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Issue 20-47, October 9, 2020

 

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1. DPS 2020 STUDENT AND EARLY CAREER RECEPTION
2. VIRTUAL WOMEN IN PLANETARY SCIENCE DISCUSSION HOUR AT DPS 2020 
3. LOOKING FOR DPS MEMBERS TO CONNECT VIRTUALLY WITH CLASSROOMS AND OTHER GROUPS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DPS MEETING THIS OCTOBER
4. #DPS2020 CAREER CENTER: ADVERTISE YOUR JOB OPENINGS! 
5. DPS PROFESSIONAL CLIMATE AND CULTURE SUBCOMMITTEE (PCCS) SEEKING NEW MEMBERS
6. SBAG EARLY CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
7. EXOPLANET EXPLORERS SPEAKER SERIES CALL FOR APPLICATIONS (APPLICATIONS DUE NOV. 5, 2020)
8. ARECIBO OBSERVATORY QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER NOW AVAILABLE
9. OPENINGS ON OUTER PLANETS ANALYSIS GROUP (OPAG) STEERING COMMITTEE
10. PLANETARY SCIENCE JOURNAL FOCUS ISSUE: “OCEAN WORLDS: MOTIVATIONS FOR A MULTI-DECADAL EXPLORATION PROGRAM”

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DPS 2020 STUDENT AND EARLY CAREER RECEPTION  

 

Date: Sunday, Oct. 25

Time: 4 pm Eastern, 3 Central, 2 Mountain, 1 Pacific

Duration: ~1 hour

What: Join us for a pre-conference networking and socializing hour where we will have 

the opportunity to meet people from our disciplines (and others!).  We will have a general 

discussion of professional development topics, an introduction to the format of the conference, 

info about virtual jobs board/career center, and a contest for the best virtual background.  

A huge thanks(!) to our generous sponsor Southwest Research Institute for supporting 

this event.  Sign up is required so that we can plan for breakout rooms and send you 

information/updates about the event.  Please see more details and sign up at 

https://forms.gle/rshUeRbMEsK4dVUW8.   The deadline to sign up is right before the 

event (Sunday October 25 at 4 pm Eastern), but if we get too many people, we may have 

to cap the attendance, so sign up early! (There’s no penalty if you can’t attend). We will 

update the sign up page according to whether spots are still available.  The telecon link 

for the event will be sent to all those who sign up and will also be posted on the detailed 

schedule for the DPS meeting (not the block schedule).  Please do not post the telecon 

link in a public place.  For any questions please contact Maya Yanez at mdyanez at usc.edu.

 

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VIRTUAL WOMEN IN PLANETARY SCIENCE DISCUSSION HOUR AT DPS 2020

 

Date: Monday, Oct. 26

Time: 5:30 pm Eastern, 4:30 Central, 3:30 Mountain, 2:30 Pacific

Duration: ~1 hour

What: Join us for the annual DPS Women in Planetary Science event in its first ever 

virtual format. All are welcome!  This year we will have professional development 

“table topics” covering a wide range of themes based on the attendee interest.  A huge 

thanks(!) to our generous sponsor AURA for supporting this event again this year.  

Sign up is required so that we can plan for virtual “room size”, gauge attendee interests, 

and send you information/updates about the event.  Please see more details and sign up 

at http://bit.ly/DPS_WIPS_2020.  The deadline to sign up is right before the event (Monday 

October 26 at 5:30 pm Eastern), but if we get too many, people we may have to cap the 

attendance, so sign up early!  We will update the sign up page according to whether spots 

are still available.  The telecon link for the event will be sent to those who sign up and 

posted on the detailed schedule for the DPS meeting (not the block schedule).  Please 

do not post the telecon link in a public place.  For any questions please contact Kelsi 

Singer at kelsi.singer at gmail.com.

 

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LOOKING FOR DPS MEMBERS TO CONNECT VIRTUALLY WITH CLASSROOMS AND 

OTHER GROUPS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DPS MEETING THIS OCTOBER

In conjunction with the American Astronomical Society Division for Planetary Sciences 

(DPS) meeting in October, we are looking for scientists to give virtual presentations to 

classrooms and other community groups between October 19 and October 30.  These 

virtual sessions, lasting 30 minutes to an hour, are intended to connect classrooms and 

clubs directly with scientists so you can share more about your science and science careers 

and give students a direct connection to a scientist. You can sign up for one or more sessions 

here: https://forms.gle/oGnzb1cciuQkYAfN6

 

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#DPS2020 CAREER CENTER: ADVERTISE YOUR JOB OPENINGS!

 

At the upcoming DPS meeting (Oct 26-30), we will be hosting a virtual career center 

with job resources and opportunities to connect job seekers with job listers.

 

Employers, this is a fantastic opportunity to advertise your job openings to lots of job-

seeking astronomers, geologists, and space scientists! Please consider listing (for free!) 

your job openings in the DPS jobs register here: jobs

 

Questions: contact [email protected]

 

https://aas.org/meetings/dps52

 

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DPS PROFESSIONAL CLIMATE AND CULTURE SUBCOMMITTEE (PCCS) SEEKING NEW MEMBERS

 

Are you interested in making the planetary science community more diverse and 

inclusive? If so, please contact [email protected] by Oct 30 to volunteer to be 

part of the DPS Professional Culture and Climate subcommittee (PCCS). A list of 

our charge, duties, and expectations can be found at: leadership/climate . 

You also can speak with any current PCCS members (listed at above site) and, in 

particular, you are welcome to contact Co-Chair Serina Diniega ([email protected]). 

At the DPS meeting, PCCS efforts will be described a bit at the DPS Members meeting 

(Oct 28, 1-2pm EDT) and with the PCCS Plenary speaker (Oct 30, 12:45-1:40pm EDT). 

 

To express interest in becoming a PCCS member, please send an email to [email protected] 

by the end of the DPS meeting (Oct 30), including (1) why you are interested, (2) a 

brief description of any EDIA work you’ve already done, and (3) a brief statement on 

what you might hope to accomplish with the PCCS. Comments about past or potential 

future work by PCCS are also welcomed, as always.

 

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SBAG EARLY CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

 

The 24th Small Bodies Assessment Group (SBAG) meeting will be virtual on 

26 – 27 January 2021. We have two opportunities at this upcoming SBAG meeting 

specifically for the early career small body community:

 

Invited early-career speakers: We are planning to select up to two early-career researchers 

to give invited 15-minute talks (including Q&A). Interested undergraduate students, 

graduate students, postdocs, and other early career scientists (within 5 years of terminal 

degree) should submit a letter and a CV to the SBAG Early Career Secretary, Terik Daly 

([email protected]), via email by COB (5 pm Eastern time) on 20 November 2020. 

The letter, which must not exceed 2 pages, should explain how the applicant’s work relates 

to the purposes of SBAG, how the applicants plans to contribute to the meeting, and how 

the opportunity will advance the applicant’s career. The letter and CV should be combined 

into a single PDF attached to the email. We encourage applicants from a diverse range of 

backgrounds and experiences to apply. 

