Newsletter 20-08

Issue 20-08, February 23, 2020

 

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  1. REMINDER: CALL FOR DPS 2020 PRIZE NOMINATIONS
  2. APPLY NOW FOR THE NASA POSTDOCTORAL PROGRAM IN ASTROBIOLOGY
  3. EARLY CAREER TRAVEL AWARD AVAILABLE FOR MEPAG MEETING 38 (APRIL, IN DC REGION)
  4. LABORATORY ASTROPHYSICS DIVISION (LAD) SUMMER MEETING ABSTRACT SUBMISSION NOW OPEN
  5. STARS AND PLANETS IN THE ULTRAVIOLET: A CROSS-COMMUNITY SYMPOSIUM
  6. SBAG FINDINGS FROM JANUARY 2020 MEETING OPEN FOR COMMENTS
  7. SBAG WHITE PAPER ON CENTAURS: CALL FOR COAUTHORS AND ENDORSERS
  8. OZMA AT 60 – A GREEN BANK WORKSHOP
  9. ESO-ESA JOINT 2020 SCIENCE WORKSHOP
  10. JOBS, POSITIONS, OPPORTUNITIES

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REMINDER: CALL FOR DPS 2020 PRIZE NOMINATIONS

 

Deadline: April 1, 2020

 

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 recognizes and honors outstanding contributors 

to the field of planetary science.

The Harold C. Urey Prize recognizes and encourages outstanding achievements 

in planetary research by an early-career scientist.

The Harold Masursky Award recognizes and honors individuals who have rendered 

outstanding service to planetary science and exploration through – but not limited to – 

engineering, managerial, programmatic, editorial, or public service activities.

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 [email protected]

 

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APPLY NOW FOR THE NASA POSTDOCTORAL PROGRAM IN ASTROBIOLOGY

 

The NASA Astrobiology Program element of the NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) 

provides opportunities for Ph.D. scientists and engineers of exceptional promise and 

ability to perform research on projects largely of their own choosing, yet compatible 

with the research interests of the NASA Astrobiology Program. Applications to the 

Astrobiology Program are accepted twice each year: March 1 and November 1. Note 

that the Astrobiology Program does not participate in every application/award cycle.

 

Application Deadline: March 1, 2020
 

For additional information about the program and how to apply, please see npp.usra.edu.

 

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EARLY CAREER TRAVEL AWARD AVAILABLE FOR MEPAG MEETING 38 (APRIL, IN DC REGION)

 

The next face-to-face Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group (MEPAG) meeting 

is scheduled for Wednesday-Friday, April 15-17, 2020 (#38: 

https://mepag.jpl.nasa.gov/meetings.cfm?expand=m38), in Arlington, VA. To 

encourage and enable more Early Career participation in this MEPAG meeting, the 

NASA Mars Program Office (MPO) is making available travel awards for up to three 

U.S. early career scientists or engineers with an interest or role in the Mars Exploration 

Program.

 

For each awardee, travel costs up to $1500 will be reimbursed according to JPL/

government-specified allowances. Reimbursable costs will include transportation 

(e.g., airfare, mileage to/from airport, parking, rental car) and lodging/per diem. 

More information and the application form will be posted at 

https://mepag.jpl.nasa.gov/student.cfm?expand=student.

 

To be considered for this funding, submit an application form by 

 

5pm EDT Friday, March 6, 2020. 

 

Selection for the travel award will be based on anticipated participation in the 

MEPAG meeting and demonstration of financial need. NASA Headquarters will

make the selections and MPO aims to notify awardees within two weeks of the 

submission deadline. Awardees will likely be asked to assist during parts of the 

rest of the MEPAG meeting (e.g., to serve as mic runners during a discussion 

period) although we will aim to not overly infringe on their ability to participate 

in the meeting. Questions about this program should be directed to Dr. Serina 

Diniega ([email protected]).

 

Eligibility:

  • Applicant must be a U.S. citizen, legal resident, or working at a U.S. institution

on a valid visa.

  • Applicant must be over 18 years of age.
  • Applicant must not currently be a student and must be within 10 years of their 

terminal degree.

