Issue 25-03, Feb 12, 2025
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- DPS COMMITTEE STATEMENT ON EXECUTIVE ORDERS DISRUPTING PLANETARY SCIENCE
- SPACE SCIENCE IS FOR EVERYONE – COMMUNITY OPEN LETTER OPEN FOR SIGNATURES
- EPSC-DPS JOINT MEETING 2025 CALL-FOR-SESSIONS
- DPS COMMITTEE SEEKS WEBMASTER & PRESS OFFICER APPLICANTS TO BEGIN TERM IN OCTOBER 2025
- 2025 NASA PLANETARY SCIENCE SUMMER SCHOOL APPLICATIONS DUE MARCH 18, 2025
- AOGS 2025 SESSION PS01: PLANETARY SURFACE PROCESSES, COMPARATIVE GEOLOGY, AND ASTROBIOLOGY ACROSS THE SOLAR SYSTEM
- AOGS SESSION PS19: HYDRATION IN AIRLESS BODIES OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
- NEW HORIZONS SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT WEBINAR
- SCHWEICKART PRIZE: NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
- FIRST SOCIALIZED ANNOUNCEMENT: PROCESS IN UNDERSTANDING THE PLUTO SYSTEM: 10 YEARS AFTER FLYBY
- DRAGONFLY ANALOG FIELD TRIP TO THE NAMIB SAND SEA
- SUPERCAM MARS DATA WORKSHOP TUESDAY, MARCH 11 AT LPSC 2025
- BACO-25 SESSION JMC11: EXPLORATION OF THE DIVERSITY OF PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES AND SURFACES
- SAVE THE DATE: JUICE SCHOOL AT LES HOUCHES, FRANCE
- OPAG MEETING (FEBRUARY 25-27) POSTPONED
- AOGS SESSION PS18: PLANETARY DATA IN THE BIG DATA ERA – ARCHIVES, TOOLS, AND INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS
- URANUS ORBITER AND PROBE SCIENCE QUESTIONNAIRE: TOUR DRIVERS
- CURRENT TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR ICARUS AND THE PLANETARY SCIENCE JOURNAL
- JOBS, POSITIONS, AND OPPORTUNITIES
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DPS COMMITTEE STATEMENT ON EXECUTIVE ORDERS DISRUPTING PLANETARY SCIENCE
The DPS Committee has released a statement on the negative impact to AAS and DPS members due to recent presidential actions. A brief summary from part of the letter is below and the letter can be read in its entirety on the DPS webpage.
DPS expresses its dismay at these actions leading to possible disruption and halting of scientific research programs, including planetary science, as well as other activities with congressional mandates. We request that more communication and information be dispensed by NASA and NSF as it becomes available.
At DPS, we also plan to dedicate Capitol Hill visits in spring and summer of 2025 to advocacy for the value of broad involvement in space science, including our and our colleagues’ research, NASA projects, and NASA missions. We will join forces with other scientific institutions and organizations, including at the international level, and inform our membership as the situation evolves.
To help us in this advocacy, we urge all DPS members to urgently contact their congressional representatives and express your support for ending the disruptions to open scientific research and to activities of Planetary Science Analysis / Assessment Groups, which are an important tool for NASA to tap the corporate knowledge of the science community.
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SPACE SCIENCE IS FOR EVERYONE – COMMUNITY OPEN LETTER OPEN FOR SIGNATURES
Recognizing that many of us in the planetary science community have been negatively impacted by recent events, several of us have written an open letter addressed to NASA leadership and to our elected representatives. You can read the letter (and co-sign if you wish) at:
https://sites.google.com/view/space-science-for-everyone
You may choose to sign anonymously, and we do not ask for institutional affiliations. There is also an option to edit or remove your signature at any time. Please feel free to share this widely!
