Issue 19-11, March 25, 2019
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- CALL FOR DPS 2019 PRIZE NOMINATIONS
- EPSC/DPS 2019 JOINT MEETING PDCO SESSION
- EPSC/DPS 2019 JOINT MEETING SESSION ON IONOSPHERES OF UNMAGNETIZED BODIES
- PLANETARY DYNAMICS CONFERENCE AT MPIA
- FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT: ICE GIANT SYSTEMS 2020
- CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: 9TH “PAOLO FARINELLA” PRIZE 2019
- CALL FOR AAS/LAD LABORATORY ASTROPHYSICS PRIZE, EARLY CAREER AWARD, AND DISSERTATION PRIZE NOMINATIONS
- 2019 NASA PLANETARY SCIENCE SUMMER SEMINAR APPLICATIONS OPEN
- JOBS, POSITIONS, OPPORTUNITIES
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CALL FOR DPS 2019 PRIZE NOMINATIONS
Deadline: April 1, 2019
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 honors outstanding contributions to the field
of planetary science.
The Harold C. Urey Prize recognizes outstanding achievement in planetary
research by a young scientist.
The Harold Masursky Award acknowledges outstanding service to planetary
science and exploration.
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 protected]
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EPSC/DPS 2019 JOINT MEETING PDCO SESSION
Dear Colleagues,
We would like to invite you to send an abstract to Session SB8 “Latest Science
Results in Planetary Defence” at the EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting on 15 – 20
September 2019 in Geneva.
Abstracts are invited covering all aspects of planetary defense: Results from
space and ground based telescopic data, results from past and ongoing missions
that are relevant for planetary defence as well as updates of planned missions
that will significantly contribute and enhance the scientific knowledge for the
global planetary defence strategy are welcome.
More information about the session and a link to abstract submission can be found on:
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC-DPS2019/session/34463
Deadline is the 8th of May.
Best regards,
The Conveners
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EPSC/DPS 2019 JOINT MEETING SESSION ON IONOSPHERES OF UNMAGNETIZED BODIES
Dear colleagues,
We would like to encourage you to submit an abstract to our session
TP20: Ionospheres of Unmagnetized Bodies in the Solar System and their
responses to space weather activity: Terrestrial Planets and comets for the
joint EPSC-DPS conference that will take place in Genève (Switzerland)
on 15-20 September 2019.
Please find more details in here:
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/epsc-dps2019/sessionprogramme
“Ionospheres are an integral part of planetary atmospheres, being tightly coupled
to the neutral atmosphere, exosphere and surrounding plasma environments.
Specifically, the ionospheres of unmagnetized (or weakly-magnetized) bodies
with substantial atmospheres are controlled not only by solar radiation and neutral
atmosphere variations, but also directly impacted by the surrounding plasma
environment (e.g. the solar wind for Mars, Venus, Pluto and comets, and the
Kronian magnetosphere for Titan) and space weather variability. Understanding
how each unmagnetized body reacts to all these factors is a key in comparative
aeronomy because although a priori all of them have a general similar behavior,
they also have scientifically important differences caused by their different natures.
This session focuses on the ionospheres of Mars, Venus, Pluto, Titan, and comets
such as 67P/CG, and solicits abstracts concerning remote and in situ data analysis,
modeling studies, instrumentation and mission concepts. Topics may include, but
are not limited to, day and night side ionospheric variability, sources and influences
of ionization, ion-neutral coupling, current systems, comparative ionospheric studies,
and solar wind-ionosphere interactions and responses of the ionized and neutral
regimes to transient space weather events. Abstracts on general plasma and escape
processes are also welcome.”.
** Note that this year this session belongs to the “Terrestrial Planets” block only,
but both terrestrial planets and comet communities are welcome to submit abstracts.
Deadline for abstract submissions: 8 May 2019, 13:00 CEST
Please do not hesitate to forward this message to appropriate persons.
