[HeliosphereNews] Heliosphere News - February 4, 2020

Tue Feb 4 11:13:27 EST 2020

Heliosphere News - February 4, 2020

http://heliospherenews.unh.edu/

A newsletter devoted to Heliospheric Science.

Editor: Nathan Schwadron (nschwadron at unh.edu) Co-Editor: Mihir Desai (mdesai at swri.edu) Co-Editor: Eric Zirnstein (ejz at princeton.edu) Co-Editor: Merav Opher (mopher at bu.edu) Co-Editor: Nick Pogorelov (np0002 at uah.edu)

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1. MEETING: The 19th Annual International Astrophysics Conference will be held in Santa Fe, New Mexico, March 9 - 13, 2020

2. MEETING: EGU General Assembly 2020 in Vienna, Austria, May 3-8 2020
- ST1.1 Open Session on the Sun and Heliosphere
- ST1.2 Multi-spacecraft Measurements in the Inner Heliosphere on Various Scales
- ST1.6 Advancing the Understanding of the Heliosphere and the Very Local Interstellar Medium with IMAP

3. MEETING: 15-th International Conference on Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows (ASTRONUM-2020), Pasadena, CA, July 20-24, 2020. Registration is now open. Housing is available.

4. MEETING: SCOSTEP's 15th Quadrennial Solar-Terrestrial Physics Symposium (STP-15), Alibag, India, February 21-25, 2022

5. MEETING: COSPAR Scientific Assembly, 15-22 August, 2020. Abstract submission deadline is February 14, 2020.

6. MEETING: The SHINE Conference, 13-17 July, 2020, Honolulu, HI

7. ANNOUNCEMENT: First release of PSP science data
- First release of level 2 PSP-ISOIS science data
- First release of level 2 PSP-FIELDS science data
- First release of level 2 PSP-WISPR science data
- First release of level 2 PSP-SWEAP science data

8. ANNOUNCEMENT: ISOIS Data Visualization Toolkit is Publicly Available

9. INVITATION: PSP FIELDS and SWEAP weekly telecons

10. JOB OPPORTUNITY: NSF Supported Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Solar Physics and Astro-informatics at Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA

11. JOB OPPORTUNITY: Job Opening at the Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, USA

12. JOB OPPORTUNITY: Postdoctoral, Early-Career Staff, and Mid-Career Staff Positions at Los Alamos National Laboratory

13. JOB OPPORTUNITY: Research Chair in Space Weather at South African National Space Agency (SANSA) in South Africa

14. JOB OPPORTUNITY: Postdoctoral Research Position in Space Physics at Princeton University

15. JOB OPPORTUNITY: Assistant Professor Position in the Department of Space Science at the University of Alabama in Huntsville

16. JOB OPPORTUNITY: NASA Heliophysics Division is Hiring IPA Program Scientists

17. JOB OPPORTUNITY: Postdoctoral Position in the Department of Astronomy at the University of Maryland, College Park

18. JOB OPPORTUNITY: Postdoctoral Research Position in Space Physics at Florida Institute of Technology

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1. MEETING: The 19th Annual International Astrophysics Conference will be held in Santa Fe, New Mexico, March 9 - 13, 2020. (Welcome Reception and Evening Registration begins Sunday, March 8).

The theme of the meeting will be "From the Sun's Atmosphere to the Edge of the Galaxy: A Story of Connections" and will follow the same format as before with 25-minute presentations punctuated by selected 40-minute invited talks that will explore various themes in greater detail.

The oldest and the newest heliospheric space missions are distinguished by being the farthest and closest human-made objects ever to the Sun. Plunging into the depths of the atmosphere of the Sun, the Parker Solar Probe, launched in August 12, 2018, has completed the first three closest encounter passes to the Sun, edging closer and closer with each orbit. The venerable Voyager 1 spacecraft, launched in 1977, entered the very local interstellar medium on 25 August 2012 and at ~141 astronomical units from the Sun is now further from the Earth than any other human-made object. Voyager 2, following suit, likewise entered the interstellar medium on 5 November 2018.

It is astonishing that, since the start of the space age in October 1957, humankind is now reaching for the stars and reaching into a star itself.

Despite the immense distance separating the Voyager spacecraft from the Sun, the Sun's influence is still felt in the immensely cold distant very local interstellar medium. This conference will address the connected story of how the Sun and interstellar medium collectively shape their environment.

