Newsletter 19-05

Issue 19-05, February 6, 2019

 

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  1. VIRTUAL SMD TOWN HALL MEETING THURSDAY 2/7/19 AT 2PM EASTERN
  2. AOGS SESSION PS04: VOLCANISM AND TECTONISM ACROSS THE SOLAR SYSTEM
  3. AOGS SESSION PS05: CASSINI’S LEGACY: SCIENCE HIGHLIGHTS AND DISCOVERIES AT SATURN
  4. AOGS SESSION PS14: SMALL BODY EXPLORATIONS BY CURRENT AND FUTURE MISSIONS
  5. GORDON CONFERENCE ON ORIGINS OF SOLAR SYSTEMS: METEORITICAL, SPACECRAFT AND ASTROPHYSICAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE ASSEMBLY AND COMPOSITION OF PLANETS
  6. SAVE THE DATE!  GORDON CONFERENCE ON THE ORIGINS OF LIFE
  7. OPAG MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT UPDATE
  8. NOAO ASTRO2020 SCIENCE WHITE PAPER COORDINATION HUB
  9. THE DPS COMMITTEE REMINDS YOU TO VOTE IN THE AAS ELECTIONS
  10. JOBS, POSITIONS, OPPORTUNITIES

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VIRTUAL SMD TOWN HALL MEETING THURSDAY 2/7/19 AT 2 PM EASTERN

 

Please join NASA Science Mission Directorate leadership for a virtual

community town hall on February 7, 2019 at 2 pm Eastern time. We will

provide updates on activities related to the recent government shutdown

and return to normal operations.

 

The town hall will be broadcast via Webex at: https://nasaenterprise.webex.com/nasaenterprise/onstage/g.php?MTID=e55d48e0943eab2a401edcbe736e50dc7.

Audio-only participation is available by calling 1-415-527-5035 and

providing access code 909 356 091.

 

For those who cannot join in person, a recording of the town hall will be

available on the NASA Science website (https://science.nasa.gov) after the

meeting concludes.

 

Questions may be submitted in advance at: https://arc.cnf.io/sessions/m19e/#!/dashboard.

 

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AOGS SESSION PS04: VOLCANISM AND TECTONISM ACROSS THE SOLAR SYSTEM

 

Dear colleagues,

 

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

(AOGS 2019) to be held in Singapore in July 28 – August 2, 2019.

 

http://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2019/public.asp?page=home.htm

 

The abstract submission deadline is 12 February 2019.

 

PS04-SE: Volcanism and Tectonism Across the Solar System

 

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

shaped through volcanic and tectonic processes. Extreme conditions on outer

solar system bodies, such as the Jovian and Saturnian satellites, result in

different types of volcanism and tectonism. 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,

and any study related to planetary endogenic processes. Furthermore, studies

that relay interactions between planetary interiors, surfaces, and atmospheres

are welcomed. Comparative studies of volcanic or tectonic systems on Earth

with a strong remote sensing component are encouraged. 

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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)
Dr Florian M. Schwandner (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of 

Technology, United States)

 

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AOGS SESSION PS05: CASSINI’S LEGACY: SCIENCE HIGHLIGHTS AND DISCOVERIES AT SATURN

 

Dear Colleagues,

 

            I would like to remind you to a Cassini-focused session (see below)

at the 2019 Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) meeting, which will

be held from 28 July to 2 August 2019 in Singapore.  The abstract submission

window is from November 20, 2018 thru February 12, 2019.  

Instructions can be found here: 

http://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2019/public.asp?page=abstract.htm

 

 

PS05: Cassini’s Legacy: Science Highlights and Discoveries at Saturn

 

Session Summary:

The Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn ended in a dramatic plunge into Saturn’s

atmosphere on September 15, 2017 sending back in-situ data as long as possible.

