Issue 22-04, February 6, 2022
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- CALL FOR DPS PRIZE NOMINATIONS
- IN MEMORIAM: PAUL FELDMAN (1939 - 2022)
- REMINDER: DPS 2022 MEETING SELF-NOMINATIONS DUE FOR SOC (FEB 7) AND VOC (FEB 14)
- CALL FOR INPUT: STANDARDS OF EVIDENCE FOR LIFE DETECTION
- COSPAR-22 SESSION C3.2: PLANETARY UPPER ATMOSPHERES, IONOSPHERES AND MAGNETOSPHERES
- COSPAR-22: SMALL BODY EXPLORATION SCIENCES: FROM THE SOLAR SYSTEM TO INTERSTELLAR OBJECTS
- 2022 EXOPLANET SUMMER PROGRAM AT THE OTHER WORLDS LABORATORY, UC SANTA CRUZ
- JPGU SESSION: OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM EXPLORATION TODAY, AND TOMORROW
- JOBS, POSITIONS, AND OPPORTUNITIES
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CALL FOR DPS PRIZE NOMINATIONS
Nominations are now open for DPS prizes! The DPS solicits nominations for the prizes that honor our valued colleagues’ work and accomplishments. Nominate yourself, or nominate someone whose work you admire. You can find the forms here (https://dps.aas.org/prizes#Nomination ); nominations are open through April 15, 2022.
Prizes cover everything from research at all career stages to service to the community to science communication to excellence in journalism.
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IN MEMORIAM: PAUL FELDMAN (1939 - 2022)
Astronomer Paul Feldman, a worldwide leading authority on comets who pioneered the field of ultraviolet spectroscopy of comets, died at home on Jan. 26, 2022. He was 82. In addition to pioneering contributions to cometary science, Feldman—professor emeritus in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and Academy Professor—made similar contributions to the fields of planetary and satellite atmospheres and astronomical instrumentation. He was principal investigator of a NASA-supported sounding rocket program and was responsible for more than 50 sounding rocket launches to study the Earth's upper atmosphere, the aurora and the airglow, the atmospheres of comets and planets, the spectra of hot stars, and cosmic background radiation. He is largely responsible for Johns Hopkins' reputation as a leader in solar system ultraviolet astrophysics and spectroscopy.
Feldman's program also developed the UVX experiment that flew on the Space Shuttle Columbia in January 1986. He was principal investigator for a program of comet studies, including Comet Halley in 1985-1986, using the International Ultraviolet Explorer satellite observatory. He was a co-investigator on the team that developed the Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope for FUV astronomy as part of the Astro payload that flew on the space shuttle in December 1990 and again in March 1995, and was a general observer with the Hubble Space Telescope and served on the Space Telescope Users Committee from 1992 to 1995. He was also a member of the FUSE science team and a co-investigator on the HST Advanced Camera for Surveys, and a member of the NASA science teams for the Rosetta and LRO ultraviolet spectrometers team and the Europa Clipper UVS team.
“Feldman's work was notable for its great breadth and depth,” said Harold (Hal) Weaver, research professor in the department, principal professional staff at Hopkins' Applied Physics Laboratory, and a former student of Feldman.
This is abbreviated from a much longer tribute found at this link:
https://hub.jhu.edu/2022/01/31/paul-feldman-obituary/
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REMINDER: DPS 2022 MEETING SELF-NOMINATIONS DUE FOR SOC (FEB 7) AND VOC (FEB 14)
The DPS 2022 meeting will be hybrid and thus will offer in-person as well as virtual participation options. Thus both a Scientific Organizing Committee (SOC) and a Virtual Organizing Committee (VOC) are needed to organize this meeting. The SOC and VOC are seeking self-nominations from those interested in serving. Please note that these self-nominations are for consideration for membership. The intent is to build a diverse, equitable and inclusive committee from these nominations.
*****Members of the SOC are expected to participate in remote telecons as needed, to review abstracts submitted by the community to the conference, to help sort those abstracts into sessions (including plenary sessions) and to help identify and select session chairs. Note that the bulk of the reviewing and sorting activities typically take place within a single week.
To self-nominate for the SOC, please send the following materials to John Moores jmoores@yorku.ca by no later than February 7, 2022 (tomorrow):
(1) Your name, contact details and your present affiliation, including career stage
(2) A list of areas of research in which you feel you could competently review abstracts
(3) A list of anticipated blackout dates between May 1st and August 31st of 2022 which would prevent you from reviewing and sorting abstracts.
