Issue 18-21, June 10, 2018
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- MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR: 50TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AAS DIVISION FOR PLANETARY SCIENCES FROM OCTOBER 21-26, 2018 IN KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE
- 4TH IPM INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP
- CALL FOR EGU PS MEDAL NOMINATIONS : DEADLINE JUNE 15, 2018
- NASA POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP APPLICATION DEADLINE JULY 1, 2018
- MARS EXPLORATION SCIENCE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FOR JUNE 2018
- TESS SCIENCE CONFERENCE I, JULY 29 – AUGUST 2, 2019
- JOBS, POSITIONS, OPPORTUNITIES
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MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR: 50TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AAS DIVISION FOR PLANETARY SCIENCES FROM OCTOBER 21-26, 2018 IN KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE
Abstract submission for our annual meeting is now open!
Regular abstracts are due Thursday, July 26, 2018.
Registration will open June 20 and both local and scientific organizing committees
are working with AAS meeting planners to make this meeting a place to share our
recent scientific results and to continue our collaborations with colleagues.
More information, as it becomes available, can be found at the meeting website:
https://aas.org/meetings/dps50
Here are some key dates to be aware of:
30 June 2018 Workshop Proposal Submission Deadline
26 July 2018 Regular Abstract Deadline
31 July 2018 Early Registration Deadline (lowest cost!)
Note that there will be limited and expensive hotel rooms close to the Knoxville
Convention Center in downtown Knoxville on the Saturday night before the meeting
(Oct 20) due to the home football game between Tennessee and Alabama. The LOC
and AAS staff are working to find meeting space so that workshops can be held on
Saturday October 27. There will be meeting space for workshops at the Knoxville
Convention Center on Sunday October 21 (before the meeting), but it will be
extremely difficult for some people to get into Knoxville early that day (particularly
those coming from the west coast). Another option for workshop attendees would
be to stay at a hotel outside of the downtown area on Saturday night. Workshop
conveners should consider these constraints and communicate with expected
attendees when deciding on workshop dates and times.
We are planning multiple field trips for the weekend after the meeting. Expected
offerings include a visit to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, nearby caves, and
hiking in the Smoky Mountains.
We plan to continue offering electronic posters this year. We will also be having a
banquet at the Knoxville Museum of Art and an ice-cream social on Friday afternoon.
We look forward to seeing you in Knoxville in October. And when you see members
of the local or scientific organizing committees, please thank them for their time and efforts.
Cathy Olkin
DPS Chair
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4th IPM INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP
Sep 12-14, 2018- Berlin, Germany
We are very excited to announce that the 4th International Workshop on
‘Instrumentation for Planetary Missions’ (IPM – 2018) will be held in
Berlin, Germany Sep 12-14, 2018. The venue will be the Technical
University (TU) of Berlin. The topics of interest are listed below.
Important dates:
July 1, 2018: Abstracts submission deadline
The Local organizing committee (LOC) is led by Prof Juergen Oberst of the
Planetary Geodesy and Geoinformation Science Department at TU, Berlin.
The scientific Organizing Committee (SOC) members are:
- Athena Coustenis (Observatoire de Meudon/LESIA/CNRS),
- Juergen Oberst (TU, Planetary Science, Berlin)- Co-chair
- Sabrina Feldman (JPL)
- Stephanie Getty (GSFC)
- Elizabeth Turtle (APL)
- Shawn Domagal-Goldman (NASA/GSFC)
- Neil Bowles (Oxford, UK)
- Brook Lakew (GSFC)- Co-chair
- Manuel Grande (Aberystwyth Univ, UK)
- Anita Heward (UK)
- Christophe Sotin (JPL)
- David Beaty (JPL)
- Harald Michaelis (DLR, Institute of Planetary Research, Berlin)
*Please note that IPM-2018 will take place the week before the European
Planetary Science Congress (EPSC) – the main annual European planetary
science conference (https://www.epsc2018.eu/) – also happening at the
same venue in Berlin.
As in years past we are looking forward to a successful IPM International Workshop.
Mark your calendars and prepare your abstracts!
-Brook Lakew
4th IPM Workshop co-chair.
Suggested topics for the 4th IPM Workshop
1- Planetary Science questions to be addressed in the next decade and beyond –
keynote/invited papers
2- Instruments on past missions – lessons learned and vision for next generation
instruments – keynote/invited papers
3- Life detection Instrumentation and related technologies for Ocean Worlds
4- Instruments on past and newly selected phase-A missions (Rosetta, Hayabusa 2,
Mangalyaan, TGO, ExoMars, Mars 2020, JUICE, Juno, OSIRIS-Rex, Bepi-Colombo, Lucy, Psyche, Dragonfly, CEASAR, Europa Clipper, Europa Lander, etc.)
