Issue 23-06, March 14, 2023
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- DPS-EPSC 2023 HYBRID MEETING: OCT 1-6
- 2023B NASA IRTF CALL FOR PROPOSALS
- AGU HONORS NOMINATIONS DUE APRIL 12
- PLANETARY SCIENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE SEEKING NOMINATIONS
- JOBS, POSITIONS, AND OPPORTUNITIES
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DPS-EPSC 2023 HYBRID MEETING: OCT 1-6
Save the Date!
Join us 1-6 October 2023 for the 55th Annual Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS) joint meeting with the Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC). We hope to see you either in person or online: https://aas.org/meetings/dps55.
Being a joint meeting with EPSC, the topics cover all areas of planetary science, including those beyond the astronomical topics traditionally related to AAS/DPS meetings (i.e., we welcome more geology/geophysics, magnetospheres/space-plasmas, exoplanets, and astrobiology topics). Contact Science Organizing Committee (SOC) chairs Tracy Becker, Stavro Lambrov Ivanovski, and Akos Kereszturi for questions or suggestions for topical sessions.
Being a hybrid meeting implementing the latest ideas and lessons studied by the DPS’s Meeting Exploration Team (wp-content/uploads/files/meetings/DPS-MXT_Report.pdf), we anticipate a large attendance both in person at the Marriott Rivercenter Hotel in San Antonio Texas and online. Kelsi Singer and Meredith Elrod are the Virtual Organizing Committee chairs.
Exhibitors – download our prospectus and make your reservation! Spotlight your organization by sponsoring an event or item. Contact Local Organizing Committee Chair and local host Kurt Retherford ([email protected]), Southwest Research Institute / University of Texas at San Antonio, for details.
A highlight of our education and outreach plans for the meeting is an annular eclipse passing through the San Antonio area a week after the meeting on 14 Oct. 2023! Solar eclipse aficionados will enjoy an adjacent workshop in San Antonio on solar eclipse planning held on 29-30 September 2023 hosted by Dr. Angela Speck (UTSA):https://eclipse.aas.org/workshops.
See the website above and #DPSEPSC2023 on social media for more details!
Kurt Retherford (Local Host), Catherine Neish (DPS Chair) & Lena Noack (EPSC Chair)
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2023B NASA IRTF CALL FOR PROPOSALS
The due date for the 2023B semester (August 1, 2023 to January 31, 2024) is Monday, April 3, 2023. See our online submission form http://irtfweb.ifa.hawaii.edu/observing/applicationForms.php, which is available for proposal submission from 12:00AM on March 01, 2023 until 5:00PM on April 03, 2023 HST. Available instruments include: (1) SpeX, a 0.7 – 5.3 micron cross-dispersed medium-resolution spectrograph (up to R=2,500) and imager; (2) MORIS, a 512×512 pixel Andor CCD camera (60″x60″ field-of-view) mounted at the side-facing window of the SpeX cryostat that can be used simultaneously with SpeX; (3) iSHELL, a 1.06 – 5.3 micron cross-dispersed echelle spectrograph (up to R=80,000) and imager; (4) MIRSI/MOC, a 5-20 micron camera and grism spectrograph, and optical imager; (5) ‘Opihi, a wide-angle finder mounted to and aligned with IRTF. Information on available facility and visitor instruments and performance can be found at: http://irtfweb.ifa.hawaii.edu/instruments. Exposure time calculators for SpeX and iSHELL are available on the respective instrument webpages.
Please see http://irtfweb.ifa.hawaii.edu/observing/callForProposals.php for the full text.
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AGU HONORS NOMINATIONS DUE APRIL 12
Please don’t forget to nominate your wonderful, deserving colleagues for AGU Honors. All of the information can be found here https://www.agu.org/Honor-and-Recognize/Honors. The deadline is April 12!
Dr. Sarah M. Hörst
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PLANETARY SCIENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE SEEKING NOMINATIONS
The Planetary Science Advisory Committee (PAC) supports the advisory needs of the Planetary Science Division (PSD), the Science Mission Directorate (SMD), and other mission directorates as required, as well as the NASA Administrator. The advisory scope of the PAC includes all aspects of NASA’s planetary science program, including scientific research; considerations of the development of near-term enabling technologies, systems, and computing and information management capabilities; and developments with the potential to provide long-term improvements in future mission operational systems. Responsibility for biological planetary protection is outside the purview of the PAC.
NASA’s PSD is extending an invitation for nominations for service on the PAC. Interested members of the community are invited to review the charter and to submit nominations (including self-nominations) for consideration to fill vacancies on the Committee.
Additional details can be found at https://science.nasa.gov/science-pink/s3fs-public/atoms/files/PAC-call2023.pdf. More information on the PAC may be found at https://science.nasa.gov/nac/science-advisory-committees/pac.
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JOBS, POSITIONS, AND OPPORTUNITIES
- Postdoctoral Earth and Planetary Science Fellowship, Smithsonian Institution
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- Program Scientist Positions in NASA’s Planetary Science Division
NASA’s Science Mission Directorate has an immediate need for one or more scientists with expertise in planetary science to serve as Program Scientists in the Planetary Science Division at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. NASA Program Scientists tackle a wide variety of challenges including: developing, operating, and maintaining Research & Analysis grants programs, serving as the Headquarters scientific lead for one or more Planetary Science missions, and helping implement and communicate the Planetary Science Division’s strategic goals. Program scientists can have substantial influence on strategic planning and can help shape the long-term scientific direction of missions and programs that they oversee.
Positions are available from June 2023, though the start date is flexible. For IPA/Detail positions, applicants should email a curriculum vitae and cover letter as a single PDF file by April 28, 2023 to [email protected].
For more information see https://science.nasa.gov/about-us/job-opportunities
- Planetary Scientist – NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
The Project Scientist for Planetary Science will work to establish and maintain the ADS as a world leading information resource for Planetary and Space Sciences. Duties of this job include serving as the principal ADS scientific resource for Planetary Science, developing new methods to search, discover, and use research data and publications, and serving as a research scientist at the intersection of Planetary and Information Science. The employee will devote 30% of their time to do original research in Astrophysics. More information is available at https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/about/careers/
- ESA Archival Research Visitor Programme
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