The letter opens as follows: “We write as members of the space science community who are dismayed by the impact of recent events on taxpayer-funded, NASA-supported science, missions, and communities. Many of us chose this profession motivated by a desire to push the
boundaries of what is possible and widen our understanding of the universe, and to do so in the public interest.” We go on to note the impact on programs aimed at broadening participation in space science, the AGs, and the work environment at and beyond federal agencies.
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EPSC-DPS JOINT MEETING 2025 CALL-FOR-SESSIONS
Dear colleagues,
The EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2025 will be held at Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, Finland on 7–12 September 2025.
The Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC) is the annual meeting place of the Europlanet community, which invites contributions from planetary scientists from all over the world. First held in Berlin in 2006 and regularly attracting 1,200 participants, EPSC is the largest planetary science meeting held in Europe. It covers the entire range of planetary sciences with an extensive mix of talks, workshops, and poster sessions while providing a unique space for networking and exchange of experiences. In 2011 EPSC joined forces for the first time with the Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS) and they held their first joint meeting in Nantes, France. The intent of the joint meetings is not only to connect the European and US planetary science communities, but also to consolidate two major meetings, which should motivate planetary scientists from all over the globe to attend. This year will mark the third iteration of a joint Europe-based meeting. Given the record number of participants at the last two EPSCs we expect to exceed 2000 participants this year.
The success of our meetings is founded on the excellence of the scientific sessions held by the session conveners. We therefore encourage you to submit session proposals through the conference website by 5 March 2025.
For more information please see:
https://www.epsc-dps2025.eu/information/call-for-sessions.html
To suggest a session go to:
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/epsc-dps2025/provisionalprogramme
Looking forward to a great joint meeting this year in Helsinki !
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DPS COMMITTEE SEEKS WEBMASTER & PRESS OFFICER APPLICANTS TO BEGIN TERM IN SEPTEMBER 2025
The Press Officer will serve a three-year term starting at the EPSC-DPS meeting in September 2025 but will start shadowing the current Press Officer imminently. The Press Officer will coordinate the DPS press conferences at the annual meetings as well as prize press releases. Candidates should be a full DPS member as of September 2025. Any questions about the position can be sent to [email protected]
Likewise, the Webmaster will serve a three-year term starting at the EPSC-DPS meeting in September 2025. The new Webmaster will start shadowing the current Webmaster imminently as well. Candidates for Webmaster are not required to hold DPS membership, and the term is generally three years. Any questions about the position can be sent to [email protected].
If you’re interested in either position, please send a CV and a brief statement of interest to [email protected]
Officer responsibilities are listed here: https://dps.aas.org/leadership/officer-responsibilities
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2025 NASA PLANETARY SCIENCE SUMMER SCHOOL APPLICATIONS DUE MARCH 18, 2025
Now through March 18, 2025, NASA is encouraging applications for its 37th Annual Planetary Science Summer School. Offered by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, PSSS is a 3-month long early career development experience to help prepare the next generation of planetary science and engineering mission leaders. Participants learn the process of developing a science hypothesis-driven robotic space mission in a concurrent engineering environment while getting an in-depth, first-hand look at mission design, mission life cycle, costs, schedule and the trade-offs inherent in each.
Applicants with the following education and career experience are eligible: Science and engineering Doctoral candidates (advancement to candidacy required), recent Ph.D.’s (up to three years beyond their Ph.D.), Postdocs, Junior Faculty with a Ph.D., and non-research Engineering Master-level students within six to nine months of graduation will be considered on a space-available basis.
There is no charge to attend. Open to U.S. Citizens and legal permanent residents and a limited number of Foreign Nationals from non-designated countries living within the U.S at the time of application and during the full session. We strive to create a welcoming environment where participants’ contributions and unique perspectives are valued.
Session 1: Preparatory Sessions May 8 – July 24.
Culminating Week with JPL’s Team X July 28 – August 1.
Session 2: Preparatory Sessions May 22 – August 7.
Culminating Week with JPL’s Team X August 11 – 15.
