In this newsletter:
- Updates on the Status of the 2022 SHINE workshop
- MEETING: Parker Two – Second Annual Parker Solar Probe Conference, June 21-24, 2022
- MagNetUS Meeting: 1st Announcement
- Solar Orbiter school 2022 in Sète (France), May 30- June 3, 2022
- Postdoctoral positions in Outer Heliosphere Data Analysis and Instrumentation at Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Postdoctoral Researcher positions (2-3) at NASA/GSFC – Geospace Physics Laboratory
1. Status on the SHINE 2022 workshop
Workshop Dates: June 27 to July 1, 2022 (back-to-back with GEM)
Joint GEM-SHINE Day: Saturday, June 25
Student Day: TBD
Location: Alohilani Resort Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, HI
Registration Fee: $550 Early Bird/ $600 Regular Registration (Students – apply for financial aid first and receive confirmation before registering; you will need information in the confirmation email to waive your registration fee.)
Early Bird Registration Deadline: May 15, 2022 by midnight at the end of the day
Late Registration Starts: May 16, 2022
Deadline for abstract submission: May 15, 2022
Childcare Grant Program: deadline with early registration
Deadline for Student financial support applications: April 1, 2022
2. MEETING: Parker Two – Second Annual Parker Solar Probe Conference, June 21-24, 2022
Parker Two – Second Annual Parker Solar Probe Conference (http://parkerseries.jhuapl.edu/), June 21-24, 2022, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), Laurel, Maryland, USA — Second Announcement
The NASA Parker Solar Probe (PSP) mission, which launched on August 12, 2018, is currently reaching perihelia as low as 13.3 solar radii. This unprecedented proximity to the solar corona has now allowed us to observe the sub-Alfvénic solar wind and address key aspects of the mission’s main science objectives:
(1) Trace the flow of energy that heats and accelerates the solar corona and solar wind;
(2) Determine the structure and dynamics of the plasma and magnetic fields at the sources of the solar wind; and
(3) Explore mechanisms that accelerate and transport energetic particles.
The second annual Parker Solar Probe community workshop, Parker Two, will be a hybrid meeting from June 21 – 24, 2022 with an in-person component at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, MD, and an online component using Zoom. The meeting will highlight discoveries from the first eleven encounters of the Parker Solar Probe mission. Abstracts from the solar, heliospheric, and plasma physics communities involving relevant theory, simulations, data analysis, and coordinated observations with ground and other space-based observatories are encouraged. Presentation formats will include poster, oral, and splinter sessions.
Invited Speakers (Confirmed):
Marco Velli (UCLA)
Nicki Viall (NASA/GSFC)
Ronan Laker (UCL)
Anna Tenerani (UT Austin)
Jaye Verniero (NASA/GSFC)
Erika Palmerio (Predictive Science)
Christina Cohen (CalTech)
Russ Howard (APL)
3. MagNetUS Meeting: 1st Announcement
The MagNetUS program committee is pleased to announce the second annual MagNetUS meeting to be held June 7-10, 2022. This hybrid meeting is open for anyone to attend either virtually or in person. The in-person component will be held at The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, VA. The purpose of this meeting is (1) to spotlight exciting research in and adjacent to the MagNetUS community and (2) to foster and maintain collaborations in basic magnetized plasma research.
Intended participants include anyone researching the basic science of magnetized plasmas. More specifically, this could include, but is not limited to, those using spacecraft data, simulationists, theoreticians, and those working with experiments ranging from collaborative research facilities (BaPSF, WiPPL, MPRL, and Frontier experiments on DIII-D) to single-PI college and university-scale labs. Members of the HED, LTP, and fusion plasma communities are encouraged to participate with an eye toward developing potentially collaborative projects for magnetized midscale facilities.
The program committee especially encourages abstracts and white papers from anyone interested in forming new collaborations or becoming a new user at one of the collaborative research facilities (BaPSF, WiPPL, MPRL, and Frontier experiments on DIII-D). In addition to sessions highlighting existing research, workshop-style sessions will be held so that prospective collaborators can present open questions and discuss how future efforts could be used to complement ongoing research.
At this time, we ask for an indication of interest using this form. In the coming weeks, we will invite abstracts and white papers from the MagNetUS community and those indicating interest in the meeting. Abstracts will be for presenting completed or on-going research. White paper presentations will propose future research efforts to solicit discussion and/or collaboration.
Sincerely,
Jim Schroeder, Wheaton College, MagNetUS Program Committee Chair
Program Committee Members
Mel Abler, Space Science Institute
Jimmy Juno, PPPL
Eva Kostadinova, Auburn University
Emily Lichko, University of Arizona
Saskia Mordijck, College of William and Mary
Joe Olson, University of Wisconsin-Madison
David Schaffner, Bryn Mawr College
4. Solar Orbiter School 2022, Sète (France), May 30-June 3, 2022
This is a reminder that the Solar Orbiter school will be held in Sète (France) from May 30th to June 3rd 2022.
*The deadline for the registration is on March 31st. *
*Overview and objectives*:
The exploitation of the ESA Solar Orbiter mission will shape the activity of the international heliophysics community for the years to come. Its success will depend on our ability to combine in situ and remote sensing data. This school, to be held in on the Mediterranean coast town of Sète, will provide training to young scientists in using the extremely various datasets and the tools specifically developed to analyze them. It targets an international audience primarily composed of PhD students and junior postdoctoral researchers.