 

Lightning Talks: We will provide time on the agenda for early-career scientists and 

engineers attending the meeting to introduce themselves and their research to the 

community. The talks will be 3 minutes each. If you are interested in giving a lightning 

talk, please email the early-career secretary, Terik Daly ([email protected]), at least 

two weeks before the meeting. Attach a single slide, in PDF format, with your name, 

affiliation, and a figure or two that highlight your research. We encourage presenters 

from a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences.

 

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EXOPLANET EXPLORERS SPEAKER SERIES CALL FOR APPLICATIONS (APPLICATIONS DUE NOV. 5, 2020)

 

NASA’s Exoplanet Program Analysis Group (ExoPAG) invites postdocs and graduate 

students currently at US institutions to participate in the inaugural Exoplanet Explorers 

(ExoExplorers) Science Series. This inaugural ExoExplorers cohort, which will run a 

pilot program from Jan 2021-June 2021, will present half-hour monthly seminars to the 

larger exoplanet community on topics focusing on observation, theory, and instrumentation 

in support of the broad themes outlined in the “ExEP Science Gap List”: 

https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/internal_resources/1547/ . 

 

Each of the ExoExplorers will receive $1000 compensation for their talk. In addition, 

ExoExplorers will be expected to participate in:

1. Weekly interactions between members of the cohort
2. Monthly informal roundtable discussions with prominent scientists in the exoplanet and educational fields (“ExoGuides”)
3. One to two professional development training sessions on topics to be decided by the cohort, such as proposal writing, CV building, and public speaking.

We are seeking applicants that strive for excellence in their research and also for increasing 

diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the exoplanet science community. As such, we 

seek applicants that contribute to exoplanet science through their understanding of the 

barriers facing underserved and underrepresented communities. 

 

Members of the ExoPAG Executive Committee (EC) will review and accept up to 10 

people for this pilot cohort. 

 

A website describing the program is available at: https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/exep/exopag/exoexplorers/

 

Those who wish to apply should submit a 700-1000 word statement describing 1) your 

research and how it supports the broad themes outlined in the ExEP Science Gap List 

(and related exoplanet topics), 2) how you would participate in and contribute to the 

cohort and its efforts through the activities described above and 3) how you would 

leverage these experiences to both become leaders in exoplanet science and to increase 

DEI in the broader exoplanet community. Your application will be evaluated based on 

how you address these three prompts. Please also include a current CV as part of your 

application. Your statement and CV must be PDF format. Applications are due 

November 5th, 2020 (midnight Pacific time).

Questions? Please see our FAQ page 

(https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/exep/exopag/exoexplorers/exoexplorers-faq/) to view 

answers to previously submitted questions or to submit a question. To ensure that all 

potential applicants have access to the same information, we will post answers to 

received questions on that webpage. The last day to submit substantive questions 

about the program, call, or application content is October 30. After this date, we 

will only answer procedural questions about the application process.

 

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ARECIBO OBSERVATORY QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER NOW AVAILABLE

 

The Fall 2020 Arecibo Observatory Newsletter is now available! Each newsletter

features science highlights and updates about the telescope, staff, and current education
programs. The newsletter also includes articles about recent AO planetary science

observations and publications:

 

·       Cassini Data Solves Mystery of Arecibo Radar Signals on Titan

·       A Holistic Approach to Understanding Asteroids: Laboratory, Theory, & Observations

·       Analyzing Gravitational Fields Around Small Bodies

·       Arecibo Radar Rebounds from Tropical Storm, Pings Near-Earth Asteroid 2020 NK1

 

You can subscribe to receive future newsletters via email: Join AO Newsletter list.

 

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OPENINGS ON OUTER PLANETS ANALYSIS GROUP (OPAG) STEERING COMMITTEE

Several openings are available on the OPAG steering committee to replace members

who will be rolling off.   All interested candidates are encouraged to apply, particularly

those with expertise in Giant Planet Interiors, Ocean Worlds & Cryospheres (field and
experimental), Astrobiology, and those able to represent Science Mission Directorate

Cross-Divisional interests.

Nominations will be accepted starting on October 9, 2020 and will be due by November
9, 2020.  New members will start their service in time for the Spring 2021 OPAG meeting.

Details of the nomination process include providing a one-page letter of interest and a

two-page NASA proposal-style CV that address what community the candidates represent,

and how they will enhance that community’s representation on the steering committee. 

A New Members subcommittee of the OPAG Steering Committee will review all of the
nominations and make recommendations to the full Steering Committee.  Through the

search process, we will strive to ensure representation across multiple axes to foster an
interdisciplinary, diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible community. Please send

your nominations, with the letter of interest and CV together in a single PDF file, to:
[email protected].   For the file name, please use the format

LastName-FirstName-OPAG.

 

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PLANETARY SCIENCE JOURNAL FOCUS ISSUE: “OCEAN WORLDS: MOTIVATIONS 

FOR A MULTI-DECADAL EXPLORATION PROGRAM”

 

This Focus Issue aims to demonstrate the need for a coordinated exploration of the 

Ocean Worlds, augmenting the content of white papers submitted for the 2023-2032 

Decadal Survey with focused discussion and community contributions. We welcome 

submissions reviewing the current state of knowledge for particular bodies, outstanding 

science questions to be addressed at or within the Ocean Worlds, as well recent advancements 

in instrumentation, technologies, and techniques for Ocean Worlds exploration. 

 

We ask authors to consider how their contributed work may fit into or motivate the 

coordinated exploration of Ocean Worlds through a formalized program. This may 

be through sustained research, development, and analysis funding, enhanced flight 

opportunities, or the establishment of fixed, long-term priorities. Potential topics 

include but are not limited to the following:

• Science motivation by target or subdiscipline 
• Mission concepts or programmatic strategies 
• Instrumentation, technologies, and/or techniques 
• Technology gaps or needs 
• Analog testing sites, technologies, and objectives 

 

Deadline for submission: Feb 10, 2021

 

PSJ Editor: Faith Vilas

Guest Editors: Shannon M. MacKenzie & Samuel M. Howell

 

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Send submissions to: 

Anne Verbiscer, DPS Secretary ([email protected]) 

 

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Issue 20-46, October 1, 2020

 

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1. CLARIFICATION REGARDING STUDENT REGISTRATION FOR #DPS2020
2. EARLY-CAREER REVIEW SESSIONS FOR DPS PRESENTERS
3. #DPS2020 CAREER CENTER: ADVERTISE YOUR JOB OPENINGS!
4. VIRTUAL OPEN SESSION: PLANETARY SCIENCE AND ASTROBIOLOGY DECADAL SURVEY 2023-2032 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2020
5. MAPPING AND PLANETARY SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE TEAM (MAPSIT) COMMUNITY VIRTUAL MEETING OCTOBER 14, 2020
6. MEPAG VIRTUAL MEETING OCTOBER 20, 2020
7. CALL FOR PAPERS: ADVANCES IN ASTRONOMY, SPECIAL ISSUE ON “MARS CLIMATE EVOLUTION, HABITABILITY, ASTROBIOLOGY, AND RESOURCES”

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CLARIFICATION REGARDING STUDENT REGISTRATION FOR #DPS2020

 

We have fixed a glitch in the registration system: For all students, the meeting registration 

rate is $75.  Graduate and undergraduate students who are not AAS members can now 

register using the “student nonmember” option. Students who are AAS members may 

register using the “AAS graduate, undergraduate and emeritus” option. 

