Issue 19-34, August 4, 2019
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- EPSC-DPS 2019 MEETING MENTOR-MENTEE PROGRAM
- EPSC-DPS 2019 DPS DEPENDENT CARE GRANTS
- NEW ICARUS ASSOCIATE EDITORS NAMED
- OPAG MEETING UPDATE
- SURVEY ON MAJOR MERCURY AND PLANETARY SCIENCE QUESTIONS FOR THE UPCOMING DECADAL SURVEY
- DPS MEMBER LYNN CARTER WINS PRESIDENTIAL EARLY CAREER AWARD FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS (PECASE)
- DPS MEMBER NICK SCHNEIDER WINS ASP EMMONS PRIZE FOR 2019
- DPS MEMBER JAY PASACHOFF WINS THE 2019 KLUMPKE-ROBERTS AWARD FOR OUTREACH FROM THE ASP
- 3RD INTERNATIONAL PLANETARY CAVES CONFERENCE
- TOWARDS OTHER EARTH III: FROM SOLAR SYSTEM TO EXOPLANETS
- JOBS, POSITIONS, OPPORTUNITIES
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EPSC-DPS 2019 MEETING MENTOR-MENTEE PROGRAM
Sign Up Deadline: 31 August 2019
The EuroPlanet Early Career (EPEC) network is introducing a mentor-mentee
program for this EPSC-DPS 2019 meeting in Geneva. The program is designed
to support the novice conference attendees, students, and early career scientists
by enabling one-to-one meetings with an experienced researcher to help them
navigate the conference. The registered mentees will be able to meet their respective
mentors during the ice breaker event on Sept 15, 2019.
Details to sign-up to the program: Mentees, if this is your first international conference,
your first oral presentation, first EPSC, or you are looking for guidance during the
EPSC-DPS 2019, sign up here: http://eepurl.com/gxD-wf . We will put you in contact
with a suitable mentor, who would be beneficiary to your experience during the conference.
Mentors, if you are a postdoc, researcher, or a senior scientist who has been in numerous
international conferences and are willing to show early careers how to navigate through
various sessions and network within an international community, please sign up here:
http://eepurl.com/gxD-wf .
You will be requested to set up at least one meeting with your mentee during the
conference week.
The deadline to sign-up to the mentor-mentee program is 31st August, 2019.
If you have any queries, please contact us at EPEC.EPSC@gmail.com
Looking forward to meeting you in Geneva, EPEC-EPSC working group
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EPSC-DPS 2019 DPS DEPENDENT CARE GRANTS
The DPS Susan Niebur Professional Development Fund provides financial assistance
to qualifying members of the DPS in order to facilitate their meeting attendance by
offsetting dependent care costs (such as child care, elder care, spousal care, etc) at
the meeting location, or at home, during the DPS conference week. For 2019, the
DPS Professional Development Subcommittee will accept applications for dependent
care subsidies to assist an eligible DPS member to attend the Joint EPSC-DPS Meeting
in Geneva, Switzerland (September 2019). The deadline for applications is 12 August
2019. Please access the grant application form at https://dps.aas.org/development#grants .
Mark Gurwell, DPS Professional Development Subcommittee member
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NEW ICARUS ASSOCIATE EDITORS NAMED
Starting September 1, 2019, we will have some changes in the Icarus Editorial
Board. Jeff Johnson is leaving the Board after 5 years as an Associate Editor.
We are deeply grateful to Jeff for his dedicated service to Icarus and the planetary
science community. Two new Associate Editors have been selected, Debra
Buczkowski and Elizabeth (Liz) Rampe.
Debra Buczkowski is a senior research scientist at the Johns Hopkins Applied
Physics Laboratory, where she serves as the section supervisor of the Surface
Geology section of the Planetary Exploration Group. She earned her PhD from
the University of Massachusetts in Geosciences. Her primary research interests
are in the tectonics, structural geology, and geologic mapping of the rocky bodies
of the solar system. She has analyzed double-ringed circular graben on Mars,
radial extensional structures on Venus, and linear structures on Eros, Vesta and
Ceres. She is also involved in the global geologic mapping of Mercury and
completed the geologic map of the Caloris basin. She was a Participating Scientist
on Dawn at Vesta, a Co-Investigator on Dawn at Ceres, and a science team member
on MRO CRISM. Debra frequently participates in outreach activities. She has made
multiple public science presentations, including at schools, museums, astronomy
clubs, and special student events. She was a regular lecturer for the Mars Exploration
Student Data Teams program. Debra has been actively engaged in leadership and
service for the larger planetary community. She served as a board member of GSA’s
Planetary Geology Division, the program committee for both GSA and LPSC,
and on the selection committee of the Pellas-Ryder, Dwornik, and GK Gilbert
awards. She frequently reviews journal articles and served as guest editor for a
JGR special issue on CRISM.