Conference Website: www.icnsmeetings.com/conference/19thannual/index.html

E-mail inquiries about the meeting should be directed to Gary Zank at garyp.zank at gmail.com or icnsmeetings at gmail.com

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2. MEETING: EGU General Assembly 2020 in Vienna, Austria, May 3-8 2020

Meeting details can be found at https://www.egu2020.eu/

The abstract submission site is open. The deadline for all submissions is Wednesday, 15 January 2020, 13:00 CET. Abstracts will not be accepted for review after this date.

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ST1.1 Open Session on the Sun and Heliosphere

This session traditionally provides a forum for the discussion of all aspects of solar and heliospheric physics. Popular topics have included solar cycle dependencies of the Sun, solar wind and heliosphere, Coronal Mass Ejection research, studies of energetic particles throughout the heliosphere, and the outer boundaries of the heliosphere. We encourage contributions related to all ongoing and planned space missions, to ground-based experiments and to theoretical research. Papers presenting ideas for future space missions and experiments are very welcome in this session. The session will consist of both oral and poster presentations.

Conveners: Manuela Temmer, Olga Malandraki, Andre Galli

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ST1.2 Multi-spacecraft Measurements in the Inner Heliosphere on Various Scales

Much of our knowledge about the large-scale structure and variations of the solar wind, interplanetary magnetic field (IMF), transients (coronal mass ejections, shocks) and energetic particles in the inner heliosphere (< 2 AU) was gained from multi-spacecraft in-situ measurements, especially from missions such as Helios and STEREO as well as conjunctions between spacecraft at various planets. We have also gained some knowledge of structures and variability in the interplanetary space associated with turbulence, waves and instabilities on much smaller scales thanks to ACE, Wind and ARTEMIS as well as MMS, while their properties on intermediate (meso) scales is yet mostly unknown. The aim of this session is to discuss progress in our understanding of CMEs, CIRs, shocks, SEPs, the IMF and solar wind made thanks to multi-spacecraft measurements on various scales ranging from a fraction of an earth radius to 1 AU and the way forward. This session invites abstracts related to analyses and simulations of multi-spacecraft measurements in the inner heliosphere. It is especially interested in in-situ measurements made possible by STEREO (which will be within 60 degrees of the Sun-Earth line by the end of 2020), Solar Probe, Solar Orbiter and missions near L1, planetary missions (MESSENGER, BepiColombo, MAVEN) as well as future missions, concepts and instrumentation to investigate the various scales in interplanetary space.

Conveners: Harald Kucharek, Charles Farrugia, Benoit Lavraud, Noe Lugaz, Alessandro Retino

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ST1.6 Advancing the Understanding of the Heliosphere and the Very Local Interstellar Medium with IMAP

The Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) is a future space mission dedicated to study the interaction of the solar wind with the interstellar medium and the acceleration of energetic particles. These two topics are crucial for understanding the coupling between the inner and the outer heliosphere. With discoveries of the past (e.g., Mariner, Pioneers, Ulysses) and the present (e.g., Voyager, SOHO/SWAN, IBEX) heliospheric missions our understanding of the heliosphere, its boundary regions, as well as the Very Local Interstellar Medium (VLISM) still expands. Many methods and techniques have developed to study the heliosphere and its interstellar neighbourhood. The boundaries regions of the heliosphere are probed directly by the two Voyager spacecraft and their investigation is accessible by remote observations of the energetic neutral atoms (ENAs), interstellar neutral (ISN) gas, pickup ions (PUIs), cosmic rays, and heliospheric backscattered ultraviolet emission by instruments in the Earth's vicinity.

The processes in the inner and the outer heliosphere comprise a complex system to investigate the shape and size of the heliosphere, the plasma flow in the inner and outer heliosheath, as well as the magnetic field, the composition, and the ionization state of the VLISM. This session is dedicated to contributions advancing the understanding of the heliosphere and its interaction with VLISM, this includes theory development, modelling, analysis of data from past and present space missions, and preparations for future heliospheric missions like, e.g., IMAP.

Conveners: Justyna Sokol, Andre Galli, Olga Katushkina

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3. MEETING: 15-th International Conference on Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows (ASTRONUM-2020), Pasadena, CA, July 20-24, 2020.

Maison de la Simulation (CEA/CNRS/UPS/UVSQ), France will organize ASTRONUM-2020 the 15th International Conference on Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows in Pasadena, CA, USA, on 20?24 July, 2020.

The conference will be structured around invited, 40-minute keynote and 25-minute regular talks, and a limited number of contributed talks, with the attempt to have no parallel sessions. The conference web site will soon be established to provide you with useful information about the conference venue, registration, and means of transportation, etc. E-mail inquiries about the meeting should be directed to Nikolai dot Pogorelov at uah dot edu and Edouard dot Audit at cea dot fr.