 

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EARLY-CAREER REVIEW SESSIONS FOR DPS PRESENTERS

Greetings, DPS Early-Career and Student Presenters! 

Would you like experienced scientists to review your presentation (iPoster or talk) 

before you upload it? 

If you are an early career scientist who wants to get some feedback on your presentation 

for the upcoming DPS meeting, the DPS Education Subcommittee is providing several 

sessions over Zoom to practice your oral or iPoster presentations get feedback before you 

upload. Sessions will take place between Monday October 5th and Thursday October 8th.  

Sign up at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DPS2020. Once you are confirmed, you will 

receive a Zoom link for your session. If you have any questions, contact the DPS Education 

Officer, Sanlyn Buxner at [email protected]

As a reminder, as a presenter, you must register by October 5 and all presentations are due by October 9th.
 

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#DPS2020 CAREER CENTER: ADVERTISE YOUR JOB OPENINGS!

 

At the upcoming DPS meeting (Oct 26-30), we will be hosting a virtual career center 

with job resources and opportunities to connect job seekers with job listers.

 

Employers, this is a fantastic opportunity to advertise your job openings to lots of job-

seeking astronomers, geologists, and space scientists! Please consider listing (for free!) 

your job openings in the DPS jobs register here: jobs

 

Questions: contact [email protected]

 

https://aas.org/meetings/dps52

 

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VIRTUAL OPEN SESSION: PLANETARY SCIENCE AND ASTROBIOLOGY DECADAL SURVEY 2023-2032 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2020

 

The National Academies’ Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey will 

assess key scientific questions in planetary science and astrobiology, identify priority 

medium- and large-class missions and other initiatives, and present a comprehensive 

research strategy for the 2023-2032 timeframe.  Join the steering committee for the 

first open session of the decadal survey on Friday, October 2, 2020 from 10am-3pm EDT 

(7am-12pm PDT).

 

The meeting will feature talks from NASA and Congress regarding their expectations 

for the decadal survey, including a talk from Thomas Zurbuchen, Associate Administrator 

for the NASA Science Mission Directorate.

 

Download the meeting agenda on the event page.

 

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MAPPING AND PLANETARY SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE TEAM (MAPSIT) COMMUNITY VIRTUAL MEETING OCTOBER 14, 2020

 

Mapping and Planetary Spatial Data Infrastructure Team (MAPSIT) Community Meeting

https://www.lpi.usra.edu/mapsit/meetings/mapsitfall2020/

Oct. 14, 2020  11:00am – 3:00pm MDT

Virtual

 

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MEPAG VIRTUAL MEETING OCTOBER 20, 2020

 

1st Information Circular
10th Virtual MEPAG Meeting (VM10)
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
1:00 pm-4:00 pm EDT

 

Members of the Mars community,

 

I cordially invite you to participate in the next virtual meeting (VM10) of the Mars 

Exploration Program Analysis Group (MEPAG), scheduled on Tuesday, October 20th, 

2020, at 1:00 pm-4:00 pm EDT. 

 

Agenda items are expected to include updates about recent MEPAG, Mars Exploration 

Program, and Decadal Survey activities, with an extended discussion on Planetary 

Protection (PP) developments.  Scott Hubbard will provide an overview of recent 

NASEM Reviews (e.g., Assessment of the Report of NASA’s Planetary Protection Independent Review Board) 

and Lisa Pratt will discuss the formation of the NASEM Committee on 

Planetary Protection (CoPP) and other responses to various external reviews. The VM10 

agenda and 2nd Information Circular will be shared within the next two weeks on the 

MEPAG meeting website (http://mepag.nasa.gov/meetings.cfm). 

 

WebEx connectivity information is below. This meeting is open to all members of the 

Mars science community including our international colleagues, and I look forward to 

your participation.

 

Sincerely,

 

Dr. R. Aileen Yingst

MEPAG Chair

 

WebEx connection information:

Join Meeting: https://jpl.webex.com/jpl/j.php?MTID=m6f4753d3f4adbd18317e0cf100f1f941

· Meeting number (access code): 198 453 6352 

· Meeting password: MEPAG 2) To join audio – you can stream the sound through your computer speakers. Or (recommended) you can listen in via phone: 

· by having WebEx call you; or 

· call in: +1-510-210-8882 USA Toll or Global call-in numbers. Use the Meeting number (access code): 198 453 6352 

· All call-ins will be muted upon entry (to reduce noise on the line), and only listed speakers should be unmuted. To ask a question or make a comment, please use the WebEx chat box – time permitting, these will be verbally relayed to the presenters. Having trouble joining the meeting? Contact WebEx support here: https://jpl.webex.com/mc3300/meetingcenter/support/support.do?siteurl=jpl&Action=help

 

Other meeting issues or post-meeting comments? Email [email protected]. 

 

Additional meeting information, including the agenda, will be posted to https://mepag.jpl.nasa.gov/meetings.cfm. 

 

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CALL FOR PAPERS: ADVANCES IN ASTRONOMY, SPECIAL ISSUE ON “MARS CLIMATE EVOLUTION, HABITABILITY, ASTROBIOLOGY, AND RESOURCES”

 

This Special Issue aims to collate original research and review articles with a focus on 

advancing our global knowledge of the red planet. We particularly welcome submissions 

that increase our understanding of Mars’ atmospheric and morphologic evolution, and water 

and habitability potential, as well as review articles discussing the current state of the art 

in these fields.

 

Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:

• Evidence for climatic change from space missions
• Challenges of sample return from Mars
• The action of water in Martian rocks as determined from rovers, orbiters, and meteorites
• Evidence for Martian vulcanism
• Martian environments and habitability in the past and present
• Preparation for human Mars exploration and the search for Martian resources

 

Deadline for submission: Jan 29th 2021: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/aa/si/187512/

 

Series Editor: Javier Martin-Torres

Guest Editors: Eriita Jones, Conor Nixon, Josep Trigo-Rodriguez, Sanjay Vijendran

 

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Send submissions to: 

Anne Verbiscer, DPS Secretary ([email protected]) 

 

You are receiving this email because you are a DPS member.