PSSS is roughly equivalent in workload to a rigorous 3-credit graduate-level course, requiring an average effort of 10-12 hours per week. Participants spend the majority of the first 10 weeks in preparatory webinars acting as a science mission team, prior to spending the final culminating week being mentored by JPL’s Advance Project Design Team, or “Team X” to refine their mission concept design, then present it to a mock review board of NASA Center experts.
To apply and learn more about the NASA Science Mission Design Schools:
http://go.nasa.gov/missiondesignschools
Joyce Armijo
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AOGS 2025 SESSION PS01: PLANETARY SURFACE PROCESSES, COMPARATIVE GEOLOGY, AND ASTROBIOLOGY ACROSS THE SOLAR SYSTEM
Submit your abstracts and Apply for funding support by 18 February 2025 at 2359hrs (GMT +8, Singapore Standard Time)
PS01: Planetary Surface Processes, Comparative Geology, and Astrobiology Across the Solar System
The surfaces of terrestrial planets and their satellites have been significantly shaped by diverse geological processes. In the outer solar system, extreme conditions on the satellites of Jupiter, Saturn, and the ice giants lead to the development of unique exogenic and endogenic features. We invite contributions spanning a wide range of topics, including the geomorphology and composition of volcanic deposits, edifices, and plumes, volcano-induced deformation, edifice growth and collapse, tectonic structures, faulting and fracturing processes, crustal stress and strain analysis, cryovolcanism, fluvial and aeolian features, and studies related to planetary endogenic and exogenic processes. Additionally, we welcome research exploring the interactions between planetary interiors, surfaces, atmospheres, and their implications for astrobiology and habitability. Comparative studies of Earth’s geological systems with a strong remote sensing focus, as well as investigations of terrestrial analogs, are strongly encouraged.
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Hope to see you there!
The Conveners:
Dr. Anezina Solomonidou (Hellenic Space Center, Athens, Greece)
Dr. Rosaly Lopes (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech, United States)
Dr. Florian M. Schwandner (NASA Ames Research Center, United States)
https://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2025/public.asp?page=home.asp
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AOGS SESSION PS19: HYDRATION IN AIRLESS BODIES OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
Dear colleagues,
Please consider submitting an abstract to this Planetary Science section for the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) to be held in Singapore from July 27th to August 1st, 2025:
https://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2025/public.asp?page=home.asp
The recent decades have brought a revolution in our understanding of the distribution of water in airless bodies in the Solar System. Discoveries like water ice in the Permanently Shaded Regions of Mercury, water vapor around Ceres, hydration of the surface of the Moon and asteroids, and aqueous alterations inside samples from the Moon and asteroids revealed the surprising pervasiveness of water in Solar System’s airless bodies and pose the question of where this water came from.
We welcome submissions of abstracts covering laboratory investigations, remote and in situ measurements of water molecules, and modeling of the transport of water molecules in exospheres and its interaction with the surface in Solar System airless bodies.
The abstract submission deadline is February 18th, 2025.
Conveners:
Cesare Grava (SwRI, USA)
Amanda Hendrix (PSI, USA)
Shuai Li (University of Hawai’i, USA)
Yang “Steve” Liu (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Christian Wöhler (Technical University of Dortmund, Germany)
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NEW HORIZONS SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT WEBINAR
Join us on 27 February 2025, 2:30-3pm EST (11:30-12 PST,12:30-1pm MST,1:30-2pm CST)
New Horizons continues its operation, now at 61au from the Sun. Since 2015 it has made ground-breaking discoveries of the Pluto-Charon system, flown past the small contact KBO binary Arrokoth and collected phase and light curve data for some three dozen additional KBOs and the ice giants. It has also been sampling dust density throughout the solar system and studying the cosmic optical background. To raise awareness of New Horizon’s scientific impact we are beginning a new spotlight seminar series (30 min, fourth week each month) which we invite you to attend online, or watch recorded at your convenience.