Program Committee: Tahar Amari (CNRS Ecole Polytechnique, France), Edouard Audit (CEA, Maison de la Simulation, France, co-chair), Amitava Bhattacharjee (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, USA), Phillip Colella (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA), Jon Linker (Predictive Science Inc., USA), Anthony Mezzacappa (University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA), Ewald M?ller (Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics, Garching, Germany), Nikolai Pogorelov (University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA, chair), Kazunari Shibata (Kyoto University, Japan), James Stone (Princeton University, USA), and Gary P. Zank (University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA).

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4. MEETING: SCOSTEP's 15th Quadrennial Solar-Terrestrial Physics Symposium (STP-15), Alibag, India, February 21-25, 2022

We are happy to announce that the SCOSTEP's 15th Quadrennial Solar-Terrestrial Physics Symposium (STP-15) will be held at Alibag, India, on February 21-25, 2022.

The Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics (SCOSTEP) organizes the Solar-Terrestrial Physics (STP) symposium once every four years. SCOSTEP is engaged in three major activities: long-term scientific programs, capacity building and public outreach. The scientific programs are of interdisciplinary nature involving scientists from around the world. They are designed to advance our understanding of the solar-terrestrial relationship using space- and ground-based observations, cutting-edge models and theory. Under what ways the Sun affects the Earth and its environment over various time scales is the underlying theme of the scientific programs pursued under SCOSTEP. Having addressed the variability component during the recently concluded Variability of the Sun and its Terrestrial Impact (VarSITI) program, the new program of SCOSTEP, Predictability of the variable Solar-Terrestrial Coupling (PRESTO, 2020-2024, http://www.issibj.ac.cn/Publications/Forum_Reports/201404/W020190620592906717714.pdf), address the predictability component of those phenomena that have impact on the Sun-Earth system as a whole in various time scales.

The STP-15 will aim to gather eminent scientists from solar, magnetospheric, ionospheric and atmospheric physics communities to discuss and deliberate on the cutting-edge sciences pertaining to STP. STP-15 will address the predictability as a focus area in each of the traditional topics deliberated upon during the earlier STP meetings, namely, the mass and radiation chains and intra-atmospheric coupling.

Please put the date of STP-15 into your calendar, and prepare to join in with the new SCOSTEP program PRESTO.

With best regards,
Kazuo Shiokawa, SCOSTEP President
Daniel Marsh, SCOSTEP Vice President
Nat Gopalswamy, SCOSTEP Past President
Patricia Doherty, SCOSTEP Scientific Secretary
SCOSTEP Bureau members and their liaison organization: Aude Chambodut (WDS), Jorge Chau (URSI), Kyung-Suk Cho (IAU), Yoshizumi Miyoshi (COSPAR), Renata Lukianova (IAGA), Annika Seppala (SCAR), Prasad Subramanian (IUPAP), and Peter Pilewskie (IAMAS)
S. Gurubaran, LOC chair (Indian Institute of Geomagnetism)

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5. MEETING: COSPAR Scientific Assembly, 15-22 August, 2020. Abstract submission deadline is February 14, 2020.

43rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly will take place on 15-22 August at the International Convention Center in Sydney, Australia.

The 2020 Assembly will combine the latest in space research findings with activities designed to enrich the global space research community - including helping equip our future leaders, and workshopping with space industry - and inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers. You will have the opportunity of a lifetime to interact directly with everything that Australia has to offer - our science and innovation, our people, our heritage, and our beautiful environment. The Assembly website is https://www.cospar2020.org.

List of Sessions in Commission D (Space Plasmas in the Solar System, including Planetary Magnetospheres)

D1.1	
Acceleration and Transport of Energetic Particles in the Heliosphere and Beyond
Main Scientific Organizer: Stefan Ferreira
Deputy Organizer: Agnieszka Gilwiderska
Event Description: https://www.cospar-assembly.org/admin/sessioninfo.php?session=871

D1.2	
Large-Scale Heliospheric Structure: Theory, Modelling, and Data
Main Scientific Organizer: Jens Kleimann
Deputy Organizer: John Richardson
Event Description: https://www.cospar-assembly.org/admin/session_cospar.php?session=872

D1.3	
Pickup Ions in the Heliosphere and Beyond
Main Scientific Organizer: Nikolai Pogorelov
Deputy Organizer: Ming Zhang
Event Description: https://www.cospar-assembly.org/admin/session_cospar.php?session=873

D1.4	
Propagation of Solar Energetic Particles in the Heliosphere
Main Scientific Organizer: Nina Dresing
Deputy Organizer: Du Toit Strauss
Event Description: https://www.cospar-assembly.org/admin/session_cospar.php?session=874