To unsubscribe or update your information, please send your request

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issues of the DPS Newsletter can be found at newsletters  

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Issue 20-45, September 28, 2020

 

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1. MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR: #DPS2020 SCIENCE PROGRAM + PERIPHERAL EVENTS POSTED
2. DPS PUBLICATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE SEEKS NEW MEMBERS
3. FIRST MEETINGS OF THE DECADAL SURVEY SCHEDULED
4. IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR NASA PDS DATA USERS
5. JOBS, POSITIONS, OPPORTUNITIES

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MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR: #DPS2020 SCIENCE PROGRAM + PERIPHERAL EVENTS POSTED

 

The SOC and VOC have been hard at work finalizing plans for #DPS2020!

 

Please visit https://aas.org/meetings/dps52 to check out the detailed science program 

and listing of peripheral events.  (If any program corrections are needed please contact 

[email protected] and provide details; please include the abstract number and the 

author name).

 

Also, don’t forget the upcoming deadlines:

 

1. Register for the meeting!  October 5 is the deadline for presenters to register.  

Pre-recorded talks and iPosters will be available for viewing beginning October 19, 

so register before then to have access to content plus science discussions on Slack 

channels. Non-presenting attendees can register as late as October 30. Meeting 

registrants will receive a special “DPS 2020” sticker!

 

2. October 5 is the deadline for presenters to let us know whether you plan to participate 

in your session’s Live Q&A discussion, which will take place on Zoom according to the 

block schedule [https://aas.org/sites/default/files/2020-09/52nd%20DPS%20Virtual%20Block%20Schedule.pdf].  

We need confirmations from all live participants so that session chairs will be able to 

prepare effectively for these Q&A sessions.  The link to the response form is in your 

confirmation email.

 

3. October 9 is the deadline for oral presenters: Upload your pre-recorded talk to the DPS video server.

 

4. October 9 is the deadline for iPoster presenters: Publish your iPoster. iPoster presenters 

may continue to revise iPosters until 19 October when all iPosters will go public. You 

may continue to revise your iPoster until 30 October, but do understand that they will 

have already been viewed.

 

We look forward to seeing you at #DPS2020!

https://aas.org/meetings/dps52

 

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DPS PUBLICATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE SEEKS NEW MEMBERS

 

The DPS Publications Subcommittee (PubSubCom) advises and provides independent 

oversight on all activities and topics pertinent to DPS publishing concerns, and also stays 

aware of issues in planetary science publications more generally. The Publications 

Subcommittee regularly reviews the publication policies of journals that the DPS 

endorses and supports (Icarus and the PSJ).

 

The PubSubCom seeks one to two new members willing to serve a three-year volunteer 

term.  If you would like to self-nominate, please send an e-mail to the PubSubCom 

Chair (Ross Beyer, [email protected]) with a brief statement (a pargraph) indicating 

why you would be a good candidate and a two-page (maximum) CV.  The PubSubCom 

will gather these self-nominations and make selections. Applicants will be notified 

after the DPS Fall Meeting.

 

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FIRST MEETINGS OF THE DECADAL SURVEY SCHEDULED

 

The Steering Group of the Decadal Survey on Planetary Science and Astrobiology 

will hold its first three meetings on the following dates:  30 September, 2 October, 

and 16 October. Agendas and URLs will be posted on the survey’s  website—

http://nas.edu/planetarydecadal—as they become available.

 

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IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR NASA PDS DATA USERS

 

PDS is considering a change to its standards, which may impact users of

PDS data.

 

The current PDS standard requires that each line in ASCII table data

and most text files ends with Carriage Return (CR) and Line Feed (LF)

characters, the standard format for Windows. The change under

consideration would additionally allow a second format used by Linux

and MacOS systems in which every line ends with a Line Feed character

(LF) alone.

 

Most software applications can accommodate either format, regardless of

the operating system. However, this change could affect some end users,

especially those who have written software based on the current PDS

standard. The line delimiter will continue to be specified in the PDS4

label accompanying such data files. PDS3 products and labels would be

unchanged.

 

If and how PDS proceeds with this change depends in large part on the

response of the community. Please send us feedback at [email protected].

Please indicate whether you support this change, and how much advanced

notification you would need (e.g., for software revision). 

 

More details can be found at: https://sbn.psi.edu/line-feed-notice

 

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JOBS, POSITIONS, OPPORTUNITIES

 

A) JPL POSTDOC IN OCEAN WORLDS ICE SHELLS

 

https://jpl.jobs/jobs/2020-12443-Postdoctoral-Researcher-Ocean-Worlds-Ice-Shell-Modeling

 

In search of an enthusiastic researcher to join a wonderful group of

icy explorers at JPL! JPL is accepting applications for a postdoctoral

research position in geophysical modeling relevant to the icy layers of

Jupiter’s moon Europa, and potentially to other ocean worlds. This may

involve modeling of tectonic processes, constructing analytical or

first-principles arguments, describing ice shell evolution, melting,

freezing, and/or non-ice chemistry incorporation. These results will be

used to understand the potential for future measurements by robotic

spacecraft, and to derive environmental constraints on potential future

concepts for subsurface and ocean access. Dr. Samuel Howell, an ocean

worlds research scientist in the Planetary Interiors and Geophysics

group, will serve as the primary postdoctoral advisor. Please contact

[email protected] with any questions. Candidates should have

a recent Ph.D. in geology, planetary science, physics, or a related

field, with a strong background in analytical, numerical, and/or

statistical analysis as applied to geophysical research. Experience in

research relevant to the outer planet satellites and the impacts of

geophysical processes on habitability are highly desirable.

 

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Issue 20-44, September 22, 2020

 

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1. DEADLINES FOR DPS PRESENTERS
2. NEW VIDEO PERMISSIONS OPT-OUT AT DPS REGISTRATION
3. VIRTUAL WOMEN IN PLANETARY SCIENCE DISCUSSION HOUR AT DPS 2020
4. INTERNATIONAL OBSERVE THE MOON NIGHT IS THIS WEEK SEPTEMBER 26TH
5. SPECIAL GUEST INVITE – BEYOND EARTH’S EDGE: THE POETRY OF SPACEFLIGHT WEBINAR
6. SEEKING VOLUNTEERS FOR THE ICARUS EDITORIAL BOARD
7. JOBS, POSITIONS, OPPORTUNITIES

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DEADLINES FOR DPS PRESENTERS

 

For those of you who have been scheduled to present at the upcoming 52nd Annual 

Meeting of the AAS Division for Planetary Sciences. Please be sure to do the following:

 

By 5 October 2020

 

1) Register for the meeting! Oct. 5 is the deadline for presenters to register.

 

https://aas.org/meetings/dps52

 

2) Let us know whether you plan to participate in your session’s Live Q&A discussion, 

which will take place on Zoom according to the block schedule [link to block schedule].  

We need confirmations from all live participants so that session chairs will be able to 

prepare effectively for these Q&A sessions.  The link to the response form is in your 

confirmation email.

 

and by 9 October 2020

 

3a) For video presenters: Upload your presentation to the DPS video server. 