Our speaker will be Tod Lauer of NOIRLab and he will be speaking on: “A Demonstration of Interstellar Navigation Using new Horizons”
Connection Link:
https://zoom.us/j/97317697636?pwd=MTAzMjJmNThTeFppR3JoYzlkUXVCQT09
Meeting ID: 973 1769 7636
Calendar for future seminars:
Recordings are archived and posted at:
https://pluto.jhuapl.edu/News-Center/index.php#Spotlight-Presentations
For questions, contact New Horizons CoI Susan Benecchi, [email protected]
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SCHWEICKART PRIZE: NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
Are you a graduate student or postdoctoral fellow with bold ideas for planetary defense? The Schweickart Prize invites you to submit an innovative proposal for tackling challenges like asteroid detection, impact mitigation, space law, or public education.
The winner will be granted a cash prize of $10k USD, receive an award, be given public exposure through a press campaign, and receive mentorship by the Prize Selection Committee, including Apollo 9 Astronaut Rusty Schweickart.
The application submission deadline is Wednesday, 5 March 2025, 11:59 PM PST
Interested students are encouraged to watch our student Q&A webinars to get more information and first hand insights from the 2024 Prize Winner to the application process. Watch here: https://bit.ly/3CDi9zU
For further details, visit the official Schweickart Prize website: https://www.schweickartprize.org/for-students
Sign up for the newsletter: https://bit.ly/3PKJvqJ
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Best Regards,
Schweickart Prize Committee
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FIRST SOCIALIZED ANNOUNCEMENT: PROCESS IN UNDERSTANDING THE PLUTO SYSTEM: 10 YEARS AFTER FLYBY
The “Progress in Understanding the Pluto System: 10 Years after Flyby” meeting will be held July 14–18, 2025 at the Kossiakoff Conference Center of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland.
NASA’s New Horizons mission conducted the first and only exploration flyby of the Pluto system, culminating at the closest approach on July 14, 2015. This meeting will assess advances made since then using New Horizons and all other data (ground-based, JWST, HST, etc.), as well as theory and modeling regarding all aspects of the Pluto system and the dwarf planets of the Kuiper Belt. Session topics will include: Pluto, Charon, Pluto’s Small Satellites, Kuiper Belt Dwarf Planets, Pluto and Satellite System Origins, and Past and Future Exploration of Pluto, the Kuiper Belt, and the Outer Solar System.
To be added to the mailing list to receive information about this meeting, submit an indication of interest at https://www.hou.usra.edu/meeting_portal/) by Wednesday February 19th. Registration and abstract submission will open on Thursday February 20th. The deadline for abstract submission is Friday April 18th.
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DRAGONFLY ANALOG FIELD TRIP TO THE NAMIB SAND SEA
We are leading a NASA-funded field trip to Namibia to allow members of the planetary community to familiarize themselves with analog terrain for Dragonfly’s exploration in Titan’s Shangri-La sand sea. Members of the planetary science community are invited to apply to join the trip; those selected will have their travel and field expenses dominantly covered. The trip departs the USA on 2025 October 4 and finishes on 2025 October 15.
Although longitudinal dunes like those on Titan are the most abundant dune type on Earth in terms of their areal coverage, no longitudinal dunes exist in the western hemisphere. The dunes in the Namib sand sea in southwestern Africa are 100m high with 3-5 km spacing and extend for tens to hundreds of kilometers along their crestlines. The dunes are separated by kilometer-wide sand-free interdunes. These characteristics match those seen in Titan’s dunes, even through differing sand composition, temperature, composition, gravity, and atmospheric density. Placing scientists into a Dragonfly landing site analog environment will help to plan how to obtain and interpret datasets similar to those Dragonfly will obtain and to relate those data to ground truth, thereby improving preparation for and the scientific return from the Dragonfly mission. For more about Dragonfly, see https://dragonfly.jhuapl.edu/ .