*****Members of the VOC are expected to participate in remote telecons as needed to identify the range of possibilities for a hybrid meeting, source and test hybrid solutions, and oversee implementation at the meeting.
To self-nominate for the VOC, please send the following materials to Jessie Christiansen (christia@ipac.caltech.edu) by no later than February 14, 2022:
(1) Your name, contact details and your present affiliation, including career stage
(2) A short description/list of the virtual conference tools with which you have experience (Zoom, iPosters, Gathertown, vFairs, etc) and/or if you have organized any large group virtual or hybrid events.
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CALL FOR INPUT: STANDARDS OF EVIDENCE FOR LIFE DETECTION
The National Academies’ Committee on Astrobiology and Planetary Sciences (CAPS) is conducting a NASA sponsored independent review of the Network for Life Detection (NfoLD) White Paper on Standards of Evidence for Life Detection. The committee is seeking input from all stakeholders on issues brought up in the white paper. To submit input to CAPS, please see the Community Input Form.
Submissions can be attributed or anonymous. The deadline to submit input is on Friday, February 18, 2022, after which this form will be closed.
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COSPAR-22 SESSION C3.2: PLANETARY UPPER ATMOSPHERES, IONOSPHERES AND MAGNETOSPHERES
We are pleased to announce a session for the COSPAR 44th Scientific Assembly to be held in Athens, Greece, 16-24 July 2022.
https://www.cosparathens2022.org/
The abstract submission deadline is 11 February 2022.
C3.2: Within recent decades, special emphasis is given on the observations, modeling, data assimilation and theoretical interpretations of planetary atmospheres. This session covers the studies of the upper atmospheres, ionospheres, magnetospheres and exospheres of Mercury, Venus, Mars and the Moon (Messenger, ExoMars-TGO, MAVEN, Mangalyaan, Venus Express, Akatsuki, Mars Odyssey and MRO etc.), Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune (Cassini and Juno, New Horizon) and their satellites. Papers on latest atmospheric missions like Emirates Mars Mission (EMM), Tianwen-1 and BepiColombo are welcome. The comparative studies of the upper atmospheres, ionospheres and magnetospheres of inner and outer planets are also encouraged. Both solicited talks and contributed presentations are welcome in this event, which encompasses all solar system bodies except the Earth.
https://www.cospar-assembly.org/admin/session_cospar.php?session=1034
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COSPAR-22: SMALL BODY EXPLORATION SCIENCES: FROM THE SOLAR SYSTEM TO INTERSTELLAR OBJECTS
Hayabusa2 and OSIRIS-Rex, two carbonaceous asteroid sample return missions, have just completed their observations and samplings. The initial results from the Hayabusa2 samples collected from Ryugu are ongoing and results as well as additional samples will be available to the scientific community soon. The recently launched James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will conduct observations of various small bodies and continue the exceptional science of remote sensing that the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has and will continue to provide for the community. Other missions, including Herschel and Spitzer (archival), NEOWISE, and Gaia continue producing observational results to advance our understanding of the Solar System formation and evolution. Additionally, a fleet of new missions such as Psyche, Lucy, MMX, Destiny+, DART, and Hera are under development or have been launched to explore multiple small bodies across our Solar System (M-type asteroid, Jupiter Trojans, Martian satellites, an active asteroid, and a binary Near-Earth object, respectively) and will also significantly contribute to this fundamental question and provide ground-truths for remote sensing and population studies. This session will host multidisciplinary topics on small body science and will include presentations from ground-/space-based observations, meteoritic and meteors analyses, laboratory experiments, computational and theoretical studies.
This session intends to be the gathering place of recent results and prospects of small body exploration from the scientific and technological point of view. The Organizing Committee welcomes contributions with a Scientific, Technical or Instrumental discussion focusing on small body populations across our Solar System (from NEOs to distant objects) as well as Interstellar objects to advance new and future small body science.
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**** ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE is 11 FEBRUARY 2022****
Please circulate this announcement to colleagues and groups who may be interested.
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2022 EXOPLANET SUMMER PROGRAM AT THE OTHER WORLDS LABORATORY, UC SANTA CRUZ
The Other Worlds Laboratory (OWL) at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) announces the fourth Exoplanet Summer Program (ESP), from June 27-July 22, 2022. Within the program we wish to foster new and existing research collaborations by outstanding visitors, with stays of 1 to 4 weeks. Funding is provided by the Heising-Simons Foundation.