5- Novel instruments for Lander Missions- including Lunar and Mars landers
6- Instruments for Orbiters, Flyby Missions (Sub-mm, Radar, UV, IR spectrometers, imagers)
7- Instrumentation for descent probes (Saturn, Uranus, Venus, …)
8- Mass Spectrometry, Geochronology and Elemental Spectroscopy instruments
9- Science Instruments for Deep-Space SmallSats and CubeSats
10- Electronics for extreme environments (temperature and radiation)
11- Dual-Function Instruments on Human Space Flight missions beyond LEO
12- Science Instruments on human space flight missions to the Deep-space Gateway and
planetary targets beyond LEO (NEO, Mars, Phobos)
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CALL FOR EGU PS MEDAL NOMINATIONS: DEADLINE JUNE 15, 2018
Dear Colleagues,
We would like to remind that Awards & Medals nominations for the year
2018 are currently open. The nominations of EGU medalists, as everything
within EGU, is a bottom up process. Please consider nominations for the
following medals/awards specific to the PS Division:
Jean Dominique Cassini Medal (http://www.egu.eu/awards-medals/jean-dominique-cassini/)
David Bates / Runcorn-Florensky Medals
(http://www.egu.eu/awards-medals/david-bates/ http://www.egu.eu/awards-medals/runcorn-florensky/)
Division Outstanding Young Scientists Award (http://www.egu.eu/awards-medals/division-outstanding-ecs-award/)
Please use the Awards & Medals nomination form
to propose a candidate for the year 2018.
**Submission deadline 15 June 2018**.
Please read the Proposal & Selection of Candidates
the relevant Best Practices
carefully and checklist for submitting nominations
(https://www.egu.eu/awards-medals/checklist-for-submitting-nominations/)
Stephanie Werner
EGU Planetary and Solar System Sciences Division
Email: [email protected] http://www.egu.eu/ps/home/
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NASA POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP APPLICATION DEADLINE JULY 1, 2018
The NASA Postdoctoral Program offers US and international scientists
the opportunity to advance their research while contributing to NASA’s
scientific goals. The NPP supports fundamental science; explores the
undiscovered; promotes intellectual growth; and encourages scientific
connections.
Selected by a competitive peer-review process, NPP Fellows complete
one- to three-year Fellowship appointments that advance NASA’s missions
in earth science, heliophysics, planetary science, astrophysics, space
bioscience, aeronautics and engineering, human exploration and space
operations, and astrobiology.
Current NPP research opportunities in planetary science can be viewed
here:
https://npp.usra.edu/opportunities/?filter_keywords=&filter_fields=145
Applicants must have a Ph.D. or equivalent degree in hand before
beginning the fellowship, but may apply while completing the degree
requirements. U.S. citizens, Lawful Permanent Residents, and foreign
nationals eligible for J-1 status as a Research Scholar may apply.
UPDATED! Stipends now start at $60,000 per year, with supplements for
high cost-of-living areas and for certain academic specialties.
Financial assistance is available for relocation and health insurance,
and $10,000 per year is provided for professional travel.
Applications are accepted three times each year: March 1, July 1, and
November 1.
For further information and to apply, visit:
Questions: [email protected]
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MARS EXPLORATION SCIENCE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FOR JUNE 2018
On behalf of Jeff Johnson (MEPAG Chair), Dave Beaty, Rich Zurek, and
Serina Diniega of the Mars Program Science Office, the June 2018
edition of the Mars Exploration Science Monthly Newsletter can be
found on the web at:
Please send your Mars community announcements and calendar items for
inclusion in the newsletter to Barbara at:
[email protected]
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TESS SCIENCE CONFERENCE I, JULY 29 – AUGUST 2, 2019
The TESS Science Conference I will be the first conference devoted to
results from the NASA TESS Mission. It will focus on discoveries made
with TESS data and their theoretical interpretation, and also on TESS
data analysis and follow-up observations.
The conference will take place on July 29 – August 2, 2019, at the
Kresge Auditorium on MIT campus, Cambridge, MA, USA.
The conference is timed close to the beginning of TESS 2nd year of
operations, when the satellite is scheduled to transition from
surveying the Southern ecliptic hemisphere to the Northern ecliptic
hemisphere. It will be an auspicious time to bring together experts on
all aspects of the mission to discuss the achievements made during the
1st year, as well as highlighting potential improvements and lessons
learned to be implemented in the 2nd year, and possibly also during the
TESS Extended Mission (yet to be funded by NASA).
In the near future, more information about conference will be posted
at:
http://tess.mit.edu/science/tess-science-conference
We will send out further announcements once we put together the
schedule for registration and abstract submission.
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JOBS, POSITIONS, OPPORTUNITIES
A) POSTDOCTORAL POSITION IN EXOPLANET ATMOSPHERES,
LUNAR AND PLANETARY LABORATORY,
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, TUCSON, AZ
The University of Arizona Department of Planetary Sciences/Lunar and
Planetary Laboratory invites applications for a postdoctoral position to
work with Dr. Tommi Koskinen on the escape and evolution of exoplanet
atmospheres. The successful candidate will develop models of exoplanet
upper atmospheres to interpret existing observations and motivate searches
for new atmospheric signatures with current and future instruments. In
addition to working on the interpretation of observations by the Hubble
Space Telescope and ground-based high resolution data, the candidate will
have the opportunity to participate in the preparation for the NASA Colorado
Ultraviolet Transit Experiment (CUTE).
The Lunar and Planetary Laboratory and the University of Arizona offer a
world-class research program in astronomy, physics and planetary sciences,
including research into atmospheres ranging from exoplanets to the planets,
dwarf planets, satellites and comets in the solar system. The successful
candidate will have the opportunity to interact and foster collaborations with
many talented researchers working at the university.
Candidates should have a PhD in planetary science, exoplanets or a related
field and experience in numerical modeling. A background in modeling
atmospheres and/or atmospheric escape is an advantage. Candidates should
apply to Job Posting P20545 at www.uacareers.com. Applications should
include a cover letter, CV, a brief statement of research plans and contact
details for two referees.
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