D2.1 / E3.1
Space Climate
Main Scientific Organizer: Kalevi Mursula
Event Description: https://www.cospar-assembly.org/admin/session_cospar.php?session=875

D2.2 / E3.2
Solar Probe and SolO
Main Scientific Organizer: Angelos Vourlidas
Deputy Organizer: Karl-Ludwig Klein
Event Description: https://www.cospar-assembly.org/admin/session_cospar.php?session=876

D2.3 / E3.3
Thermal and Dynamic Plasma Instabilities on Multiscales: From Laboratories to Planets, the Sun/Stars, Galaxies, and Beyond
Main Scientific Organizer: Patrick Antolin
Deputy Organizer: Wei Liu
Event Description: https://www.cospar-assembly.org/admin/session_cospar.php?session=877

D2.4 / E3.4
Sun-Heliosphere Connection Events: Origin, Propagation, Impact and Prediction
Main Scientific Organizer: Jie Zhang
Deputy Organizer: Miho Janvier, Manuela Temmer
Event Description: https://www.cospar-assembly.org/admin/session_cospar.php?session=878

D2.5 / E3.5
Nonthermal Particles in the Inner Heliosphere: Origin and Consequences
Main Scientific Organizer: Nat Gopalswamy
Deputy Organizer: Iver Cairns
Event Description: https://www.cospar-assembly.org/admin/session_cospar.php?session=879

D3.1	
Highlights of Magnetospheric Plasma Physics
Main Scientific Organizer: Michael A. Balikhin
Deputy Organizer: Lev Zelenyi
Event Description: https://www.cospar-assembly.org/admin/sessioninfo.php?session=880

D3.2	
Cross-scale Coupling and Multi-point Observations in the Magnetosphere
Main Scientific Organizer: Katariina Nykyri
Event Description: https://www.cospar-assembly.org/admin/session_cospar.php?session=881

D3.3	
Non-thermal Distributions in Space Plasmas and their Role in Wave Generation, and Heating and Acceleration of Particles
Main Scientific Organizer: Gurbax Singh Lakhina
Deputy Organizer: Ioannis Kourakis
Event Description: https://www.cospar-assembly.org/admin/session_cospar.php?session=882

D3.4	
Plasma Transport across Magnetospheric Boundaries
Main Scientific Organizer: Zdenek Nemecek
Deputy Organizer: Steven Petrinec
Event Description: https://www.cospar-assembly.org/admin/session_cospar.php?session=883

D3.5	
Particle Acceleration and Loss in the Earth and Planetary Magnetospheres
Main Scientific Organizer: Maria Usanova
Deputy Organizer: Yuri Shprits
Event Description: https://www.cospar-assembly.org/admin/session_cospar.php?session=884

D3.6	
Magnetotail Dynamics and Substorms during Storm and Non-storm Time
Main Scientific Organizer: Ian Mann Deputy Organizer: Elena Grigorenko
Event Description: https://www.cospar-assembly.org/admin/session_cospar.php?session=885

D3.7	
Imaging of the Magnetosphere
Main Scientific Organizer: Yaireska (Yari) Collado-Vega
Deputy Organizer: David Sibeck
Event Description: https://www.cospar-assembly.org/admin/session_cospar.php?session=886

D4.1	
Active Space Experiments
Main Scientific Organizer: Björn Gustavsson
Deputy Organizer: Haiyang Fu
Event Description: https://www.cospar-assembly.org/admin/session_cospar.php?session=868

D4.2	
Dust Detection and Observation in Space and Laboratory Experiments
Main Scientific Organizer: Jiri Pavlu
Deputy Organizer: Shengyi Ye
Event Description: https://www.cospar-assembly.org/admin/session_cospar.php?session=869

IMPORTANT DEADLINES:

Deadline for Abstract Submission: 14 February 2020
Abstract acceptance notification: 15 April 2020
Early Bird Registration closes: 16 May 2020
Presenter / Speaker registration deadline: 16 May 2020
Accommodation booking deadline: 1 July 2020

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6. MEETING: The SHINE Conference, 13-17 July, 2020, Honolulu, HI

SHINE-2020 Conference will take place on 13-17 July, 2020 in Honolulu, Hawaii. The conference website is https://shinecon.org.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Workshop Dates: July 13th - 17th, 2020
(Student Day July 12th, 2020; Joint SHINE-GEM day following the completion of the SHINE workshop)

Registration Fee: $475 early bird, $525 late registration, $550 onsite

Early Bird Registration Deadline: May 8th, 2020 by midnight at the end of the day

Late Registration Starts: May 9th, 2020

Cancelations/reimbursements subject to $100 admin fee + PayPal fees.