  • Applicant should have an interest or role in the Mars Exploration Program (e.g., 

working on Mars-related research or involvement with a Mars-relevant mission) 

and plan to attend the full MEPAG Meeting 38.

 

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LABORATORY ASTROPHYSICS DIVISION (LAD) SUMMER MEETING ABSTRACT SUBMISSION NOW OPEN

 

Laboratory Astrophysics Division – Summer Meeting – Madison, WI May 31- June 4, 2020

Contributed Oral and Poster Abstract Submission – Now OPEN: 

 

Deadline March 10, 2020

 

Dear Planetary Sciences and Astrophysics Colleagues,

 

We invite you to submit abstracts (Deadline March 10, 2020) to the Laboratory 

Astrophysics Division (LAD) meeting, held together with 236th AAS Meeting in 

Madison, WI (May 31 – June 4, 2020) for contributed oral and poster presentations.

Abstracts from any area of Laboratory Astrophysics (which includes Planetary 

Sciences) are accepted. Important details are given below. Please mark your calendar 

and join us in Madison!

 

Room has been left in the schedule for several contributed talks and posters! 

Please plan to attend and present your latest results at what will be one of top meetings 

for Laboratory Astrophysics in 2020!

 

 Please go to https://aas.org/meetings/aas236 for abstract submission, registration, etc. 

 

For the LAD Executive Committee,

 

Murthy Gudipati

Vice-chair

Laboratory Astrophysics Division

American Astronomical Society

 

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STARS AND PLANETS IN THE ULTRAVIOLET: A CROSS-COMMUNITY SYMPOSIUM

 

Symposium Dates: May 4 – 6, 2020 

Location: Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona

 

Registration and Abstract Deadline: March 10, 2020

 

Symposium Rationale:

Ultraviolet (UV) photons are diagnostic of many stellar and planetary processes,

including system formation, planet atmospheres, habitability, stellar activity, and

star-planet interactions. With very limited access to UV observations of exoplanetary

systems, it is time to bring the exoplanet, stellar and solar-system communities together

to discuss the state of knowledge, identify the missing information, and plan the

instrumentation needed for future space-based UV observatories. 

 

Website: https://www.eiseverywhere.com/ultraviolet

(Check back for updates on registration, lodging, and schedule.)

Questions can be sent to [email protected].

 

Topics:

Exoplanet UV transits 

Photoevaporation

Photochemistry

Solar & stellar UV emission 

Variability & flares

Star and planet formation

Solar system planets

Future UV instrumentation

 

Confirmed Invited Speakers:

Dave Brain (CU)

Catherine Espaillat (BU)

Kevin France (CU)

Cynthia Froning (UT-Austin)

Walt Harris (UA)

Amanda Hendrix (PSI)

R. Parke Loyd (ASU)

Victoria Meadows (UW)

Ruth Murray-Clay (UCSC)

Shouleh Nikzad (JPL)

Antonija Oklopčić (Harvard)

James Owen (ICL)

Paul Scowen (ASU)

 

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SBAG FINDINGS FROM JANUARY 2020 MEETING OPEN FOR COMMENTS

 

Dear Small Bodies colleagues:

 

The SBAG steering committee has posted the findings from the January 2020 meeting at: 

https://www.lpi.usra.edu/sbag/meetings/jan2020/findings.pdf

These findings are open for comments until March 4, 2020.

 

Regards,

Bonnie Buratti

(SBAG Chair)

 

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SBAG WHITE PAPER ON CENTAURS: CALL FOR COAUTHORS AND ENDORSERS

 

As discussed at the SBAG meeting in Pasadena last January, I am leading a white

paper focused on the scientific interest in Centaurs. This white paper will include

sections on surface, interior, activity, rings, dynamics, observational approach and

exploration, with special focus on what we don’t yet know and which are the big

challenges for the next decade.

 

I’d love this white paper to be a place where all the researchers interested in knowing

more about Centaurs, independently on their participation in a particular mission or

effort, can find their place to communicate NASA why they should really care about

Centaurs in the next decade.

 

I invite the community with interest in Centaurs and related populations to participate

in this white paper, contact me and let me know to which of the above mentioned

areas you would like to contribute. Also, if you prefer to be a coauthor or an endorser.