3b) For iPoster presenters:  Publish the initial version of your iPoster. Poster presenters 

may continue to revise iPosters until 19 October when all iPosters will go public. You 

may continue to revise your iPoster until 30 October, but do understand that they will 

have already been viewed.

 

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NEW VIDEO PERMISSIONS OPT-OUT AT DPS REGISTRATION

 

The video permissions item in the DPS registration process has been changed to allow 

a full opt-out from AAS publications and promotional materials.  DPS participants who 

have already registered and wish to change their preferences may log back into the site 

in order to do so.

 

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VIRTUAL WOMEN IN PLANETARY SCIENCE DISCUSSION HOUR AT DPS 2020

 

Date: Monday, Oct. 26

Time: 5:30 pm Eastern, 4:30 Central, 3:30 Mountain, 2:30 Pacific

Duration: ~1 hour

 

What: Join us for the annual DPS Women in Planetary Science event in its first ever 

virtual format. All are welcome!  This year we will have professional development 

“table topics” covering a wide range of themes based on the attendee interest.  A huge 

thanks(!) to our generous sponsor AURA for supporting this event again this year.  

Sign up is required so that we can plan for virtual “room size”, gauge attendee interests, 

and send you information/updates about the event.  Please see more details and sign 

up at http://bit.ly/DPS_WIPS_2020.  The deadline to sign up is right before the event 

(Monday October 26 at 5:30 pm Eastern), but if we get too many, people we may have 

to cap the attendance, so sign up early!  We will update the sign up page according to 

whether spots are still available.  The telecon link for the event will be sent to those 

who sign up and posted on the detailed schedule for the DPS meeting (not the block 

schedule).  Please do not post the telecon link in a public place.  For any questions 

please contact Kelsi Singer at kelsi.singer at gmail.com.  

 

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INTERNATIONAL OBSERVE THE MOON NIGHT IS THIS WEEK SEPTEMBER 26TH

 

Join us for the 11th Annual International Observe the Moon Night this Saturday, 

September 26th! You are invited to join people around the world to learn about 

lunar science and exploration, take part in celestial observations, and honor cultural 

and personal connections to the Moon. This is also a great event to be a virtual speaker!

 

You can participate in International Observe the Moon Night from wherever you are.

Attend or host a virtual or in-person event, or observe the Moon from home. The 

Moon will be close to first quarter – a great phase for evening observing. 

 

Learn more, register your participation, and find recommended activities, tips and 

resources to host and evaluate events, and much more on the International Observe 

the Moon Night website: moon.nasa.gov/observe.

 

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SPECIAL GUEST INVITE – BEYOND EARTH’S EDGE: THE POETRY OF SPACEFLIGHT WEBINAR

 

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Arizona is hosting a 

webinar event “Beyond Earth’s Edge: The Poetry of Spaceflight” on Monday, 

September 28 at 1 p.m Pacific Time. 

 

Special Invite Registration Link

 

The University of Arizona Press presents Julie Swarstad Johnson, poet and senior 

library specialist at the Poetry Center of the University of Arizona, and Christopher 

Cokinos, writer and poet and a professor of English at the University of Arizona. 

 

As the editors of Beyond Earth’s Edge: The Poetry of Spaceflight, Julie and Christopher 

will share poetry about space exploration, discuss the relevance of poetry to our 

understandings of space flight, and provide historical and biographical context for 

the work – poems that take readers on journeys to the Moon, Mars and beyond; 

poems that inspire reflection, concern, and wonder. 

 

Beyond Earth’s Edge: The Poetry of Spaceflight is a trailblazing anthology of 

poetry that spans from the dawn of the space age to the imagined futures of the 

universe. It offers a fascinating record of both national mindsets and private perspectives 

as poets grapple with the promise and peril of U.S. space exploration across decades 

and into the present. Tracing an arc of literary skepticism during the Apollo era and 

before to a more curious, and even hopeful, stance today, Beyond Earth’s Edge includes 

diverse perspectives from poets such as Robert Hayden, Rae Armantrout, N. Scott 

Momaday, Adrienne Rich, Tracy K. Smith, Ray Bradbury, May Swenson, Pablo 

Neruda, and many other engaging poetic voices.

 

Beyond Earth’s Edge vividly captures the violence of blastoff, the wonders seen 

by Hubble, and the trajectories of exploration to Mars and beyond through a wide 

array of lyric celebrations, somber meditations, accessible narratives, concrete poems, 

and new forms of science fiction. With the dawn of the New Space movement, continued 

interest in Mars, and renewed excitement about returning to the Moon, Beyond Earth’s 

Edge is a giant leap toward bridging poetry and science.

 

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SEEKING VOLUNTEERS FOR THE ICARUS EDITORIAL BOARD

 

Every year, the DPS nominates candidates to the Icarus Editorial Board to serve a

3-year term (more information at leadership/publications/icarus). 

The Editorial Board is consulted by the Icarus Editor and Elsevier occasionally

during the year for various aspects related to the operation of the journal.

 

If you would like to volunteer for one of these positions, please e-mail the Publications
Subcommittee Chair (Ross Beyer, [email protected]) a brief statement to that effect

(no more than three sentences, could be less).  The DPS Publications Subcommittee

will gather and evaluate the submissions, and together with the DPS Committee will

determine which will be brought forward to the Icarus Editor for selection.  We will

let you know the outcome after the Fall Meeting.

 

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JOBS, POSITIONS, OPPORTUNITIES

 

A) PLASKETT FELLOWSHIP 2020
     NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA

https://career17.sapsf.com/sfcareer/jobreqcareer?jobId=10684&company=nationalreP

The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) is seeking a dynamic postdoctoral 

Research Associate to work within one or more of the multiple areas of astronomy

 research within the NRC’s Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Centre 

(NRC-HAA) located in Victoria BC. The chosen candidate would be someone who 

shares our core values of Integrity, Excellence, Respect and Creativity.
 
The successful candidate will be an outstanding recent doctoral graduate in astrophysics 

or another closely related discipline who is highly motivated to engage in scientific projects 

at the NRC’s Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Centre (NRC-HAA).  

Plaskett Fellows undertake leading-edge research activities in the field of astronomy 

and astrophysics. 

The successful candidate will:

• Conduct original research independently and in collaboration with NRC-HAA staff members. 
• Contribute to the scientific exploitation of NRC-HAA resources, particularly, but not limited to, the expertise of scientific and technical staff, and the astronomical facilities and infrastructure administered by NRC-HAA, such as ALMA, CFHT, the Gemini Observatory, the Canadian Astronomy Data Centre (CADC) home to the Canadian Virtual Observatory, the CANFAR cloud computing network, and the instrumentation labs. 
• Engage with the astronomical community to advance NRC-HAA’s mandate to provide astronomical facilities and services to Canadian researchers. NRC-HAA is a leading developer of instrumentation for current and future ground- and space-based telescopes (e.g., ALMA, CFHT, Gemini, JWST, CASTOR, MSE, SKA, and TMT). 
• Share with other postdoctoral research associates the organization of the Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics weekly seminars, which run from September to April. 

