you can

check out the main CVD page. The AAS will cover the majority of travel expenses

for volunteers selected to participate, as our budget allows.

 

We aim to select approximately 15 volunteers who balance the program by location,

career stage, and experience. We especially encourage graduate students and early-

career professionals to volunteer. We generally ask that people who have done training

and Congressional visits for astronomy advocacy before — through programs like AAS

CVD, AAAS CASE, facility/collaboration programs, etc. — not volunteer for CVD,

as we intend this program to increase the number of astronomers empowered to advocate

for science.

 

Please use our CVD 2020 Sign-Up Form. You’ll need to sign in to the website using

your AAS username and password to submit the form. The deadline for application

to AAS CVD 2020 is 11:59 pm on Saturday, 25 January. Selected volunteers will be

notified by mid-February 2020. This year the AAS CVD will be held Monday –

Wednesday, 23 – 25 March 2020. One or two pre-visit webinars (one hour or less)

will be scheduled in the weeks ahead of the visits.

 

https://aas.org/posts/news/2019/12/apply-aas-congressional-visits-day-2020

 

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JOBS, POSITIONS, OPPORTUNITIES

 

A) RESEARCH SCIENTIST (ASSISTANT, ASSOCIATE OR FULL) – SENIOR FELLOW- SPACE SCIENCES LABORATORY

 

The Space Sciences Laboratory (SSL) at the University of California, Berkeley invites 

applications for a PhD scientist who has demonstrated leadership and creativity in the

space sciences. SSL currently has active science groups in Solar and Heliospheric Physics, 

Geospace Science, Astrophysics & Exoplanets, and Planetary Science/Astrobiology.

The position is open to scientists who have research programs related to one of these

groups or potentially on a topic that may lead to the establishment of a new science group

(e.g., Earth and Atmospheric Science). Scientists engaged in instrument and/or mission 

development are especially encouraged to apply. The successful applicant will have

Principal Investigator status upon joining SSL, and the level of the appointment (Assistant, 

Associate, or Full Research Scientist) will depend on CV and qualifications. While the

applicant is expected to build a self-supporting research group, startup funds will be

provided. It is expected that the applicant will have a previous record of participating

in or leading successful projects or proposals. If the applicant’s research falls under one

of the existing SSL science groups, the Associate Director of the science group will be

the applicant’s formal supervisor. Otherwise, the applicant will report to the SSL Director.

The appointment is open-ended contingent on funding.

A start date between 2020 August and October is envisioned, but this is flexible. This is a 

full-time position. staff, please visit: 

https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/compensation-and-benefits/index.html

To apply, please visit: https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF02469

Applicants should also provide names with contact information for at least 3 individuals 

who have agreed to provide a reference for this specific position. Letters of reference will 

be requested of the finalists. All letters will be treated as confidential per University of California 

policy and California state law. Please refer potential referees, including when letters are provided 

via a third party (i.e., dossier service or career center), to the UC Berkeley statement of confidentiality 

(http://apo.berkeley.edu/evalltr.html) prior to submitting their letters. 

Position will remain open until filled.

Please direct questions to Caylen Garrie at [email protected]

 

Basic Qualifications (required at the time of application):

•PhD (or equivalent international degree) or enrolled in a PhD (or equivalent international degree) 

program.

 

Additional Qualifications (required by the start date):

•PhD (or equivalent international degree).
•Record of research publications since PhD degree.

 

Preferred:

•PhD or equivalent in physics, astronomy, earth science, planetary science, or a 

closely related field.

•Demonstrated experience with participating in or leading successful projects 

or proposals in the space sciences.

 

Salary and Benefits: Salary will commensurate with qualifications and experience 

level and based on UC Berkeley salary scales. This position provides full benefits. 

The university provides a comprehensive benefits program which offers Medical, 

Dental, Vision, Life and AD&D Insurance, Short-Term Disability Insurance and 

Long-Term Disability Insurance. For a complete guide on UC Health Benefits for 

 

Diversity statement: The department is interested in candidates who will contribute 

to diversity and equal opportunity in higher education through their work. 

 

Family friendly statement: UC Berkeley has an excellent benefits package as well as 

a number of policies and programs to support employees as they balance work and family. 

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to

race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability,

age or protected veteran status. For the complete University of California nondiscrimination

and affirmative action policy see: http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct

 

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