With best wishes,
Beatriz Sanchez-Cano, Christopher Fowler, Xiaohua Fang, Candace Gray,
Pierre Henri, Matteo Crismani
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PLANETARY DYNAMICS CONFERENCE AT MPIA
Dear colleague,
This is the second announcement of the international conference on “Planetary
Dynamics” to be held at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA),
Heidelberg, Germany, 3-7 June 2019. Please note that the deadline for applying
for contributed talk or poster is April 15, 2019.
More information can be found below and at our conference website:
http://www.mpia.de/homes/dynamics2019
We would appreciate if you could spread the information in your institute and
to all those who might be interested.
Planetary Dynamics Conference (part of the summer conference series at the MPIA)
Heidelberg, Germany, 3-7 June 2019.
Meeting Overview and Goals
The meeting aims to bring together experts and students working in the
field of extrasolar planets and planetary dynamics. We hope to discuss a
variety of dynamical problems such as:
* Detection, characterization and stability of multi-planet systems
* Resonant and near-resonant pairs and chains
* Secular dynamics
* Chaos
* Three-dimensional structure and Lidov-Kozai mechanisms
* Formation and stability of S- and P- type planets in binaries
* Post-main-sequence evolution of multiple planet systems
* Solar system dynamics
General Info:
Conference website: http://www.mpia.de/homes/dynamics2019
Registration Fee: 200 Euro (which includes conference dinner and
daily transportation)
Important Dates:
April 15, 2019: Deadline for applying for contributed talk or poster
Early May 2019: Program with talk contributions should be released
May 25, 2019: Deadline for general participation
June 3-7, 2019: Conference
IMPORTANT: If you plan to participate the conference, you are advised to
apply as soon as possible and book your accommodation early because of
peak tourist season!
Scientific Organizing Committee:
Debra Fischer (Yale University)
Thomas Henning (MPIA, Heidelberg)
Hubert Klahr (MPIA, Heidelberg)
Gregory Laughlin (Yale University)
Man Hoi Lee (The University of Hong Kong)
Rosemary Mardling (Monash University)
Ruth Murray-Clay (University of California, Santa Cruz)
Alice Quillen (University of Rochester)
Trifon Trifonov (MPIA, Heidelberg)
Yanqin Wu (University of Toronto)
Confirmed Invited Speakers
Melvyn Davies (Lund Observatory)
Jacques Laskar (Paris Observatory)
Gregory Laughlin (Yale University)
Rosemary Mardling (Monash University)
Alice Quillen (University of Rochester, NY)
Andreas Quirrenbach (Landessternwarte, Heidelberg)
Dimitri Veras (University of Warwick)
We hope to see you in Heidelberg!
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FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT: ICE GIANT SYSTEMS 2020
Save The Date: January 20th-22nd 2020, Royal Society, London.
Overview: New and ambitious missions to the distant Ice Giants and their
satellites will become a key element of our Solar System exploration in the
coming decades. The planetary community is warmly invited to attend an
international conference on Ice Giant exploration at the Royal Society in London.
Format: The meeting will consist of two days of invited plenary talks and a
third day of splinter workshops, aiming to showcase the cutting edge of Ice
Giant system research and the rationale for a return to Uranus and Neptune.
Plenaries and splinter workshops will be summarised in a special issue of
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A (one of the world’s oldest
scientific journals, dating to the 1660s), reviewing state-of-the-art knowledge
of the Ice Giant Systems. Full details can found here: http://ice-giants.github.io.
Funding: The plenary discussion meeting is free to attend, sponsored by the
Royal Society. A small fee will be levied for the splinter meetings. The early
announcement of the meeting date should allow contributors to seek funding
for travel and accommodation in London – US participants might consider
the AAS international travel grant program (deadline in June 2019); UK
participants could look to the Royal Astronomical Society travel grants
(deadline in August 2019).
Registration and Abstracts: A second announcement will be circulated when
the registration and abstract submission portals are open.
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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: 9TH “PAOLO FARINELLA” PRIZE 2019
To honor the memory and the outstanding figure of Paolo Farinella (1953-2000),
an extraordinary scientist and person, a prize has been established in recognition
of significant contributions in one of the fields of interest of Paolo, which spanned
from planetary sciences to space geodesy, fundamental physics, science
popularization, security in space, weapons control and disarmament.