 
For background information on the Plaskett fellowship program, please go to: 

https://nrc.canada.ca/en/corporate/careers/plaskett-fellowship 

Information on NRC-HAA staff and their research interests is available at http://astroherzberg.org.

Full details of this position can found here: 

https://career17.sapsf.com/sfcareer/jobreqcareer?jobId=10684&company=nationalreP

 

B) POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER, SCIENCE (VISITING) (GEOCHEMISTRY AND PETROLOGY OF EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATERIALS)

 

The Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI), part of the Universities Space Research 

Association (USRA), invites applications for a postdoctoral fellowship in the area 

of geochemistry and petrology of extraterrestrial materials.

 

The successful candidate will work as part of a team of planetary scientists at NASA 

Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The project is funded by NASA to investigate 

the effect of shock on H mobility in nominally anhydrous minerals and apatite. The work 

will involve impact shock experiments on geological materials, and their analysis by a 

variety of in-situ techniques.  Candidates with a strong background in petrology or 

geochemistry, and preferably experience with H analysis by FTIR or SIMS and shock 

effects and experimental petrology in minerals and meteorites, are encouraged to apply.

 

Completion of the PhD by the beginning of the appointment is required. The position 

would be for one year, with a possible extension to a second year. The candidate must 

be able to pass a detailed government background investigation. Technical questions 

should be addressed to Dr. Anne Peslier ([email protected]). Interested applicants 

should apply to the posting before October 1, 2020 at https://usracareers.silkroad.com/ 

and must submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae with list of publications, a two- to three-

page statement of research interests and plans, and a list of at least three professional 

references. For general information about LPI please go to https://www.lpi.usra.edu/.

 

USRA is an independent, nonprofit research corporation where the combined efforts 

of in-house talent and university-based expertise merge to advance space science and 

technology. USRA works across disciplines including biomedicine, planetary science, 

astrophysics, and engineering and integrates those competencies into applications

 ranging from fundamental research to facility management and operations.

 

USRA is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Minorities / Females / Protected 

Veterans / Disabled / Sexual Orientation / Gender Identity.

 

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Date: Sunday, Oct. 25

Time: 4 pm Eastern, 3 Central, 2 Mountain, 1 Pacific

Duration: ~1 hour

What: Join us for a pre-conference networking and socializing hour where we will have the opportunity to meet people from our disciplines (and others!).  We will have a general discussion of professional development topics, an introduction to the format of the conference, info about virtual jobs board/career center, and a contest for the best virtual background.  A huge thanks(!) to our generous sponsor Southwest Research Institute for supporting this event.  Sign up is required so that we can plan for breakout rooms and send you information/updates about the event.  Please see more details and sign up at https://forms.gle/rshUeRbMEsK4dVUW8.   The deadline to sign up is right before the event (Sunday October 25 at 4 pm Eastern), but if we get too many people, we may have to cap the attendance, so sign up early! (There’s no penalty if you can’t attend). We will update the sign up page according to whether spots are still available.  The telecon link for the event will be sent to all those who sign up and will also be posted on the detailed schedule for the DPS meeting (not the block schedule).  Please do not post the telecon link in a public place.  For any questions please contact Maya Yanez at mdyanez at usc.edu.

Issue 20-43, September 16, 2020

 

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1. THE DPS INVITES APPLICATIONS TO NEW FUND FOR UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY COMMUNITIES IN PLANETARY SCIENCE
2. DPS 2020 STUDENT AND EARLY CAREER RECEPTION

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THE DPS INVITES APPLICATIONS TO NEW FUND FOR UNDERREPRESENTED 

MINORITY COMMUNITIES IN PLANETARY SCIENCE

 

The DPS is offering funds to encourage and support participation of students, scientists, 

and other space professionals who are members of underrepresented racial and ethnic 

groups. In partnership with the National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP), awards 

are available for members of Black/African American, Indigenous, and/or Latinx 

communities to support attendance at the annual DPS meeting and/or the annual NSBP 

meeting. The fund is intended to support some travel (when meetings are in person and 

not virtual) and meeting registration fees, and applicants may also request coverage for 

society membership fees. 

 

Please see this link to apply; the application deadline is October 13, 2020:

content/underrepresented-minority-communities-planetary-science-travel-grant-form

 

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DPS 2020 STUDENT AND EARLY CAREER RECEPTION  

 

Date: Sunday, Oct. 25

Time: 4 pm Eastern, 3 Central, 2 Mountain, 1 Pacific

Duration: ~1 hour

What: Join us for a pre-conference networking and socializing hour where we will 

have the opportunity to meet people from our disciplines (and others!).  We will have 

a general discussion of professional development topics, an introduction to the format 

of the conference, info about virtual jobs board/career center, and a contest for the best 

virtual background.  A huge thanks(!) to our generous sponsor Southwest Research 

Institute for supporting this event.  Sign up is required so that we can plan for breakout 

rooms and send you information/updates about the event.  Please see more details and sign 

up at https://forms.gle/rshUeRbMEsK4dVUW8.   The deadline to sign up is right before 

the event (Sunday October 25 at 4 pm Eastern), but if we get too many people, we may 

have to cap the attendance, so sign up early! (There’s no penalty if you can’t attend). We 

will update the sign up page according to whether spots are still available.  The telecon 

link for the event will be sent to all those who sign up and will also be posted on the detailed 

schedule for the DPS meeting (not the block schedule).  Please do not post the telecon link 

in a public place.  For any questions please contact Maya Yanez at mdyanez at usc.edu.

 

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Issue 20-42, September 13, 2020

 

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1. DECADAL WHITE PAPER ON EXTEDED MISSIONS
2. INTERNATIONAL OBSERVE THE MOON NIGHT IS SEPTEMBER 26TH
3. 2021A NASA IRTF CALL FOR PROPOSALS 
4. ARECIBO OBSERVATORY OBSERVER TRAINING WORKSHOP 
5. JOBS, POSITIONS, OPPORTUNITIES

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DECADAL WHITE PAPER ON EXTENDED MISSIONS

 

Please read and comment: 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DqFleFqZgvi-_FrnA075mp32erGZfSE9svTLQvRrr0k/edit?usp=sharing

Please co-sign: https://forms.gle/q9aoNY4mtB1aWVan9

 

There is a tremendous demonstrated value in Extended Missions. They produce excellent 

science at low incremental cost. Additionally, these missions provide early-career scientists 

opportunities for active mission involvement and experience in leadership roles, thus 

increasing diversity at all levels. However, despite NASA’s best intentions, there are 

aspects of their handling of Extended Missions that have detrimental effects to the success 

of those missions. We recommend several specific actions to be taken to ensure the 

financial stability of EMs, for the benefit to science, and to our community of scientists.

