A newsletter devoted to Heliospheric Science.
Editor: Nathan Schwadron (nschwadron at
unh.edu) Co-Editor: Mihir Desai (mdesai at
swri.edu)
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bu.edu)
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uah.edu)
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1. MEETING: ST1.6 Advancing the Understanding
of the Heliosphere and the Very Local Interstellar Medium with IMAP, EGU General Assembly 2020 in Vienna, Austria.
2. MEETING: 15-th International Conference on Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows (ASTRONUM-2020), Pasadena, CA, July 20-24, 2020.
3. MEETING: SCOSTEP’s 15th Quadrennial Solar-Terrestrial Physics Symposium (STP-15), Alibag, India, February 21-25, 2022
4. INVITATION: to Join the Whole Heliosphere & Planetary Interactions Campaigns
5. JOB OPPORTUNITY: NSF Supported Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Solar Physics and Astro-informatics at
Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA
6. JOB OPPORTUNITY: Job Opening at the Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, USA
7. JOB OPENING: Postdoctoral, Early-Career Staff, and Mid-Career Staff Positions at Los Alamos National Laboratory
8. JOB OPENING: Research Chair in Space Weather at South African National Space Agency (SANSA) in South Africa
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1. MEETING: ST1.6 Advancing the Understanding of the Heliosphere and the Very Local
Interstellar Medium with IMAP
at the upcoming EGU General Assembly 2020 in Vienna, Austria.
EGU meeting will be held May 3-8 2020 in Vienna, Austria.
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.
Session description:
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.
We are looking forward to see you at the session.
Conveners: Justyna Sokol, Andre Galli, Olga Katushkina
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2. 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 Müller (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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3. 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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4. INVITATION: to Join the Whole Heliosphere & Planetary Interactions Campaigns
It's solar minimum. In the tradition of Whole Sun Month (1996) and Whole Heliosphere Interval (2008), it's time for Whole Heliosphere & Planetary Interactions (2019) - WHPI!
Goal:
A coordinated observing and modeling effort to characterize the three-dimensional interconnected solar-heliospheric-planetary system. By focusing on specific solar rotations near solar minimum, structures and activity can be unambiguously traced throughout
the heliosphere and into planetary space environments.
When:
3 target intervals:
Jul 2019 - Solar eclipse
Sep 2019 - Parker Solar Probe at perihelion Dec 2019 - Parker Solar Probe Venus flyby
Who:
Everyone is welcome - it's a grassroots effort. Sign up - we will have telecons and workshops to coordinate analyses. See
https://whpi.hao.ucar.edu for
further details.
Contact: Sarah Gibson (sgibson at
ucar.edu)
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5. 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@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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6. 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.
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7. 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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8. JOB OPENING: 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.
Best Regards,
Merav Opher
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Merav Opher
Associate Professor, Dept. of Astronomy
Boston University