Deadline for student support: April 24th, 2020

Deadline for abstract submission: June 11th, 2020

Hotel Reservation Deadline: June 11th, 2020

***NEW Registration Deadline: June 11th, 2020

ONSITE PAYMENT ALLOWED, BUT ATTENDEES MUST REGISTER ON THE WEBSITE BY THE REGISTRATION DEADLINE OF JUNE 11th, 2020.

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7. ANNOUNCEMENT: First release of PSP science data

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First release of level 2 PSP-ISOIS science data 

The Parker Solar Probe (PSP) Integrated Science Investigation of the Sun (ISOIS) Team is delighted to announce the first release of our level 2 science data to the community. ISOIS comprises a two-instrument suite to measure energetic particles over a very broad energy range: EPI-Lo measurements of ions and ion composition from ~20 keV/nucleon–15 MeV total energy and electrons from ∼25–1000 keV, and EPI-Hi measurements of ions from ~1–200 MeV/nucleon and electrons from ~0.5–6 MeV. Together, ISOIS observations enable the exploration of mechanisms of energetic particles dynamics, including their: (1) Origins — defining the seed populations and physical conditions necessary for energetic particle acceleration; (2) Acceleration — determining the roles of shocks, reconnection, waves, and turbulence in accelerating energetic particles; and (3) Transport — revealing how energetic particles propagate from the corona out into the heliosphere. The data from the first ISʘIS data release spans the interval from Sept 28, 2018 to April 10, 2019, covering most of the first two PSP orbits. 

The  ISOIS data, user guide, and more are available to the community at: https://spacephysics.princeton.edu/missions-instruments/isois

Data are also available through the NASA Space Physics Data Facility: https://spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov

The ISOIS team is enthusiastic about working with members of the scientific community. Please contact Dave McComas (dmccomas at princeton.edu), the ISOIS PI, concerning scientific collaboration and projects, and contact Colin Joyce (cjjoyce at princeton.edu) regarding questions or additional information.

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First release of level 2 PSP-FIELDS science data

The Parker Solar Probe (PSP) FIELDS team is delighted to announce the release of science-quality ?Level 2? data from the FIELDS instrument suite to the science community. This data release spans the interval from the first two solar encounters (October 6, 2018 to May 15, 2019) and is available both from the FIELDS data server:

http://fields.ssl.berkeley.edu/data/

and from the NASA SPDF site. The FIELDS site includes further information about the measurements, data quality, and suggested use.

Furthermore, the FIELDS and SWEAP teams together host a series of PSP Working Groups (WGs) that focus on several science and instrument topics and meet regularly online. Scientists interested in working with the data are encouraged to join these groups to learn more about the data and ongoing research projects.

Data users are encouraged to contact the PI team (Stuart Bale - bale at berkeley.edu) and introduce yourself and your project to get the latest information and data caveats. Note that there are a lot of ongoing studies and several scientific papers in press and under review.

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First release of level 2 PSP-WISPR science data

The Parker Solar Probe (PSP) WISPR team is happy to announce the release of level 1, 2 and 3 science data to the science community. This data release spans the intervals from the first two solar encounters (Nov 1-10, 2018 and April 1-10, 2019).

The WISPR data and visualization tools are available to the community at:

https://wispr.nrl.navy.mil

Data are also available via the NASA Virtual Solar Observatory

https://vso.org

The WISPR data guide is available at

https://wispr.nrl.navy.mil

Data users are encouraged to contact the PI team (Guillermo Stenborg guillermo.stenborg at nrl.navy, Angelos Vourlidas angelos.vourlidas at jhuapl.edu, Nathan Rich nathan.rich at nrl.navy.mil, Russell Howard russ.howard at nrl.navy.mil) concerning any issues, your projects and to get the latest information.