 

This will be an update to the 2016 National Academies report on “Extending Science: 

NASA’s Space Science Mission Extensions and the Senior Review Process”. We plan 

to evaluate the recommendations of that study, provide a reminder of those recommendations 

which have not yet been addressed, and add new recommendations.

 

Contact Ingrid Daubar  and/or 

Ross Beyer  with any questions or comments.

 

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INTERNATIONAL OBSERVE THE MOON NIGHT IS SEPTEMBER 26TH

 

Join us for the 11th Annual International Observe the Moon Night on Saturday, 

September 26th! You are invited to join people around the world to learn about 

lunar science and exploration, take part in celestial observations, and honor cultural 

and personal connections to the Moon. This is also a great event to be a virtual speaker!

 

You can participate in International Observe the Moon Night from wherever you are.

Attend or host a virtual or in-person event, or observe the Moon from home. The 

Moon will be close to first quarter – a great phase for evening observing. 

 

Learn more, register your participation, and find recommended activities, tips and 

resources to host and evaluate events, and much more on the International Observe 

the Moon Night website: moon.nasa.gov/observe.

 

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2021A NASA IRTF CALL FOR PROPOSALS 

 

The due date for the 2021A semester (February 1, 2021 to July 31, 2021) is Thursday, 

October 1, 2020. See our online submission form http://irtfweb.ifa.hawaii.edu/observing/applicationForms.php, 

which is available for proposal submission from 12:00AM on September 01, 2020 until 5:00PM 

on October 01, 2020 HST. Available instruments include: (1) SpeX, a 0.7 – 5.3 micron cross-dispersed 

medium-resolution spectrograph (up to R=2,500) and imager; (2) MORIS, a 512×512 pixel 

Andor CCD camera (60″x60″ field-of-view) mounted at the side-facing window of the 

SpeX cryostat that can be used simultaneously with SpeX; (3) iSHELL, a 1.1 – 5.3 micron 

cross-dispersed echelle spectrograph (up to R=75,000) and imager. Information on available 

facility and visitor instruments and performance can be found at: http://irtfweb.ifa.hawaii.edu/instruments. 

Exposure time calculators for SpeX and iSHELL are available on the respective instrument 

webpages. 

 

Please see http://irtfweb.ifa.hawaii.edu/observing/callForProposals.php for the full text.

 

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ARECIBO OBSERVATORY OBSERVER TRAINING WORKSHOP

The Arecibo Observatory is hosting a free virtual workshop on October 15-16, 2020 

to train future observers. If you intend to venture into or use in your future research

projects single-dish radio or radar astronomy, please check out our page on this event

and register at 

https://www.naic.edu/ao/blog/gboao-single-dish-and-observer-training-workshops-october-13-16-2020

 

This workshop is intended for professionals or students who already have a basic

knowledge of radio astronomy but would like to learn how to use our observatories

to achieve their upcoming science goals.

 

This workshop is advertised jointly with the Green Bank Observatory, who are hosting

their own training workshop just prior to AO’s (October 13-14, 2020). Feel free to sign

up for both (if you intend to use both telescopes), but please register (at the link) for each
separately! The schedule will also be available at the link after we have a better idea of

the interests of our attendees. For now, the topics covered in AO’s Observer Training

Workshop will include talks and hands-on demos of the following topics:

-Interplanetary Scintillation

-Spectral Line Observations

-Pulsar Studies

-Planetary Radar

-Available Astronomy Instrumentation (receivers, backends)

-AO’s new proposal system

-Observing methods, telescope control software, data reduction software

-History of and future plans for Arecibo Observatory

 

Please note that due to the recent structural damage to the telescope we will be using

existing data rather than running live observations. You may find the press release on

the telescope shutdown via 

https://www.ucf.edu/news/broken-cable-damages-arecibo-observatory/.

 

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JOBS, POSITIONS, OPPORTUNITIES

 

A) RESEARCH SCIENTIST, OUTER PLANET MAGNETOSPHERES AND
MOON INTERACTION

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
invites applications for a Research Scientist position in planetary
science, with a focus on research and instrument/mission development in
the areas of magnetospheres, magnetosphere-moon interactions and
astrobiology.

In this position you will conduct planetary science research with a
focus on modeling of magnetospheric charged particle interactions and
other exogenous weathering effects, and applying such results to inform
remote sensing observations and biosignature detection. It is expected
that the successful candidate would develop an independently-funded
research program and would pursue new mission and/or instrument
opportunities focusing on the exploration of habitable environments in
the Solar System, in particular the icy moons of the Ice Giant planets.

This position requires a Ph.D. degree in space physics, planetary
science, planetary physics, or a related field along with expertise in
outer planet magnetospheres and moon-magnetosphere interactions
(ideally Ice Giants).

 

To view the full description and apply, please visit:
http://jpl.jobs/jobs/2020-12409-Research-Science-Outer-Planet-Magnetospheres-and-Moon-Interactions.
Applications received by October 12, 2020, will receive full consideration.

 

B) ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY

 

The Department of Physics at Oklahoma State University invites

applications for a tenure track assistant professor position in

astronomy or planetary sciences. The successful candidate should have a

proven track record of research in their respective area and is

expected to attract extramural research funding, publish scholarly

articles, and teach effectively at the graduate and undergraduate

levels. The successful candidate will also be expected to oversee the

department’s Mendenhall Observatory and coordinate outreach activity at

the site:

https://physics.okstate.edu/research/mendenhall-observatory

 

OSU is a Carnegie-R1 comprehensive public research university committed

to increasing the diversity of its faculty (currently 25% of the

Physics Department faculty are from underrepresented groups). The

Department of Physics welcomes applications from outstanding

candidates, who, through their research, teaching, and/or service will

contribute to the diversity and excellence of the Physics Department. A

Ph.D. in Physics or an allied field is required as well as the promise

of excellence in teaching and the ability to mentor underrepresented

students. 

 

An appointment at the Assistant Professor level is expected with a

start date of August 17, 2021. Review of applications will begin on

January 4, 2021 and will continue until the position is filled.

 

Apply at: 

https://apply.interfolio.com/77415

 

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Issue 20-41, September 2, 2020

 

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1. #DPS2020 BLOCK SCHEDULE AND REGISTRATION
2. DPS DEPENDENT CARE GRANTS
3. NEXT EXOPAG SIG3 TUTORIAL
4. WHITE PAPERS ON DEIA TOPICS IN RESPONSE TO THE REQUEST FOR COMMUNITY INPUT INTO THE 2023-2032 PLANETARY SCIENCE AND ASTROBIOLOGY DECADAL SURVEY
5. JOBS, POSITIONS, OPPORTUNITIES

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#DPS2020 BLOCK SCHEDULE AND REGISTRATION

 

https://aas.org/meetings/dps52

 

Abstract authors will be notified about presentation details next week.