Program: The purpose of the program is to allow visitors to generate new ideas, nurture existing research projects and collaborations, and foster new ones. There is no theme or focus area -- in this fast-moving exoplanets field we want the participants to drive the discussion and work on areas they feel is most pressing and exciting. The ESP program is modest in terms of planned activities, besides a daily coffee and a seminar with active discussion. It is not a conference, and is mostly unstructured. It is a workshop to imagine and make progress on new ideas. Participants can expect access to shared offices on campus, discussion common areas, and of course immersion in Santa Cruz’s natural beauty.
Eligibility: Faculty, researchers, postdocs, and graduate students at any level are invited to apply. We expect to fully reimburse travel expenses for faculty, postdocs, and graduate student participants. We
are particularly interested in supporting researchers from backgrounds and from regions of the world that are underrepresented in exoplanetary sciences today.
Apply : Please send a 2-page PDF that clearly covers the following areas:
--The science that you would like to accomplish while in Santa Cruz, the proposed dates of your stay, and the science connections that you see with faculty, researchers, or students within the OWL.
--Please also include a CV of up to 2 pages.
--Graduate students should also arrange for a brief supporting letter from their PhD advisor.
The current roster of planetary investigators and research at UC Santa Cruz can be found at http://owl.ucsc.edu/. We particularly welcome joint applications by small groups wishing to work together on projects. All application materials should be e-mailed to owlsummer2022@gmail.com.
Information: UC Santa Cruz has a campus vaccination requirement, and, currently, an indoor masking requirement. We will make future appropriate COVID-related safety decisions based on the state of the pandemic in June 2022. On-campus housing is available for OWL Summer visitors. Please contact OWL administrative assistant Naomi Epps by e-mail at owlsummer2022@gmail.com, with additional questions about the ESP program.
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JPGU SESSION: OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM EXPLORATION TODAY, AND TOMORROW
Please consider submitting an abstract to the "Outer Solar System Exploration Today, and Tomorrow" online session at the Japan Geoscience Union (JpGU) Meeting held on May 22-27, 2022 (Hybrid) and May 29-June 3, 2022 (online poster session).
http://www.jpgu.org/meeting_e2022/sessionlist_en/detail/P-PS01.html
Our session will discuss a wide range of topics encompassing the giant planets and their moons, including their origins, interiors, atmospheres, compositions, surface features, and electromagnetic fields. To advocate for current and future outer planets exploration (Juno, New Horizons, JUICE, Europa Clipper, Dragonfly and beyond), we also call for discussions on future missions to explore giant planet systems, including how to develop better international cooperation. Discussion in this latter category will include progress in developing a solar sail mission concept for observing the Jupiter system and its Trojan asteroids.
Abstracts can be submitted at the following link:
http://www.jpgu.org/meeting_e2022/presentation.php
- Early submission deadline: Feb 3 (Thu), 23:59 JST (Feb 3, 14:59, UT)
- Final submission deadline: Feb 17 (Thu), 17:00 JST (Feb 17, 08:00, UT)
Conveners:
- Jun Kimura, Osaka Univ.
- Kunio Sayanagi, Hampton Univ.
- Cindy Young, NASA Langley Research Center
- Fuminori Tsuchiya, Tohoku Univ.
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JOBS, POSITIONS, AND OPPORTUNITIES
Job seekers and employers are encouraged to browse DPS's job listings and advertise open positions.
Recent openings and opportunities are listed below and many more are at the link above.
A. Non-tenure-track instructor at CU Boulder
The Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences (APS) Department at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) is conducting a search for an academic year, non-tenure-track instructor with a three-year renewable contract. We seek applications from candidates with a record of teaching excellence and a commitment to science education. Nominal teaching expectations are three courses per semester. Significant service contributions to the departmental educational mission (e.g. coordination of undergraduate mentor program) may be substituted for some classroom teaching. APS offers a wide range of classes in astronomy and planetary sciences, and opportunities exist for teaching at all levels, with an emphasis on introductory astronomy. Instructors are faculty in APS, contribute to departmental activities, and engage in modest departmental service (e.g., attend faculty meetings, contribute to a department committee). Instructors are permitted to supplement their salary through external grants or through teaching APS classes during the summer.
We welcome all candidates to apply but particularly candidates from groups that have been historically underrepresented in the astrophysical and planetary sciences and/or have demonstrated leadership toward building an equitable and inclusive scholarly environment.
https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail/Assistant-Teaching-Professor/35910
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