Dr. Elizabeth (Liz) Rampe is a planetary geologist and mineralogist currently
a mission exploration scientist in the Astromaterials Research and Exploration
Science Division at the NASA Johnson Space Center. She received her B.A. in
geology from Colgate University and her Ph.D. in geology from Arizona State
University. Her major research interests are in martian surface mineralogy and
the aqueous history of Mars. To infer the aqueous history of Mars, she studies
the mineralogy of surface materials via orbital spectroscopy and in-situ mineralogical
and geochemical measurements. She also studies the mineralogy of martian
analogue environments on Earth and compares the composition of rocks and
sediments in those environments to the composition of martian rocks and sediments.
She is particularly interested in X-ray amorphous and poorly crystalline phases
on Mars and synthesizes and analyzes these materials in the laboratory to help
identify them on the martian surface.
Please join me in thanking Jeff for his service and welcoming Liz and Debra.
Rosaly Lopes
Icarus Editor-in-Chief
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OPAG MEETING UPDATE
The next OPAG Meeting will be held August 20-21, 2019 Boulder, CO. The
day prior, August 19th will be the Ocean World Access Working Group
Workshop. The meeting will be held at the University of Colorado's
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), Space Science
Building, Room W120 (SPSC) on East Campus, 3665 Discovery Drive,
Boulder, Colorado, 80303. Directions to SPSC can be found at
http://lasp.colorado.edu/home/about/address-directions/spsc/
Full agenda and logistics are posted here:
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/opag/
Registration link:
We will host a poster session for student awardees, technology (with a
focus on ICEE-2 and similar Icy World in situ instruments and sampling
systems), and mission concepts. If you wish to present a poster at
OPAG, please send the title and author(s) to Morgan Cable:
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SURVEY ON MAJOR MERCURY AND PLANETARY SCIENCE QUESTIONS FOR THE
UPCOMING DECADAL SURVEY
Dear Mercury Community,
In preparation for the upcoming Planetary Science Decadal Survey, NASA
has asked the planetary science Analysis Groups to engage their
communities for help in framing the big science questions that might
drive planetary science over the next decadal cycle. In the current
absence of an AG for Mercury, NASA HQ is looking for a coordinated,
Mercury-focused community response.
Starting with published sources, the recent Mercury lander white paper,
and the call for establishing a Mercury Analysis Group that arose from
the Mercury 2018 meeting, we have collated a basic set of questions
that could be used as the basis for the Mercury-focused responses to
NASA.
At this point, we need your ideas, additional input, and feedback on
these potential questions and/or your own candidates, to encompasses
the full breadth of the work that needs to be done at Mercury and in
planetary science in general.
Please participate in this process by completing the following survey
by August 6, 2019.
https://forms.gle/dNSkk6fqsWccmHjU6
Thank you for your participation and input!
Steve Hauck
David Blewett
Paul Byrne
Nancy Chabot
Carolyn Ernst
Catherine Johnson
Erwan Mazarico
Jim Raines
Kathleen Vander Kaaden
Ron Vervack
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DPS MEMBER LYNN CARTER WINS PRESIDENTIAL EARLY CAREER AWARD FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS (PECASE)
Dr. Lynn Carter, an associate professor in the Department of Planetary Sciences and
Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at the University of Arizona has received the
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, given by the White
House Office of Science and Technology Policy. President Donald Trump announced
the recipients on July 2 :
The awards acknowledge contributions to the advancement of science, technology,
education and mathematics education and to "community service as demonstrated
through scientific leadership, public education, and community outreach."
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DPS MEMBER NICK SCHNEIDER WINS ASP EMMONS PRIZE FOR 2019
Established by Jeanne and Allan Bishop in honor of Ms. Bishop’s father, Richard
Emmons, an astronomer with a lifelong dedication to astronomy education, the
Richard H. Emmons Award is awarded annually to an individual demonstrating
outstanding achievement in the teaching of college-level introductory astronomy
for non-science majors. The 2019 recipient is Prof. Nick Schneider, Professor of
Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences at the University of Colorado, Boulder,
recognized for his serious commitment to teaching and for his innovative methods.