While in Namibia, we will undertake three major activities. (1) Observe in the field typical large longitudinal dunes to witness scales, materials, and processes to gain insight into the dune mechanics and their exploration at human and lander scale. (2) Overfly the dune field in a light aircraft to provide perspective on flight considerations and aerial imagery quality and scales. (3) Participate in an analog exploration campaign in the dunes using commercial drones to communicate data to a “back room” from which representative decision-making will dictate analog mission decisions.
Applicants from US institutions are welcomed from all backgrounds, career stages, and positions: from Titan scientists; from scientists working on Mars or elsewhere who might benefit from the field experience; from students independently or through established community members; and from scientists, engineers, and operations specialties. Final selections (30-40 participants) will seek to maximize the utility of the field exercise by creating an open, collaborative, diverse, and inclusive experience for all involved.
To apply, send an email with your CV and a 1-page Letter of Application to us at the email addresses listed below. The Letter of Application should describe how you expect to contribute to the field exercise and how you expect that the experience might benefit you. Applications received on or before 2025 February 5 will receive full consideration. If you have any questions, please contact us.
Jani Radebaugh [email protected]
Jason Barnes [email protected]
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SUPERCAM MARS DATA WORKSHOP TUESDAY, MARCH 11 AT LPSC 2025
The Perseverance/SuperCam instrument team will host a data user workshop at the Lunar & Planetary Science Conference. It will be at 5:00-6:45 pm Tuesday, 3/11 in the Indian Springs room of the Woodlands Marriott Waterway Conference Center. The workshop is for people
outside of the team who are interested in using the publicly available data and/or collaborating with others on the data. Data sets include visible & near infrared (VISIR) passive spectroscopy, laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) and derived elemental chemistry, time-resolved remote Raman and luminescence spectroscopy, acoustic data from the microphone, and imaging. The day of the week and time of the workshop will be posted in early 2025. The SuperCam team has collected nearly four years of data from hundreds of targets in Jezero
crater on Mars, and it is available at:
https://pds-geosciences.wustl.edu/missions/mars2020/supercam.htm
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BACO-25 SESSION JMC11: EXPLORATION OF THE DIVERSITY OF PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES AND SURFACES
We invite you to submit abstracts to the session, JMC11 Exploration of the Diversity of Planetary Atmospheres and Surfaces, at a joint-assembly, IAMAS-IACS-IAPSO (BACO-25) on 20-25 July 2025:
https://baco-25.org/new/sub2/sub201.asp
Over the last decades, planetary science has revealed an incredible diversity of atmospheres on the various planetary bodies in our galaxy. Considerable efforts are being made at international level to better understand such diverse atmospheres and surfaces. These efforts
encompass a wide variety of research fields: development of remote sensing techniques, space missions for orbiters and in-situ measurements, analysis of remote sensing data, understanding
ices/ocean/surface-atmosphere-space interactions, numerical calculations of radiative and dynamical atmospheric processes, understanding of the evolution of these atmospheres and surfaces, comparative planetology studies, and laboratory measurements in support to different planetary conditions. In this session, papers covering these diverse topics will be solicited, providing the community with a comprehensive approach to characterizing these very
different atmospheres and surfaces. Submission of Earth studies abstracts on related subjects is encouraged to foster cross-fertilization.