Since 2004, Cassini and the Huygens probe revealed the entire Saturn system and

opened up new Ocean Worlds for further exploration. In its final 9 months Cassini’s

20 Ring-Grazing orbits bought it just outside the rings followed by a series of 22 

highly inclined “Grand Finale” orbits with closest approach between the innermost

D ring and Saturn’s upper atmosphere. The final 22 orbits enabled the opportunity

for unique science observations including: probing of gravitational and magnetic

field moments to higher order and precision; determining the ring mass; in-situ

sampling of the plasma environment, upper atmosphere and exosphere; and imaging

both Saturn and rings at high resolution. Data obtained on these orbits have led to

surprising results. We propose a multi-disciplinary session to report on analysis and

modeling of data collected during this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to explore

Saturn up close in addition to highlighting the legacy of discoveries of the Saturn

system made over thirteen years of exploration.

 

Conveners:

Scott Edgington, Sushil Atreya, Athena Coustenis, Wing-Huen Ip, Norbert Krupp

 

We look forward to hear about your latest Cassini research.

 

Best regards,

Scott, Sushil, Athena, Wing, and Norbert

 

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AOGS SESSION PS14: SMALL BODY EXPLORATIONS BY CURRENT AND FUTURE MISSIONS

 

Abstract deadline: February 12, 2019

 

This session welcomes abstracts about the new results of solar system

small bodies from past and ongoing exploration missions, and about the

development and concepts of future missions.  We also welcome abstracts

about the related ground-based observations, laboratory experiments, as

well as theoretical studies.  Abstracts reporting the new results from Dawn,

New Horizons, Hayabusa2 and OSIRIS-REx missions are especially welcome. 

In the context of the recent wave of small body exploration missions, as well

as the future missions currently under development and/or consideration by

NASA, ESA, JAXA, China, etc., this session is designed to promote the

research of solar system small bodies from the past and current missions

and to help develop concepts for future missions.

 

Conveners: Jian-Yang Li (PSI), Jiangchuan Huang (CAST),

Yangting Lin (IGPP/CAS), Makoto Yoshikawa (JAXA)

 

http://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2019/public.asp?page=abstract.htm

 

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GORDON CONFERENCE ON ORIGINS OF SOLAR SYSTEMS: METEORITICAL, SPACECRAFT AND ASTROPHYSICAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE ASSEMBLY AND COMPOSITION OF PLANETS 

June 23-28, 2019; Mount Holyoke College 

The Gordon Research Conference on Origins of Solar Systems brings together 

a diverse group of scientists to discuss research at the frontier of understanding

how planets and planetary systems form. Invited speakers from the fields of

astronomy, astrophysics, cosmochemistry, and planetary science will present

their latest findings. A particular focus at this meeting will be the latest results

from the Hayabusa2, Osiris-Rex, and New Horizons missions to primitive solar

system bodies, exoplanet results from the TESS space telescope, and results

from ground-based astronomical facilities like the Atacama Large Millimeter

Array. Discussions will include how theory, spacecraft and astronomical

observations, and meteoritic analyses provide complementary constraints on a

range of topics, including the birth environment of the Solar System, how gas

and dust may rapidly be converted into planetary bodies in disks, the origin and

evolution of carbon and other volatiles in disks and the diversity of planetary

system architectures and compositions in the Galaxy. The 2019 meeting will

continue the tradition of past meetings by promoting cross-disciplinary conversations,

 and invites all attendees to present posters on their latest work. Support for

early career researchers will be available. 

Please see https://www.grc.org/origins-of-solar-systems-conference/2019

to register and for more information and

https://www.grc.org/origins-of-solar-systems-grs-conference/2019/

for the related Gordon Research Seminar for graduate students and postdocs.

 

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SAVE THE DATE!  GORDON CONFERENCE ON THE ORIGINS OF LIFE

 

The Gordon Research Conference (GRC) and Gordon Research Seminar

(GRS) on the Origins of Life will take place on 

 

January 18 – 19, 2020 (GRS) and January 19 – 24, 2020 (GRC)

 

at Hotel Galvez in Galveston, TX, USA.

 

Investigators who have interest in any areas related to the studies of the

origins of life, including but not limited to astrochemistry, evolutionary

biology, geology, physics, computational science, are welcome and

encouraged to apply. 