The prize has been proposed during the “International Workshop on Paolo Farinella,
the scientist and the man”, held in Pisa in 2010, and the 2019 edition is supported by
the “Observatoire de la Cote d’Azur” in France.
Previous recipients of the “Paolo Farinella Prize” were:
- 2011: William F. Bottke, for his contribution to the field of “Physics and dynamics of small solar system bodies”
- 2012: John Chambers, for his contribution to the field of “Formation and early evolution of the solar system “
- 2013: Patrick Michel, for his contribution to the field of ” Collisional processes in the Solar System”
- 2014: David Vokrouhlicky, for his contribution to the field of “Non gravitational forces in the Solar System”
- 2015: Nicolas Biver, for his contribution to the field of “Dynamics and physics of comets”
- 2016: Kleomenis Tsiganis, for his contribution to the field of “Applications of celestial mechanics to the natural bodies of our solar system”.
- 2017: Simone Marchi, for his contribution to the field of “Physics and dynamics of the inner planets of the solar system and their satellites”
- 2018: Francis Nimmo, for his contribution to the field of “Giant planets and satellite systems”.
The ninth Paolo Farinella Prize will be awarded to a young scientist with outstanding
contributions in the field of planetary science concerning “The Trans-Neptunian Population”.
The award ceremony will be hosted by the joint European Planetary Science
Congress (EPSC) – Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS) meeting in Geneva,
Switzerland (15th to 20st of September 2019).
For the 9th “Paolo Farinella” Prize the terms and rules are as follows:
- A competition is announced to award the “Paolo Farinella” Prize for the year 2019. The prize consists of a plate, a certificate and the amount of 1500 €. The winner is expected to give a Prize lecture at the EPSC/DPS awards special session.
- The winner will be selected on the basis of his/her overall research results in the field of “The Trans-Neptunian Population”.
- Nominations must be sent by email not later than April 15 to the following addresses: [email protected], [email protected] and[email protected], using the form downloadable from https://www-n.oca.eu/morby/FORM_Paolo_Farinella_Prize_2019.docx
- The nominations for the “Paolo Farinella” Prize can be made by any researcher that works in the field of planetary sciences following the indications in the attached form. Self nominations are acceptable. The candidates should have international and interdisciplinary collaborations and should be not older than 47 years, the age of Paolo when he passed away, at the date of April 15, 2019.
- The winner of the prize will be selected before May 20 by the “Paolo Farinella” Prize Committee composed of outstanding scientists in planetary sciences, with specific experience in the field.
- The Prize Committee will consider all the nominations, but will be entitled to autonomously consider other candidates.
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CALL FOR AAS/LAD LABORATORY ASTROPHYSICS PRIZE, EARLY CAREER AWARD, AND DISSERTATION PRIZE NOMINATIONS
The Laboratory Astrophysics Division (LAD) of the American Astronomical
Society (AAS) annually invites nominations for the Laboratory Astrophysics
Prize, the Early Career Award, and the Dissertation Prize. The field of laboratory
astrophysics encompasses all fundamental theoretical and experimental research
into the underlying processes that drive the cosmos.
The Laboratory Astrophysics Prize is presented, normally on an annual basis,
to an individual who has made significant theoretical or experimental contributions
to laboratory astrophysics over an extended period of time. The prize will include
a cash award, a framed certificate, and an invited lecture by the recipient at a
meeting of the Laboratory Astrophysics Division.
The Early Career Award is presented, normally on an annual basis, to an individual
in recognition of a significant theoretical or experimental contribution to laboratory
astrophysics early in a person’s professional career. Nominees must have no more
than 10 years of professional experience since their PhD or equivalent degree, at the
end of the year of the award. The award will include a check, a framed certificate,
and an invited lecture by the recipient at a meeting of the Laboratory Astrophysics Division.
The Dissertation Prize is presented, normally on an annual basis, to recognize an
outstanding theoretical or experimental doctoral dissertation (or the equivalent) in
laboratory astrophysics. The prize is awarded to an individual who has completed
their PhD or equivalent degree in any of the three calendar years immediately
preceding the award year. The prize includes a cash award, a citation, and an invited
lecture by the recipient at a meeting of the Division.