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First release of level 2 PSP-SWEAP science data

The SWEAP data are available to the community at:

http://sweap.cfa.harvard.edu/

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8. ANNOUNCEMENT: ISOIS Data Visualization Toolkit is Publicly Available

From: Colin Joyce (cjjoyce at princeton.edu)

To better facilitate use of ISOIS data, we are releasing the ISOIS Visualization package, a suite of IDL tools that enable quicklook and command-line interface with the ISOIS data. The package includes a variety of user-friendly visualization tools designed to enhance scientific analysis of the energetic particles measured by ISOIS. Users are able to quickly plot data vs. time or location, process selected time periods into spectra, connect observations to their magnetic footpoints on the Sun, account for dispersion effects, along with many other functions. These tools are also able to interact with most CDF formatted datasets, including the other PSP field and particle data.. To download the tools, please visit http://spp-isois.sr.unh.edu and click “Request Access”. Once granted access, we encourage users to read the ISOIS Data User Guide (http://spp-isois.sr.unh.edu/data_public/ISOIS_Data_Glossary.pdf) and ISOIS IDL Tools Guide (http://spp-isois.sr.unh.edu/viz_tools_public/a_epi_tools_doc.pdf) to better familiarize yourself with the data and toolset.

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9. INVITATION: PSP FIELDS and SWEAP weekly telecons

The FIELDS and SWEAP Science Teams invite interested members of the Heliophysics community to join weekly telecons discussing science related to the recently released Parker Solar Probe data. These meetings will be held weekly on Tuesdays, and have a rotating set of foci comprised of specific topics relevant to the PSP data.

The first virtual meeting will be held on Nov 19th from 8-10 am PT (11am-1pm ET), with a focus on the SWEAP and Fields data products themselves.

Participation in these meetings will be limited to 200 individuals per meeting, but they will be recorded for those unable to attend.
The link for the telecon is: https://arizona.zoom.us/j/752488353

The rotating schedule for the following weeks will be posted on the SWEAP and Fields websites
http://sweap.cfa.harvard.edu/
and 
http://fields.ssl.berkeley.edu/

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10. NSF Supported Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Solar Physics and Astro-informatics at Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA

The Department of Physics and Astronomy at Georgia State University (GSU) is seeking to fill a tenure-track faculty position by Fall 2020 at the assistant professor level. We are looking for a solar physicist with significant expertise in both the MHD of the solar corona and flares and in Big Data and Machine Learning, along with a desire to enhance GSU's solar physics and big data curriculum, with a focus on minority and female education and mentoring. The new hire will join our Astro-informatics Cluster, a close collaboration between the solar/stellar physics and remote sensing for space sciences groups in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, and the Computer Science department at GSU. Our Cluster is currently focused on space weather forecasting and is looking to merge two techniques (numerical simulations (SIM) and Machine Learning (ML)) into a fully integrated approach for data-driven solar physics research and space weather prediction. With our new hire the Cluster will achieve the critical mass needed to succeed in this initiative.

This position is funded for the first five years through NSF's prestigious Faculty Development in the Space Sciences (FDSS) program. NSF support includes summer salary, travel, publications, and graduate student support. Upon the awarding of tenure in the fifth year GSU further supports the faculty line.

Georgia State University, an enterprising R-1 university is located in the heart of downtown Atlanta, a vibrant international city in the Southeast. GSU enrolls and graduates one of the most diverse student bodies in the nation and advances innovative research by building a diverse faculty. We encourage applications from women and members of underrepresented groups in the physical sciences.

Applicants should have the following basic qualifications: 1) Ph.D. in astronomy, physics, or closely related field, 2) postdoctoral research experience, 3) evidence of the ability to establish and maintain a successful research program, 4) evidence of the motivation and ability to teach at the undergraduate and graduate levels with a diverse student body, 5) evidence of the ability and clear desire to work in a large, collaborative effort (i.e. the Cluster).

Applications should include 1) a CV, including a publication and grant list, 2) a statement of the candidate?s research interests and how the research fits into the above program, 3) a statement of teaching experience and philosophy, and 4) contact information for at least three references. All materials should be sent via email to martens at astro.edu. Questions regarding the position can be addressed to Dr. Piet Martens at the same email address. Applications received by December 15, 2019, will receive full consideration. An offer of employment will be conditional on background verification. Georgia State University is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against applicants due to race, ethnicity, gender, veteran status, or on the basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.

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11. JOB OPPORTUNITY: Job Opening at the Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, USA

The Department of Space Research of the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas seeks candidates for positions at the research scientist or senior research scientist levels in Heliospheric Physics. The selected candidate is expected to lead and support the development and calibration of energetic neutral atom and plasma instruments to be flown on upcoming heliophysics or planetary missions such as the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe or IMAP. The candidate is also expected to publish results in peer-reviewed scientific journals, and present results at scientific meetings, workshops, and conferences. Research will also involve interactions with Institute Staff engaged in a broad range of experimental, observational, and computational research. Click on the following link for more information about this position.
15-01317 Research Scientist/Sr. Research Scientist - Heliophysics
https://resapp.swri.org/ResApp/Job_Search_Results.aspx?DETAIL=15-01317

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12. JOB OPENING: Postdoctoral, Early-Career Staff, and Mid-Career Staff Positions at Los Alamos National Laboratory

The Space Science and Applications (ISR-1) Group at Los Alamos National Laboratory is hiring postdocs and staff scientists at the early- and mid-career level to support our research programs in magnetospheric and heliospheric science and our national security mission focused on space-based verification of the Limited Test Ban Treaty.