Celebrating 30 years in the teaching profession, Nick Schneider brings a selfless
dedication to undergraduate education also as an author, instructor and mentor.
He co-authored The Cosmic Perspective, one of the most highly-regarded “Astro 101”
textbooks, now in its 9th edition. With over a million copies in print, his innovative
chapters on planetary science have had a national impact on how the subject is taught.
Schneider enthusiastically shares his teaching methods with colleagues, junior faculty
and graduate students. His teacher training workshops at the Astronomical Society of
the Pacific and mentoring at the University of Colorado have impacted other faculty
to teach using his methods. One nominator praised how “His selfless dedication to
undergraduate education has also helped me -- and I suspect many other colleagues –
to become a better teacher.”
Schneider goes beyond the lecture, incorporating some of the most effective advances
in college science teaching. As an early adopter of new teaching methods, he helped
his department become a leader in the use of “clickers” (response systems) to engage
students and judge their understanding of ideas, and in using undergraduate “Learning
Assistants” to facilitate discussions and encourage student engagement and responsibility
for learning. In praise of Schneider’s methods, one nominator adds “What you would
not see in class is that Nick also makes use of ‘Just in Time’ teaching. He posts questions
on the weekend, and students respond to these before class. Nick uses the responses
to adjust what he will teach in class.” He continually strives for ways to include as
many students as possible in active discussion and problem solving, even in large classes.
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DPS MEMBER JAY PASACHOFF WINS THE 2019 KLUMPKE-ROBERTS AWARD FOR OUTREACH FROM THE ASP
Given for a lifetime of outstanding contributions to the public understanding and
appreciation of astronomy, the Klumpke-Roberts Award of the Astronomical Society
of the Pacific for 2019 goes to Jay Pasachoff, Field Memorial Professor of Astronomy
and Director, Hopkins Observatory, Williams College, MA, for his lifelong endeavor
as a popular and scholarly communicator.
Jay Pasachoff’s passion for popularizing astronomy goes beyond his role as professor
and researcher, touching numerous people across many generations. He has written
many books for students and the public, including the popular Field Guide to the Stars
and Planets, now in the 17th printing of its 4th edition; the textbook The Cosmos:
Astronomy in the New Millennium, now in its 5th edition; and (with an art historian)
Cosmos: The Art and Science of the Universe, a new book on the intersection of art
and astronomy. He has also been the author of hundreds of articles, papers, and book
chapters, instilling a love of astronomy in laypersons and students all over the world.
He is perhaps best known for his research and writing on solar-eclipses, a phenomenon
for which he is arguably the greatest living proselytizer, having now seen and explained
35 total eclipses. His expeditions have led not only to scientific papers but also to popular
articles in National Geographic, Scientific American, and elsewhere, as well as media
appearances before and after many eclipses. As one nominator put it: “It is during these
moments that Jay becomes astronomy’s cheerleader-in-chief, allowing more and more
people to become interested and engaged in the field.”
Pasachoff’s leadership roles within the profession have brought him distinction and
acknowledgment – among these are his selection as one of only fifteen honorary
members of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, and his winning the Education
Prize of the American Astronomical Society. He has also received the 2017 Richtmyer
Memorial Lecture Award from the American Association of Physics Teachers and the
2012 Prix-Jules-Janssen of the Société Astronomique de France. His exuberance for
sharing his passion of the universe has created many passionate astronomers and
eclipse-chasers among his students.
In his outreach efforts, Pasachoff has directly affected millions of listeners and viewers
through his radio and television interviews, including shows on PBS, the National
Geographic Channel, and many other outlets. One nominator summed up how “Jay
Pasachoff has devoted his entire career to fathoming the Universe while bringing all
of us along with him in the endeavor. For more than a half a century, he has investigated,
communicated, and educated -- and done so with success, humility, and humor.”
Previous winners of this prize include Carl Sagan, Isaac Asimov, Dava Sobel and Ed Krupp.
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3RD INTERNATIONAL PLANETARY CAVES CONFERENCE
February 18-21, 2020
Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas
To be added to the mailing list to receive pertinent information about
this conference and to indicate your interest in participating, please
submit an Indication of Interest:
https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/3rdcaves2020/
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TOWARDS OTHER EARTH III: FROM SOLAR SYSTEM TO EXOPLANETS
June 1-5, 2020
Lamego, Douro Valley, Portugal
Venue: Theater Ribeiro Conceicao, Lamego, Portugal
Atmosphere, Interior, formation and evolution of planets and planetary
systems. The Solar System Planets and Exoplanets communities aim at
answering similar questions, but seldom interact due to the different
datasets they have access to.
