n this newsletter:
- Updates on the Status of the 2022 SHINE workshop.
- Visiting Research Scientific Position in Heliophysics at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
- Inaugural NASA Sounding Rocket Symposium – August 17-19, 2022 at Wallops Flight Facility, VA.
- NSF Program Director for Aeronomy (closing date extended)
- Frontiers special issue on “Solar Wind Magnetosphere Interaction”
- [Live May 3-16] Visiting Research Scientist Position in Heliophysics at NASA MSFC
- Second Announcement on Space Climate 8: Climate in Space and on Earth, September 19-22, 2022 in Krakow, Poland
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-Sunday, June 25-26
The GEM-SHINE joint meeting will be held Saturday and Sunday June 25 and 26 at the Alohilani Resort, before SHINE and after GEM. Tentative times for the GEM-SHINE sessions will be 8:30 am – 12:15 pm with the Saturday and Sunday afternoons free. Session topics will be announced as they are developed.
The GEM-SHINE team is Yihua Zheng, Lynn Wilson, Sarah Vines, Nicky Viall, Gang Li, Alex Glocer, and Joe Borovsky
Student Day: June 26, 2022
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: June 3, 2022
Childcare Grant Program: deadline with early registration
Deadline for Student financial support applications: April 1, 2022
2. Visiting Research Scientific Position in Heliophysics at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
The NASA Marshall solar physics group has an opening for a visiting research scientist within the Hinode Project Office. This position will support a wide range of Heliophysics research activities and provide the selected individual with experience in Project Science duties. Individuals with experience in solar and/or Heliophysics research at *all* career levels are encouraged to apply. Mission-related assignments will be commensurate with skill level and may include mission management activities, reviews, science support, and coordination of activities with domestic and international partners.
This position is for a term US Government Civil Servant with an initial employment period of 2 years with the possibility of renewal up to 6 years. Applicants are required to be US citizens. If selected, telework or remote work options may be explored.
Applications will be solicited in April through USAJobs (https://usajobs.gov) and can be found by searching with keyword NASA and location of Huntsville, Alabama. Applications are only accepted through the USAJobs portal and will only be open for one week. Candidates are encouraged to create a USAJobs profile in advance to populate their resume and may also subscribe to USAJobs email alerts.
For more information or for the direct link when the position goes live, contact David.E.McKenzie@nasa.gov and/or Sabrina.Savage@nasa.gov.
3. Inaugural NASA Sounding Rocket Symposium, August 17-19, 2022 at Wallops Flight Facility, VA.
We are pleased to announce the inaugural NASA Sounding Rocket Symposium to be held August 17-19, 2022 at the Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia. This 2.5-day event will be held in person, with virtual participation accommodated during the oral sessions. This is an opportunity for both new and experienced scientists and engineers interested and involved in sounding rockets across all disciplines — Astrophysics, Solar, and Geospace — to come together and share ideas and experiences focused on this unique research platform. The symposium will be preceded (August 16) by a meeting of the NASA Sounding Rocket Working Group at Wallops, to which community members are welcome to attend. Details of the SR Symposium and SRWG meeting will be forthcoming.
Contacts:
Sabrina Savage, MSFC, Symposium Organizer (sabrina.savage@nasa.gov);
Rob Pfaff, GSFC, SR Project Scientist (robert.f.pfaff@nasa.gov);
4. NSF Program Director for Aeronomy (closing date extended)
The National Science Foundation is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Program Director in the Aeronomy Program, within the Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences (AGS), Directorate for Geosciences (GEO), Alexandria, VA.
The responsibilities of the Aeronomy Program Director include, but are not limited to, the administration of the merit review process and proposal recommendations, long-range planning and budget development for the Aeronomy Program, and coordination and liaison with other NSF programs, other Federal agencies, and stakeholder organizations.
Applicants must have a Ph.D. in Atmospheric or Geospace Sciences, plus after award of the Ph.D., six or more years of successful research, research administration, and/or management experience pertinent to the position.
The position is available either as a permanent federal employee or a temporary (rotator) appointment. The full position announcement is available on USAJobs at
https://www.usajobs.gov/job/644692400 for permanent and
https://www.usajobs.gov/job/644694000 for temporary rotator.
The position will remain open until May 20, 2022.