It will provide short presentations of the mission instruments and first results, hands-on activities for data analyses (including SunPy), as well as sessions for presentation by students. The school is organised by the French community, but is open to everyone.
*Registration*:
Registrations will be open until March 31st when we will reassess the situation regarding the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. If the school is maintained at this point in time, successful applicants will be notified early April.
For more information about the program and updates see:
https://solarorbiter.sciencesconf.org
SOC/LOC:
Miho Janvier (IAS), Matthieu Kretzschmar (LPC2E), Nicolas André (IRAP),
Frédéric Auchère (IAS), Éric Buchlin (IAS), Alexis Rouillard (IRAP)
Contact: solarorbiter@sciencesconf.org
5. Postdoctoral positions in Outer Heliosphere Data Analysis and Instrumentation at Los alamos National Laboratory
The Space Science and Applications Group (ISR-1) seeks candidates for one or more postdoctoral positions in the observational study of Energetic Neutral Atoms (ENAs) and/or instrumentation development for future heliophysics missions.
The Space Science and Applications Group leads the IBEX-Hi instrument on the ongoing Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) mission and is leading two instruments for the upcoming Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) mission, which will launch in 2025. Our group has also recently lead instruments on the Van Allen Probes, ACE and TWINS missions, as well as plasma instruments deployed to space for verification of international nuclear treaties.
The successful candidates for these positions will be expected to carry out original research in the observational study of IBEX ENA data, and/or support the development and calibration of instrumentation for the IMAP mission and for other current and future NASA and National Security missions. Applicants should have experience in heliospheric science (magnetospheres, solar wind, outer heliosphere, etc.) and/or laboratory experience broadly applicable to developing hardware for the detection of space plasmas. The selected candidate will have the opportunity to interact with Laboratory scientists engaged in a broad range of observational, computational, and theoretical research in heliophysics.
These are two-year positions with the possibility of an extension to a third year. Applicants should have a doctoral degree in Physics, Space Physics, Astronomy, Engineering, or a closely related field at the time of employment. Applicants should send their applications electronically (https://lanl.jobs, posting IRC100796) including a CV, a publication list, and statement of research interests. Applicants are encouraged to contact Dan Reisenfeld (dreisenfeld at lanl.gov) regarding the expectations of the positions, possible research topics, and other questions related to the application.
6. Postdoctoral Researcher positions (2-3) at NASA/GSFC – Geospace Physics Laboratory.
The Geospace Physics Laboratory (Code 673) at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center will be filling 2-3 Postdoctoral Researcher positions in support of the Laboratory’s research and flight projects. These positions will focus on the development and data analysis of ion and electron spectrometers, high frequency (HF) wave receivers for sounding rockets, and miniaturized Cubesat magnetometers. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to select from a variety of topics in the 673 portfolio, including: orbital drag, magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling, auroral ionosphere studies combining in-situ particle and fields data with ground based imaging of the aurora, sounding rocket and Cubesat flight projects, magnetospheric research with data from the Fast Plasma Investigation (FPI) on the Magnetospheric MultiScale mission (MMS), solar wind and magnetosphere interactions, and integration and testing of our instruments currently being built for the Lunar Gateway. Successful candidates will have the opportunity to work on primarily supporting either our research analysis efforts or our instrumentation efforts, but we encourage the development of our Postdoctoral Researchers in both areas depending on their individual interests. There will be frequent opportunities for laboratory work (calibration of particles and fields instruments) and field work (such as integration and launch in locations other than Goddard) in support of our sounding rocket, Cubesat and orbital projects.
The initial appointment is for 12 months, renewable to 2 years, subject to meeting performance standards, and will be through one of the six member institutions of the Partnership for Heliospheric and Space Environment Research (PHaSER, https://physics.catholic.edu/faculty- and-research/phaser/). These include The Catholic University of America, University of Maryland Baltimore County, University of Maryland College Park, George Mason University, Howard University, and Universities Space Research Association.
A PhD in Space Physics or a related field is required. Strong data analysis skills, good communication and organization skills, and laboratory and field experience are strongly desired.
Successful candidates will be working closely with Drs Marilia Samara, Barbara Giles, Eftyhia Zesta, Robert Michell and Dan Gershman, and will have the opportunity to be involved in the missions outlined above.
Please contact Dr Eftyhia Zesta (eftyhia.zesta@nasa.gov) or Dr Marilia Samara (Marilia.samara@nasa.gov) to discuss these opportunities and address any inquiries.
To apply, please submit the following by May 22, 2022:
1. A cover letter describing background, qualifications, scientific interests, and experience relevant to the position (no more than two pages)
2. A full curriculum vitae (CV) – detailing education, research experience, publications, awards, software experience and other skills.
3. Contact information for three professional references
Please submit all documents, preferably in a single pdf file, to cua-physics@cua.edu, with the subject line ‘Geospace Physics Laboratory Postdoc Application’. The appointment start date will be determined by mutual agreement with the successful candidate and can be initiated immediately after selection.
Position open to U. S. citizens, residents, and foreign nationals from non-designated countries.
All PHaSER institutions are Equal Opportunity Employers.