 

Send an email to Noemí Pinilla-Alonso, [email protected]

 

Noemi Pinilla-Alonso

 

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OZMA AT 60 – A GREEN BANK WORKSHOP

 

Dear Colleague,

We will be holding a workshop in honor of Frank Drake 90th birthday and

the 60th anniversary of the start of Project Ozma at the Green Bank Observatory

April 27 – 29, 2020.  Information and a pre-registration form can be found at
https://greenbankobservatory.org/science/meetings-and-workshops/ozma-at-60/

Jay Lockman

NRAO

 

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ESO-ESA JOINT 2020 SCIENCE WORKSHOP

ESO-HQ, Garching near Munich, Germany, September 14-18, 2020

Conference email: mailto:[email protected]

http://www.eso.org/sci/meetings/2020/eso_esa_conference.html

 

Rationale
Multi-messenger astronomy – the combination of electromagnetic light with

gravitational waves or neutrinos – has come of age. The detection of gravitational

waves and a kilonova from a merging neutron star binary, and the identification of

a flaring blazar in coincidence with a high energy neutrino mark the beginning of

an era where the detections of sources beyond the electromagnetic spectrum will

become increasingly common. The facilities of both ESO and ESA are central to

efforts to identify the counterparts of sources initially located by either gravitational

wave or neutrino observatories, and have made pivotal contributions to these first

steps into multi-messenger astronomy.

 

This workshop will celebrate these contributions, summarize the results gathered

during the third LIGO/VIRGO observing run, and explore the long-term possibilities

enabled by LISA, E-ELT, Athena and more.

 

For information please contact [email protected].

If you want to receive future information on the workshop, please fill in the 

http://www.eso.org/sci/meetings/2020/eso_esa_conference/registration/registration-open.html.

 

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JOBS, POSITIONS, OPPORTUNITIES

 

A) GRANTS FOR STUDENT RESEARCH IN MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY – 2020

 

The Mineralogical Society of America announces the 2020 Grants for Student 

Research in Mineralogy and Petrology.

 

The Grants for Student Research in Mineralogy and Petrology are funded by an 

endowment created by contributions from the MSA membership. The grant comprises 

of two awards of up to $5,000 each for research in mineralogy and petrology. Students, 

including graduate and undergraduate students, are encouraged to apply. However, all 

proposals are considered together. The award selection will be based on the qualifications 

of the applicant, the quality, innovativeness, and scientific significance of the research, 

and the likelihood of success of the project.

 

The eligibility requirements for the grant are that the applicant:

  • is an MSA member,
  • is more than one year from completing his or her degree,
  • cannot submit proposals for both this and Crystallography grant in the same year, and
  • is not an MSA Councilor.

 

The grant is for research-related expenses only. Travel to meetings, conferences, short 

courses, non-research field trips, tuition, non-research living (room and board) expenses, 

overhead or indirect costs, etc. are not suitable uses of the money. Neither should the 

money be used for salary or wages for the researcher. Proposals that make such requests 

will not be considered further.

 

Proposal submissions for the grant are to be made online. Further information and 

application form are available at 

http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/Awards/Min_Pet_Award.html

 

Completed applications must be returned to the MSA Business Office by March 1, 2020. 

The next award will be made in May 2020.

 

Francis M. McCubbin
Chair, Mineralogy/Petrology Research Grant Committee

 

B)  COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES – ASSISTANT PROFESSOR POSITION IN SPACE RESOURCES

 

The Space Resources Program and the Department of Geology and Geological

Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines invite applications for a tenure-track 

position in Space Resources at the Assistant Professor level.   We welcome applications 

from candidates who have expertise in planetary geology and the field of space resources, 

including, but not limited to, the mineralogy, petrology, and 

geochemistry of lunar, asteroidal, and planetary materials, the study and exploration 

of extraterrestrial mineral/volatile/gaseous resources by remote sensing and ground 

truth methods, the integration of geological science with in situ resource utilization 

technologies, and economic geology.

 

We look forward to receiving your applications.  The link containing more information 

can be found here: http://jobs.mines.edu/cw/en-us/job/494287?lApplicationSubSourceID=

 

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