Positions are available for candidates with expertise in modeling & simulation, data analysis, and/or instrumentation. We particularly seek strong candidates with expertise in our core research areas including inner magnetospheres, natural and man-made radiation belts, space weather, and plasma, energetic particle, and neutral particle sensors. Candidates are also sought who can contribute to developing topic areas including ionospheric physics and magnetosphere-ionospheric coupling, GICs, EMP, and heliospheric and planetary science.

For the staff scientist positions, candidates are sought who have the flexibility and interest in contributing to both basic science research and our national security mission. Staff scientist positions require the ability to obtain a Q clearance, which normally requires U.S. citizenship.

For the postdoc positions, candidates are expected to contribute to our basic science research. Postdoc positions are open to all citizenships. The ability to obtain a Q clearance, which normally requires U.S. citizenship, is desirable but not required.

Los Alamos has been named a "Top 10" small town to live in, with its abundant outdoor recreation, highly ranked public school system, and available community facilities and activities.

Two-body problem? Maybe we can help! LANL has recently launched an aggressive hiring campaign to meet future staffing needs across many disciplines, including a new system to promote dual-career hires into strategic areas.

Interested candidates should contact Daniel Reisenfeld <dreisenfeld AT lanl.gov> or Vania Jordanova <vania AT lanl.gov>. More about the ISR Division and the ISR-1 group can be found at <space.lanl.gov>. The ISR-1 postdoc and staff scientist (Scientist 2, 3, and 4) job ads can be found by clicking on "Space Science and Applications" on the right menu.

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13. JOB OPPORTUNITY: Research Chair in Space Weather at South African National Space Agency (SANSA) in South Africa

The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) is searching for a Research Chair in Space Weather, preferably specialising in Solar Physics. The Research Chair would be mainly responsible for undertaking research within the specialised area, providing guidance to the operational space weather centre, and supervising postgraduate students.

The successful candidate will: • have an extensive research track record within an area of Space Weather (preferably Solar Physics) • high and sustained publication record in reputable research journals • international collaborations • lead large projects • raise and manage research funds • lead research groups and postgraduate student supervision and training.

The position is based in Hermanus in South Africa, and would be for an initial 5 year period renewable for an additional 5 years based on performance. The applicants do not have to be South African – this is a global recruit initiative for a specialised scarce skill area.

You can find out more about SANSA at the following links: http://www.sansa.org.za http://spaceweather.sansa.org.za http://research.sansa.org.za

SANSA has 3 campus locations.The position is to be based at the Hermanus Campus within the Western Cape province of South Africa. Here is a link to more information on Hermanus https://www.whalecoast.info/ https://hermanus-tourism.co.za/

More information including full requirements and application process can be found at: https://www.sansa.org.za/2019/07/29/sansa-sarchi-chair-in-space-weather/

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14. JOB OPPORTUNITY: Postdoctoral Research Position in Space Physics at Princeton University

The Space Physics Group in the Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University, is expanding and anticipates offering one or more postdoctoral or more senior research positions in experimental/observational space physics.

Space Physics Group website: https://spacephysics.princeton.edu/

The Space Physics Group carries out research in many aspects of space physics (aka heliophysics), and currently leads NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) mission, the Parker Solar Probe (PSP) Integrated Science Investigation of the Sun (ISOIS) instrument suite, and the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) mission. The successful candidate(s) can play a major role in 1) the development of the experimental capability of the group and development of space flight instrumentation for IMAP, 2) the analysis and publication of SEP observations from ISOIS, and 3) the analysis and publication of ENA observations from IBEX, and/or other funded space physics research. Preferred qualifications include having prior experience in the development of space flight instrumentation, analyzing these type(s) of particle data, the proven ability to lead/participate in the rapid development and publication of numerous excellent research articles.