Questions about the position can be directed to: Alan Liu, Section Head for Geospace Science, email: zhualiu@nsf.gov
Alan Liu, PhD
Section Head, Geospace
Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences
National Science Foundation
(703) 292-7051 | zhualiu@nsf.gov
5. Frontiers special issue: “Solar Wind Magnetosphere Interaction”
As a follow-on to the August 30 – September 16 2021 virtual workshop “Solar Wind Magnetosphere Interaction”, the special issue of Frontiers has been created and is now open for paper submissions. The special issue is open to the entire community. The special issue can be viewed at
https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/30810/solar-wind—magnetosphere-interaction
The submission deadline has been extended to June 30, 2022.
The special issue accepts original research articles, reviews, mini-reviews, perspective articles, opinion articles, etc. The list of article types appears here
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/astronomy-and-space-sciences/sections/space-physics#article-types
Special-issue submission can be made to either Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences or Frontiers in Physics.
If you need any more info, contact us.
Thanks,
Simon Wing
Olga Khabarova
Lauri Holappa
Joe Borovsky
Simon Wing
240-228-8075
simon.wing@jhuapl.edu
6. [Live May 3-16] Visiting Research Scientist Position in Heliophysics at NASA MSFC
The NASA Marshall solar physics group has an opening for a visiting research scientist within the Hinode Project Office. This position will support a wide range of Heliophysics research activities and provide the selected individual with experience in Project Science duties. Individuals with experience in solar and/or Heliophysics research at *all* career levels are encouraged to apply. Mission-related assignments will be commensurate with skill level and may include mission management activities, reviews, science support, and coordination of activities with domestic and international partners.
This position is for a term US Government Civil Servant with an initial employment period of 2 years with the possibility of renewal up to 6 years. Applicants are required to be US citizens. If selected, telework or remote work options may be explored.
Applications will be accepted May 3 – 16 through USAJobs (https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/651110000) and can also be found by searching with keyword NASA and location of Huntsville, Alabama. Applications are only accepted through the USAJobs portal and will only be open for one week. Candidates are encouraged to create a USAJobs profile in advance to populate their resume and may also subscribe to USAJobs email alerts.
For more information, contact
David.E.McKenzie@nasa.gov and/or
Sabrina.Savage@nasa.gov.
7. Second Announcement on Space Climate 8: Climate in Space and on Earth, September 19-22, 2022 in Krakow, Poland
NOTE: Deadline for oral abstracts extended until May 31, 2022
Dear Colleagues and Friends!
Space Climate 8: Climate in Space and on Earth will be held in Krakow, Poland, on September 19-22, 2022. This will be an on-site only meeting.
Details on venue, registration, scientific program, accommodation etc., can be found at the meeting web site: https://spaceclimate8.uph.edu.pl/.
For questions related to the meeting, please contact: spaceclimate8@uph.edu.pl.
Important deadlines:
Abstract deadline for oral contributions (Extended): 31.05.2022
Abstract deadline for poster contributions: 30.06.2022
Early bird registration deadline: 31.05.2022
The objective of Space Climate is to better understand the long-term variation of solar activity, and its impacts in the heliosphere, including the Earth’s space environment, atmosphere and climate.
Sessions and Conveners:
Solar and stellar dynamo as a driver of space climate, Kristof Petrovay
Long-term solar activity, Andres Munoz-Jaramillo
Special solar-terrestrial events and extremes, Hugh Hudson
Solar photosphere and chromosphere, Robertus von Fay-Siebenburgen
Solar corona, Pete Riley
Solar wind and heliospheric magnetic field, Nat Gopalswamy
Solar wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere interaction, Hanna Rothkaehl
Total and spectral irradiance, Natalie Krivova
Solar influence on atmosphere and climate: Particle effects, Miriam Sinnhuber
Solar TSI/SSI effects to ground and stratosphere, Bernd Funke
Solar effects to upper atmosphere, Martin Mlynczak
Solar effects to troposphere, Radan Huth
Invited speakers include Nicolas Brehm, Theodosios Chatzistergos, Sandip Dhomse, Mausumi Dikpati, Annika Drews, Lynn Harvey, Hiyashi Hayakawa, Marianna Korsós, Jiajia Liu, Fusa Miyake, Michał Ostrowski, Kristell Perot, Liying Qian, Erik Richard, Sami Solanki, Shin Toriumi, Jose Vaquero.
We have a great pleasure to invite you to Space Climate 8 in Krakow!
Agnieszka Gil, Kalevi Mursula, Ilya Usoskin and Paul Charbonneau
On behalf of SOC and LOC