The recipients for each year will be announced typically in January/February of that
year, and their presentations will be made at the annual LAD meeting, which is
typically held jointly with the AAS Summer Meeting. Any nominee not selected will
be automatically considered in the next two consecutive years, or as long as the
nominee is eligible, whichever is less.
The nomination package for the Laboratory Astrophysics Prize or the Early Career
Award must include:
- A nomination letter, including a one-sentence proposed citation. Only one signator allowed.
- Two letters of support. Additional letters will not be considered. Only one signator per letter allowed.
- A summary of the significant aspects of the nominee’s career (not to exceed 5 pages total including figures and bibliography).
- A curriculum vitae.
- A publication list.
Additional material (such as reprints, etc.) will not be considered.
The Nomination package for the Dissertation Prize must include:
- A nomination letter, including a one-sentence proposed citation. Only one signator allowed.
- Two letters of support. Additional letters will not be considered. Only one signator per letter allowed.
- A summary of the thesis (not to exceed 5 pages including figures and bibliography).
- A statement from the nominee’s university that a Ph.D. or equivalent degree has been awarded.
- A curriculum vitae.
- A publication list.
Additional material (such as reprints, etc.) will not be considered.
Nominators, letter writers, and candidates need not be AAS or LAD members.
Self-nominations are allowed. The deadline for receipt of the nomination package and
supporting letters for the Laboratory Astrophysics Prize and the Early Career Award
is by 11:59:59 pm EDT on July 1st each year. The deadline for receipt of the nomination
package and supporting letters for the Dissertation Prize is by 11:59:59 pm EST on
December 31st each year.
Attracting and serving a diverse and inclusive membership worldwide is a primary
goal for LAD. In calling for nominations, we wish to remind you how important it
is to give full consideration to qualified women, members of underrepresented minority
groups, and scientists from outside the United States.
All nomination material should be sent by the deadline directly to the LAD Secretary ([email protected]).
Sincerely,
Daniel Wolf Savin
LAD Secretary
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2019 NASA PLANETARY SCIENCE SUMMER SEMINAR APPLICATIONS OPEN
NASA is accepting applications – from science and engineering post-docs,
recent PhDs, doctoral students, junior faculty, and engineering students within
6-9 months of completion of their master’s degree but not planning to pursue a
PhD degree, and junior faculty – for its 31st Annual Planetary Science Summer
Seminar. PSSS is a 12-week long career development experience from
May 20 – August 9, 2019, with an onsite culminating week August 5-9, 2019
at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.
During the 11 weeks of virtual webinar sessions and the onsite culminating
week at JPL, student teams will carry out the equivalent of an early mission
concept study, prepare a proposal authorization presentation, present it to a
review board, and receive feedback. By the end of the experience, students
will have a clearer understanding of the life cycle of a space mission;
relationships between mission design, cost, and schedule; and the tradeoffs
necessary to stay within cost and schedule while preserving the quality of science.
Applications are due April 1, 2019. Partial financial support is available
for a limited number of individuals. Further information is available at
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JOBS, POSITIONS, OPPORTUNITIES
A) NASA HEADQUARTERS POSITIONS AVAILABLE IN SMD
The Science Mission Directorate (SMD) within NASA Headquarters will
fill multiple Program Executive positions in the Earth Science
Division, Heliophysics Division, Planetary Science Division,
Astrophysics Division, or Joint Agency Satellite Division.
This will be a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) announcement through
USAJOBS, so it will only be open for 5 days. The announcement will
open on March 25 and close on March 29. The NASA Announcement Number
will be HQ19H0003.
This is a fair and open competition that all U.S. Citizens and Status
candidates can apply to. The short period that the announcement is open
is due to the type of hiring authority. The positions are NOT “rigged”
or “fixed” for anyone. We’ve been asked to emphasize this because some
applicants may have a misconception about this opportunity due to the
very short window and we do not want anyone to be deterred from
applying.
Given the short period the announcement is open, it is a good idea to
log into USAJOBS before and update your resume, etc., to facilitate the
timely submission of an application.
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