For more information about this position, please visit https://www.princeton.edu/acad-positions/position/14383

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15. JOB OPPORTUNITY: Assistant Professor Position in the Department of Space Science at the University of Alabama in Huntsville

The Department of Space Science is seeking an outstanding scientist and teacher to fill a tenure-track assistant professor position in the field of heliophysics, ideally with a focus on the physics of the interaction of the solar wind with the local interstellar medium (LISM), broadly defined. Although our focus is on the field of the interaction of the solar wind with the LISM, we will consider applications that reflect broader interests in the field of solar wind and interplanetary physics. Areas of particular interest to the Department include solar physics, interplanetary and heliospheric physics, magnetospheric and ionospheric physics, physics of the very local interstellar medium, cosmic rays and energetic particles, and theoretical, computational, and observational space physics. The ideal candidate will complement existing strengths within the Department while expanding significantly research capabilities and competencies.

We are seeking someone who uses any of theory, modeling, or observations to address one or more of the areas of interest. The successful candidate will teach graduate-level courses primarily, will develop at least two new advanced graduate level courses reflecting their research expertise, and will mentor graduate students pursuing MSc and PhD degrees and undergraduate students in summer programs. It is expected that the successful candidate will have a PhD or equivalent degree in a field appropriate to the job description above and will have and pursue independent research funding. Collaboration is encouraged within the Department of Space Science, CSPAR and with the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center.

To apply for this position, a candidate should submit a complete CV, a list of publications, a list of awarded research grants, a research statement, a teaching statement, and arrange to have three letters of reference sent to the SPA Faculty Search Committee 2020, Department of Space Science, Cramer Research Hall, 320 Sparkman Drive, Huntsville, AL 35899 or by email to vab0002 at uah.edu with the header Faculty Search Committee 2020. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

The University of Alabama in Huntsville is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer of minorities/ females/ veterans/ disabled.

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16. JOB OPPORTUNITY: NASA Heliophysics Division is Hiring IPA Program Scientists

NASA's Heliophysics Division (HPD) is seeking driven, experienced heliophysicists that want to join NASA HQ to manage the Heliophysics science portfolio and to develop the policy and strategy that guides our science into the next decade.

HPD intends to hire two experienced heliophysics researchers to serve as a Program Scientists under an Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) appointment. These appointments will be for up to two years, with the potential for extension up to a maximum of six years.

Applications are due March 1, 2020 at 11:59pm US Eastern Standard Time.

For the full job announcement, see https://science.nasa.gov/about-us/job-opportunities

Interested parties should direct any questions to Jared Leisner (jared.s.leisner at nasa.gov). Submission and other application instructions are located in the full job announcement.

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17. JOB OPPORTUNITY: Postdoctoral Position in the Department of Astronomy at the University of Maryland, College Park

Applicants are invited to apply for a postdoctoral position in the Department of Astronomy at the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP). The successful candidate will work on theoretical/computational studies of magnetic reconnection in the Earth's magnetosphere and shocks, by means of 3D particle-in-cell simulations, in collaboration with Dr. Naoki Bessho, Dr. Shan Wang, and Dr. Li-Jen Chen. Opportunities to analyze data from NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission will be provided. The position will start in January 2020 with an initial appointment for one year (renewal for the second year is subject to funding and satisfactory performance).

The successful candidate will be appointed at UMCP, but will conduct research at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center located in Greenbelt, MD (except for citizens from designated countries under NASA rules). Applications from US citizens, lawful permanent residents of the United States, and foreign nationals in an F1-OPT status (with an effective EAD card) will be accepted.

Required qualifications: Ph.D. or equivalent degree in physics, astronomy, or related fields. Experience in computational research on space plasma physics, or related fields

Preferred qualifications: Experience in particle-in-cell simulations, parallel computing, and code development. Strong interest (or experience) in space data analysis

Applicants should send their applications electronically, including a cover letter, CV with a publication list, a summary of past research achievements, and contact information for two references. Applications should be submitted by email to Naoki Bessho (nbessho at umd.edu). Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

The University of Maryland, College Park, an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, age, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, creed, marital status, political affiliation, personal appearance, or on the basis of rights secured by the First Amendment, in all aspects of employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.

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18. JOB OPPORTUNITY: Postdoctoral Research Position in Space Physics at Florida Institute of Technology

The Space Physics Group in the Department of Aerospace, Physics and Space Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology, is offering one or more postdoctoral positions in space physics. Department website is https://www.fit.edu/engineering-and-science/academics-and-learning/aerospace-physics-and-space-sciences/research/. The Space Physics Group researches in several areas of heliospheric physics. These positions focus on studying cosmic rays and solar energetic particle radiation for space weather forecasts. Preferred qualifications of the candidate include having prior experience in numerical computer modeling, machine learning, and analyzing plasma, particle, and magnetic field data from spacecraft. The applicant should have a Ph.D. degree in space physics or closely related disciplines. Send application to mzhang at fit.edu in a single PDF file along with names and contact information for recommendation letters.

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