 

Details about the conference and application information can be found at

 

https://www.grc.org/origins-of-life-conference/2020/

 

See you there!  

 

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OPAG MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT UPDATE

The Spring OPAG Meeting is scheduled and confirmed for April 23–24, 2019, 

in Washington, DC., NASA HQ, Webb Auditorium. Additional details will be

provided on the website as they become available. 

See: https://www.lpi.usra.edu/opag/meetings/upcoming/

 

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NOAO ASTRO2020 SCIENCE WHITE PAPER COORDINATION HUB

 

Dear colleague – 

To help you develop and share your Science White Papers for the 2020

Decadal Survey, NOAO has a created a community coordination hub: 

 

               https://www.noao.edu/astro2020hub/ 

 

where you can submit topics for potential white papers, review topics

suggested by others, post comments, find other people with similar interests

who may want to collaborate on white papers, and give links to completed

white papers. 

 

NOAO has a particular interest in topics for which ground-based optical-

infrared (OIR) capabilities may be relevant, but this hub is open to submissions

in any area of astronomy and astrophysics. We hope that you will find it useful,

and we encourage you to post your white paper ideas soon, well in advance

of the 11 March submission deadline, in order to facilitate potential

opportunities for collaboration and coordination.             

 

Yours sincerely,                   

Mark Dickinson & Joan Najita (NOAO) 

 

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THE DPS COMMITTEE REMINDS YOU TO VOTE IN THE AAS ELECTIONS

 

Don’t forget to vote in AAS elections. The DPS is the largest AAS division.

The following DPS members are candidates for AAS Officers and At-Large Trustees:

 

President – Chick Woodward

Vice President – Stephen Unwin

Secretary – Alice K.B. Monet

At-Large Trustee – Hannah Jang-Condell

 

Balloting closes at 11:59 pm EST on 8 February 2019

https://aas.org/posts/news/2018/12/vote-2019-aas-election

 

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JOBS, POSITIONS, OPPORTUNITIES

 

A)  TENURED GEOLOGY & GEOPHYSICS DEPARTMENTAL CHAIR AT LSU 

The Department of Geology and Geophysics, on the live-oak lined campus

of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge seeks a research-oriented

geologist to serve as the chair. Go to:

 

https://www.lsu.edu/science/geology

 

This is an opportunity for a scholar, appointed at the full professor 

level or with equivalent experience, in the field of geosciences to 

lead the demographically and topically diverse research community 

that comprises our department.

 

We need a chair person with administrative expertise, leadership

history, and research productivity. Responsibilities include planning

and administering graduate and undergraduate academic programs in

Geology and Geophysics, fostering a promising strategic vision and

establishing new initiatives with the faculty (e.g., including an

emerging planetary initiative to explore Mars and beyond under College

of Science aegis). The chair will also guide promotion and tenure,

teach courses at a reduced load, maintain an externally funded research

program, and coordinate fundraising with the LSU Foundation to maintain

and enhance our strong historic ties with energy and environmental

industries. The position reports to the Dean of the College of Science,

Dr. Cynthia Peterson.

 

To apply go to:

 

https://lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/LSU/job/LSU-Baton-Rouge/Department-

Chair-of-Geology-and-Geophysics_R00029477

 

Completed applications will be reviewed on March 1, 2019.

 

B) RESEARCH PROFESSOR IN PLANETARY PROCESSES AND GLOBAL CHANGES

Research professor in planetary processes and global changes documented

using geochemistry and state of the art analytical instrumentation,

with the group Analytical-Environmental-Geo-Chemistry at the Vrije

Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.

 

Application deadline is March 25, 2019. Question contact Ph. Claeys

([email protected]). For more info and application procedure:

 

https://vub.talentfinder.be/en/vacature/35094/r-d-2018-017–

senioracademic-staff–100–basic-natural-and-applied-sciences–

planetaryprocesses-and-global-environmental-ch/

 

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