We aim to discuss how the detailed and in situ datasets from Solar
System planets can inform the often under constrained exoplanetary
models. We will try to uncover how the diversity and large sample
offered by exoplanets can put in context and inform our understanding
of Solar System planets, focusing on each of these categories:
1. Super-Earths, Mercury, Venus, Mars and Earth
2. Ice giants, Uranus and Neptune
3. Gas giants, Jupiter and Saturn
4. Planetary System architecture
Scientific Organization Commitee: David Ehrenreich, Jonathan Fortney,
Victoria Meadows, Antonio Garcia Munoz, Caroline Dorn, Tristan Guillot.
Heike Rauer, Li Zeng, Christophe Mordasini, Alessandro Morbidelli,
Rebecca Dawson, Gabriella Gilli, Sergio Sousa, Nuno Santos, Olivier
Demangeon.
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JOBS, POSITIONS, OPPORTUNITIES
A) POSTDOCTORAL POSITION IN EXPERIMENTAL PLANETARY SCIENCE
Columbia University
New York, New York
Columbia University’s Astrophysics Laboratory invites applications for a
Postdoctoral Research Scientist to perform laboratory simulations of solar
wind ion irradiation of Mercury’s regolith surface. The successful candidate
will join the group headed by Senior Research Scientist Dr. Daniel Wolf Savin;
they will participate in designing, building, and performing experiments utilizing
a novel ion-beam apparatus to study the spectral changes and sputtering yields
of regolith-like loose powders.
The appointment is initially for one year, with the possibility of renewal for up
to two additional years; this is contingent upon the availability of funds and
mutual satisfaction.
The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. or the equivalent degree in Planetary
Science, Physics, Geology, Astrophysics, or a related field. Desired laboratory
skills include experience with apparatus design and construction; fast ion beams;
ion optics; ultra-high vacuum techniques; ultraviolet, visible, and near infrared
spectral reflectance measurements; quadrupole mass spectrometers; catcher foils;
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy; and associated electronics. Desired computer
skills include programming, multidimensional data analysis, LabView, Python,
Autodesk Inventor, Solidworks, SIMION, Linux/Mac OS, and Windows OS.
The successful candidate will have a strong background in at least some of the
areas listed above, a proven research ability, and evidence of future research
potential. The candidate is expected to be able to work well independently and
cooperatively with a team and to communicate the results of his/her research
both orally and in writing. Demonstrated written and oral communication skills
are highly desirable. Questions regarding this position can be addressed to
Dr. Savin at savin@astro.columbia.edu.
Applicants should submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae (including a list of
publications) and statement of past research. In addition they should arrange
to have three letters of reference sent directly by the writers to Dr. Savin.
Applications will be considered only after all of the requested material has
been received. Applications and letters should be submitted by email to
savin@astro.columbia.edu. Screening of applicants will begin immediately
and will continue until the position has been filled.
B) TENURE TRACK ASTROBIOLOGY POSITION AT IPM
Applications are invited for a tenure-track assistant professor
position in the Division for Astrobiology, Institute for Planetary
Materials, Okayama University. We seek a candidate who will be able to
develop a novel and independent research program in one of the research
areas in astrobiology, such as analytical or experimental studies of
prebiotic chemistry, mineral-water-organic interactions related to the
origin of life, the search for signatures of primitive life on the
early Earth or in the Solar System, and also work within a
collaborative environment with other staff to pursue joint researches
on Earth and planetary materials.
For further information, please contact:
Professor Xianyu Xue
Chair of the Selection Committee for the Faculty in the Division for
Astrobiology, Institute for Planetary Materials
Okayama University 827 Yamada, Misasa, Tottori, 682-0193, Japan
Phone: +81-858-43-1215
E-mail: xianyu@okayama-u.ac.jp
http://www.misasa.okayama-u.ac.jp/eng/announcement/?eid=01724
C) ASSISTANT STAFF SCIENTIST POSITION, MALIN SPACE SCIENCE SYSTEMS
Entry-level, full time Assistant Staff Scientist for targeting the MRO
CTX camera. Degree in Geosciences + experience in geology/geography of
Mars required.
Details:
https://theapplicantmanager.com/jobs?pos=ms210
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