 

Don’t forget to register for #DPS2020! Registration will be open throughout the meeting 

until 30 October, and the deadline for presenters to register is 5 October. For the best 

meeting experience, we recommend registering before 19 October to watch prerecorded 

talks prior to the live topical discussions, which begin on 26 October.

 

In additional to an exciting science program that includes live discussions of pre-recorded 

talks and iPosters, along with ongoing asynchronous topical discussions on Slack, DPS 

attendees can look forward to these events during DPS week:

 

• Decadal Survey townhall

• NASA-NSF townhall

• Career center

• Planetary science art fair

• Student & early career reception

• Daily Science Chats: informal discussions of topics from that day’s sessions. Interactions 

between early career and more senior scientists will be encouraged.

• Women in Planetary Science discussion hour 

• Open mic night

• Social hours and games

 

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DPS 2020 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 participation by

offsetting dependent care costs (such as childcare, elder care, spousal care, etc) at the

meeting location, or at home, during the DPS conference week. This includes dependent

care expenses needed to allow attendance and participation in the 2020 virtual DPS meeting.

The DPS Professional Development Subcommittee will accept applications for dependent

care subsidies to assist an eligible DPS member to participate in the 2020 DPS Meeting.

The initial submission deadline is Monday, September 14, 2020.  The review of submissions

will begin Tuesday September 15; however, further requests will be accepted and reviewed,
funding and eligibility permitting.

 

Please access the grant application form at development#grants .

 

Mark Gurwell, DPS Professional Development Subcommittee member

 

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NEXT EXOPAG SIG3 TUTORIAL

 

The next ExoPAG SIG3 Exoplanet-Solar System Synergy Tutorial Talk will be given by

Prof. Nancy Chanover, who will provide an introduction to the Planetary Data System Atmospheres
Node for those who might be considering using the PDS for exoplanet science.  

 

These tutorial talks are aimed at introducing field newcomers to important topics or methods

in planetary and exoplanetary science.  They typically include a 30 minute tutorial from an

expert to introduce the topic, followed by a 30 minute group discussion of a recent paper in
which the topic/method features.  The details for Nancy’s talk are listed below:

 

Date/Time:  Sept 10th at 11am PDT / 2pm EDT

 

Zoom Link:  https://washington.zoom.us/j/95177555751?pwd=UGZ0bnMyZVVNbmptcmZmZm1adWJkZz09

 

Speaker:  Nancy Chanover, Professor of Astronomy, New Mexico State University

Title:  How to Leverage NASA’s Planetary Data System Atmospheres Node for Exoplanet Science

 

Abstract:  The NASA Planetary Data System Atmospheres Node is charged with archiving
atmospheric data from NASA’s solar system missions, as well as ground-based observations,
laboratory experiments and analog field measurements conducted in support of NASA’s missions.
In this presentation I will provide a brief overview of the PDS Atmospheres Node data archive and
discuss its relevance to the exoplanet atmospheric science community. I will also briefly discuss
nomenclature issues that might be confusing to first-time users and point to PDS-based resources
to help interpret them. Finally, I will discuss a paper (Elrod et al. 2018) that illustrates the use of
data archived at the PDS Atmospheres Node for understanding the role that solar activity plays
in driving atmospheric escape on Mars.

Paper for Discussion:  Elrod et al. (2018), GRL, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL077729

 

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WHITE PAPERS ON DEIA TOPICS IN RESPONSE TO THE REQUEST FOR
COMMUNITY INPUT INTO THE 2023-2032 PLANETARY SCIENCE AND
ASTROBIOLOGY DECADAL SURVEY

 

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) efforts within the Planetary

Science community have become a focus point of several NASA Assessment/Analysis

Groups (AGs). The EDI Working Group (WG) was formed by the AGs and its steering
committee consists of members of each AG steering committee and several affinity

groups.  The WG has helped gather community input in the form of a series of

Professional White Papers (WPs) in preparation for the Planetary Science and

Astrobiology Decadal Survey (Planetary2023). These WPs will be submitted by

their individual authors in support of the Planetary2023’s Statement of Task Part 9:

The state of the profession including issues of diversity, inclusion, equity, and accessibility,

the creation of safe workspaces, and recommended policies and practices to improve

the state of the profession. Where possible, provide specific, actionable and practical
recommendations to the agencies and community to address these areas.

 

Link to the Table of DEIA WPs for Planetary2023:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1t5hpGpVIWokwaymDITyMaYAVWJ4viFTsXDJVwTQb9gQ/edit?usp=sharing

We request that the planetary science community read and consider each of these

important WPs. The WPs each have links for individual co-signatures. Again, the

intention of this table is to amplify the priority of each of these WPs, as the topic of

State of the Profession is a high priority for the entire planetary science community.

Note that the State of the Profession deadline is September 15th, 2020, so individual
endorsements and co-signatures before that time are encouraged.

If you are the author of a DEIA-related white paper not on our spreadsheet and you’d

like to be included, please contact both of the WG Co-Chairs, Moses Milazzo
([email protected]) and Christina Richey ([email protected])

as soon as possible.

 

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JOBS, POSITIONS, OPPORTUNITIES

 

A) ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OPENING – MIT/EAPS

 

The Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS) at the 

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Cambridge, Massachusetts invites 

applications for a tenure-track faculty position in the broad area of Planetary Science. 

We seek an outstanding scientist with interest in and potential for innovation and 

leadership in planetary science that complements and/or expands the Department’s 

expertise. EAPS is an academic community of approximately 40 faculty, 100 research 

staff (including postdocs), and 180 students, who together form leading research 

programs on all aspects of Earth, planetary, geo-biological, and ocean, atmospheric, 

and climate sciences, some of which reside within the MIT WHOI Joint Program. 

EAPS is committed to academic excellence and to fostering a diverse, equitable, and 

inclusive environment. We seek candidates who have both the potential and strong 

commitment for innovation and leadership in teaching and mentoring undergraduate 

and graduate students, and share the Principles of our Community.

A complete application includes a cover letter, curriculum vitae, a 1- to 2- page statement 

on research and one on teaching and mentoring, and three letters of recommendation.  

Recognizing that educational experiences of all students are enhanced when the diversity 

of their backgrounds is acknowledged and valued, we ask candidates to articulate (in 

the teaching and mentoring statement, and, as appropriate, in the cover letter or research 

statement) their views on inclusivity and equity as they pertain to teaching, mentorship, 

research, and service.

  

Applicants must hold a Ph.D. in planetary science, astronomy/astrophysics, or other 

related field by the start of employment. Our intent is to hire at the assistant professor 

level, but moresenior appointments may also be considered. Applications are being 

accepted at Academic Jobs Online: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/16642

To receive full consideration, complete applications must be received by November 1, 2020.

 

Search Contact: Ms. Karen Fosher, HR Administrator, EAPS, 54-924

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, 

email: [email protected]

 

MIT is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive 

consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, 

color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, age, genetic information, 

veteran status, ancestry, or national or ethnic origin.

 

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