Subject: [DPS Members] DPS Mailing #07-22: DPS meeting hosts wanted... Issue 07-22, November 16th 2007 +-----------------------------CONTENTS--------------------------------+ 1) Thinking About Volunteering to Host a DPS Meeting? 2) ASP Award Nominations Solicited 3) Job Announcements 4) Upcoming Meetings +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ 1---------1---------1---------1---------1---------1---------1---------1 THINKING ABOUT VOLUNTEERING TO HOST A DPS MEETING? The DPS Committee is always interested to hear from individuals and groups who want to serve as Local Organizing Committee hosts for future DPS Meetings. The meeting may be held in your locale or you may volunteer to serve as LOC host in another city relatively inexpensive to attend. For example, the cities of Portland, Boston, and San Juan have suitable facilities and submitted proposals to host future DPS Meetings. The DPS Committee has selected San Juan for 2009. You do not have to be a conference planning expert. The AAS Staff supports our meetings with all the critical logistical planning and guides the meeting planning process. The LOC generates the scientific program and provides contact to give the meeting local character and flavor. Interested? Contact the DPS Chair: [email protected]. 2---------2---------2---------2---------2---------2---------2---------2 ASP AWARD NOMINATIONS SOLICITED The Astronomical Society of the Pacific is now accepting nominations for the Society's 2008 awards honoring accomplishments in astronomy education and public outreach. * The Richard Emmons Award celebrates a life-time of outstanding achievement in the teaching of college-level introductory astronomy for non-science majors. * The Klumpke-Roberts Award recognizes those who have made major contributions to the public understanding and appreciation of astronomy. * The Thomas J. Brennan Award is given for excellence in the teaching of astronomy at the high school level in North America. * The Las Cumbres Amateur Outreach Award honors outstanding educational outreach by an amateur astronomer to K-12 students and the public. Submission guidelines, and lists of past recipients can be found at http://www.astrosociety.org/membership/awards/awards.html. The deadline for nominations is December 15, 2007. You do not need to be a member of the Society to make or second a nomination. Marilyn Delgado at 415.337.1100 x 100 or [email protected] for additional information. 3---------3---------3---------3---------3---------3---------3---------3 JOB ANNOUNCEMENTS 1) UCLA is seeking to fill 2 positions in planetary science, one specifically in the area of planetary atmospheres and the other in any area of planetary studies. Applications are sought by December 17, 2007. Details about the positions can be found at www.ess.ucla.edu. 2) The planetary research group of the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) is looking for a Planetary Physicist to participate in the science planning and data analysis of the OSIRIS cameras on ESA's Rosetta mission. For more information see http://www.mps.mpg.de/de/aktuelles/jobs/job_20071105.html For more information about OSIRIS, please visit www.mps.mpg.de/de/projekte/rosetta/osiris). 3) The Astrogeology Team of the U.S. Geological Survey in Flagstaff, Arizona has two openings for full-time, permanent research scientists at the GS-13 to GS-15 grade levels (comparable to Asst Prof/Assoc Prof/Full Professor). For more information and to apply, please visit http://www.usgs.gov/ohr/oars and click on "Browse Vacancies" to view these Vacancy Announcement Numbers: WR-2008-0077 (Research Geologist) WR-2008-0064 (Research Geophysicist) or WR-2008-0077 (Research Physical Scientist) or go to http://www.usajobs.opm.gov and search on the above Vacancy Announcement Numbers. Applicants must apply online at the OARS site by midnight eastern time on 11/23/07. Please direct any questions to Rose Wheeler ([email protected]). 4) Planetary Postdoctoral Research Associate, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism. See http://members.aas.org/JobReg/JobDetailPage.cfm?JobID=23812 Contact Scott Sheppard, [email protected], 202-478-8854, for more information. 5) Tenure-track Assistant Professorship, Illinois Wesleyan University Department of Physics, any specialty of astronomy, beginning Fall 2007. For further information contact Linda French ([email protected]) or Narendra Jaggi ([email protected]). AAS Job Register #24237, to appear 1 December. 6) The Department of Astronomy at the University of Texas has a tenure-track faculty position available for Fall 2008. We are particularly interested in candidates in the fields of planetary systems science and observational high-energy astrophysics. All application materials should be received no later than January 4, 2008. Consideration of completed applications will begin December 10, 2007. Complete details may be found at: http://www.as.utexas.edu/astronomy/people/employment.html 4---------4---------4---------4---------4---------4---------4---------4 UPCOMING MEETINGS 1) Polar Gateways 2008 Conference, Jan. 23-29, 2008, Barrow, Alaska This is a joint meeting for the International Polar Year and the International Heliophysical Year. This meeting is being organized by the ICESTAR/IHY international science team for IPY. There will be remote electronic participation from two Scandinavian Arctic sites at Svalbard, Norway, and Kiruna, Sweden, and potentially from elsewhere. Overall the conference explores the Polar Gateways perspective of the present IPY-IHY epoch as a passage from evolution of polar exploration and science research in earlier IPY and IGY epochs through the present and changing polar environments to the next fifty years of solar system exploration and habitation. Contributions are invited for the three following sessions: 1) History of Barrow and Polar Exploration, IPY to IGY, Jan. 23 2) Present and Changing Polar Earth and Space Environments, Jan. 24-25 3) Polar Gateways to Solar System Exploration and Habitation, Jan. 28-29 Further information on the conference program and logistics can be obtained from the conference leader (e-mail: John.F.Cooper at nasa.gov; ph: +1-301-286-1193) and will later be posted on a conference web site. Potential on-site and remote participants should give notice as soon as possible, no later than November 30, 2007. Barrow information is available through the BASC web site at http://www.arcticscience.org/. ICESTAR/IHY team information is posted at http://www.ipy-id63.org/ and for ICESTAR/SCAR at http://scar-icestar.org/. 2) Ground Truth From Mars: Science Payoff From A Sample Return Mission April 21-23, 2008, Albuquerque, New Mexico See http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/msr2008/ Submission of an Indication of Intent is strongly encouraged. Further details will be included in the second announcement that will be available on the website in December 2007. +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ Send submissions to: John Spencer, DPS Secretary ([email protected])