Early Career support is available through ICPAE/IAMAS:
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SAVE THE DATE: JUICE SCHOOL AT LES HOUCHES, FRANCE
This school is targeted (but not limited) to early career scientists. It will cover the main science topics of the JUICE mission with the goal to best prepare the future exploitation and interpretation of its data. Key topics include Jupiter, its atmosphere and magnetosphere, the icy Galilean moons (with an emphasis on Ganymede), minor moons and the dust and ring system. Ground- and space- based observations recently obtained on the Jupiter system, as well as links with
exoplanet science, will also be presented. The format of the school includes tutorials, seminar-like presentations, inspirational evening talks, a poster session, a workshop on science planning and archive, and a roundtable on future missions to outer planets. Deadline for
registration and request for grants: August 15, 2025
Contact: [email protected]
https://www.houches-school-physics.com/the-school
https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Juice
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OPAG MEETING (FEBRUARY 25-27) POSTPONED
Dear OPAG Community,
We appreciate your patience as we have worked to determine a path forward for our upcoming OPAG meeting, originally scheduled for February 25-27 in Tucson, AZ. We regret that, at this time, it is necessary for us to postpone our community OPAG meeting to a later date. More details will be made public as soon as they are available.
We are deeply encouraged to be able to pass along that the leadership at NASA HQ in SMD and PSD has been working diligently to ensure that the valued interaction between the community and HQ enabled by the AGs can be resumed as soon as possible. They have prioritized this effort and are committed to working with OPAG and the other AGs to complete this work.
Thank you to everyone for your patience under these circumstances. We are grateful for the commitment of our leaders in SMD and PSD to NASA and the greater planetary science community and look forward to resuming the exciting work of exploration and discovery together.
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AOGS SESSION PS18: PLANETARY DATA IN THE BIG DATA ERA – ARCHIVES, TOOLS, AND INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS
Abstract deadline: February 18, 2025
This session is about planetary data science, including archiving standards, organizations, data services and accessibilities, indexing and searching, data mining, and applications of big data technology and AI. Enormous volumes of data are being generated daily in planetary
science. Data technologies are playing more and more important roles in planetary research, especially in the big data era. Long-term preservation and sharing of planetary data are essential for the research. Several data archiving organizations are providing archiving to a broad variety of data. Standards are being revised, archive organization and services are being improved, and international collaborations are becoming more essential. The goal of this session is to provide a forum to present and discuss the new developments in the related activities, technologies, and concepts related to planetary science data to facilitate effective and efficient planetary data archiving and sharing around the globe in the future. We welcome abstracts on any data-related topics.
Conveners: Jian-Yang Li (Sun Yat-sen University, China), Ludmilla
Kolokolova (University of Maryland College Park, USA), Mark Bentley
(ESA), Yukio Yamamoto (JAXA), Young-Jun Choi (KASI)
https://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2025/public.asp?page=submissions.asp
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URANUS ORBITER AND PROBE SCIENCE QUESTIONNAIRE: TOUR DRIVERS
All members of the planetary science community are invited to take part in a voluntary, non-binding, questionnaire about the Uranus Flagship mission’s orbital tour design. This community-led poll is designed to better understand the parameters needed for studying each aspect of the Uranus system, based on the Decadal Survey’s science objectives. The poll will close on March 30, and the aggregated results will be posted to public webpages (past workshops and/or OPAG, as appropriate) for broader community use.
https://forms.gle/x47s722XfW47YqZM8
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CURRENT TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR ICARUS AND THE PLANETARY SCIENCE JOURNAL
The current issues for both DPS-affiliated journals are here:
Icarus:
Icarus | Vol 427, In progress (February 2025) | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier
The Planetary Science Journal:
https://iopscience.iop.org/issue/2632-3338/6/2
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JOBS, POSITIONS, AND OPPORTUNITIES
Job seekers and employers are encouraged to browse DPS’s job listings and advertise open positions **for free** on the DPS job board.
Full details for several new positions can be found on the DPS job board.
A summary of recent job announcements and postdoc opportunities are listed below.
- Senior Application Developer Caltech/IPAC – Application Deadline Mar 31, 2025
PAC at Caltech has an opening for a Senior Applications Developer with a strong background in Unix software development to lead the Data Systems development team at the NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive (IRSA). As lead of IRSA’s Data Systems Team, you will manage the activities of a group of IRSA scientists and developers who share the overarching goal of supporting community science with archival IRSA and other NASA data sets. Your development work may involve processing astrophysics space mission data, containerization & cloud technologies, large scale databases, and petabyte-scale storage. You will also work with scientists and other developers to help interpret and implement project requirements and document the work that you’ve accomplished.
Link to the full job description: https://dps.aas.org/senior-application-developer/
- Full-time staff scientist to work with Roman team at IPAC
IPAC, part of the Physics, Math, and Astronomy Division at Caltech, provides science operations, user support, data and archive services, and scientific vision to enhance discovery with observatories both in space and on the ground. IPAC invites applications from highly qualified individuals for a full-time position at the junior scientist level to work with the Roman team at IPAC.
The Roman Space Telescope is a NASA observatory designed to address key questions in the areas of dark energy, exoplanets, and infrared astrophysics. It is slated for launch in late 2026. The Roman Science Support Center (SSC) at IPAC is part of the Roman Ground Data System, providing algorithm and software development and data processing for the Galactic Bulge Time Domain Survey and all Roman spectroscopic data. In addition, the SSC will support the operations of the Coronagraph Instrument, manage the Roman General Investigator Program proposal solicitations and related data analysis funding, and provide community support for exoplanet and wide-field spectroscopy science with Roman.
For more details, see: https://roman.ipac.caltech.edu
Link to the full job description: https://dps.aas.org/7526/
- Staff Scientist NEO Surveyor Task Lead Caltech/IPAC
IPAC at Caltech invites applications for a Task Lead of the team that is developing the Survey Data System for NASA’s Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor mission. As Task Lead you will work closely with the IPAC/NEOS Science Lead and Lead System Architect in the overall management of the development, test, and operation of the NEO Surveyor Survey Data Systems (NSDS) at IPAC. Application due Feb 21, 2025
Link to the full job description: https://dps.aas.org/staff-scientist-neo-surveyor-task-lead/
- Staff Scientist NED Caltech/IPAC – Application Deadline March 15, 2025
IPAC has an immediate opening for a scientist to work with the NED team. The primary responsibility of this position is to contribute to keeping the content of the database current and accurate by assimilating the diverse and rapidly growing data published in the astrophysics literature and associated catalogs. The successful candidate will also help identify new approaches that can be implemented by NED to accelerate data ingest, and help to design, implement, and test those approaches. The scientist will also conduct astronomical research related to NED’s mission.
Link to the full job description with application instructions: https://dps.aas.org/staff-scientist-ned/
- Postdoctoral Scholar: Asteroid Radar – University of Central Florida
The incumbent will be expected to participate in data analysis, physical and dynamical characterization of near-Earth asteroids using radar and optical data, and support archiving asteroid shape models in the Planetary Data System (PDS). This position is open until filled.
- NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship – Application Deadline March 1, 2025
The NASA Postdoctoral Program offers US and international scientists the opportunity to advance their research while contributing to NASA’s scientific goals. The NPP supports fundamental science; explores the undiscovered; promotes intellectual growth; and encourages scientific connections.
Selected by a competitive peer-review process, NPP Fellows complete one- to three-year Fellowship appointments that advance NASA’s missions in Earth science, planetary science, heliophysics, astrophysics, biological and physical science, aeronautics and engineering, human exploration systems, space operations, space technology, and astrobiology. Search for NPP research opportunities in Planetary Science here: NPP Research Opportunities.
Applicants must have a Ph.D. or equivalent degree in hand before beginning the fellowship, but may apply while completing the degree requirements. Please see current eligibility requirements. Stipends start at $70,000 per year, with supplements for higher cost-of-living areas and for certain academic specialties. Financial assistance is available for relocation and health insurance, and $10,000 per year is provided for travel and professional development.
Applications are accepted three times each year: March 1, July 1, and November 1.
For further information and to apply, visit: https://npp.orau.org/applicants/index.html.
Questions: [email protected]
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