[Shine-participants] SHINE October newsletter

Wed Oct 2 14:09:41 EDT 2019

Dear SHINE community, 

See various announcements below. 
For reference, the 2020 SHINE workshop is currently planned for the week of 2020 July 12-17 at a location TBC. We expect to request session proposals in the next newsletter with a deadline early in 2020, and confirm the dates and location within 1-2 months once the contract with the hotel is signed.

Sincerely,

Noé Lugaz
SHINE Steering Committee Chair

1- 2020 Jack Eddy Postdoctoral Fellowship Announcement
2- Postdoctoral, Early-Career Staff, and Mid-Career Staff at Los Alamos National Laboratory
3- Tenure-track faculty position in solar physics at New Mexico State University
4- Tenure-Track Assistant or Associate Professor  Experimental/Instrumentational Space Plasma Physics at West Virginia University 
5- Ninth’s Call for PROBA2 Guest Investigators
6- Community Letter from Heliophysics R&A Lead, NASA HQ
7- COSPAR ISWAT Inaugural Working Meeting - Save the Date Announcement - 10-14 February 2020

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1- 2020 Jack Eddy Postdoctoral Fellowship Announcement

Application Deadline: January 17, 2020

UCAR is pleased to announce the 2020 call for applications for the Jack
Eddy Postdoctoral Fellowship program sponsored by NASA?s Living with a Star
(LWS) program. These fellowships are designed to train the next generation
of researchers in the field of heliophysics.

Heliophysics embraces all aspects of the Sun-Solar System, and includes
many of the basic physical processes found in the laboratory, the solar
system, and throughout the universe. These processes generally involve the
interactions of ionized gases (plasmas) with gravitational and
electro-magnetic fields, and with neutral matter. The physical domain of
heliophysics ranges from deep inside the Sun to the Earth?s upper
atmosphere.

Jack Eddy Fellowships provide a unique opportunity to go where few have
gone before! Fellows are UCAR  employees and receive a fixed annual salary,
UCAR’s extensive benefits package, and allowances for relocation, travel
and publications. Appointments will be announced by April 1, 2020.

To apply for the fellowship and for more information and please visit:
https://cpaess.ucar.edu/heliophysics/jack-eddy/how-postdocs-apply

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2- 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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3- Tenure-track faculty position in solar physics at New Mexico State University

The Department of Astronomy at New Mexico State University invites applications for a new
tenure-track faculty position in solar physics, with a focus on diagnosing the fundamental
physical conditions in the Sun’s atmosphere through spectropolarimetry. This position, with a
start date of August 2020, has been created from a grant from the NSF Faculty Development
in the Space Sciences Program and is one of 3 new faculty appointments the Department
will be carrying out this year.

See details in pdf attachment at the bottom of this email.

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4-Tenure-Track Assistant or Associate Professor  Experimental/Instrumentational Space Plasma Physics at West Virginia University 

Dear SHINE Community,

The Department of Physics and Astronomy at West Virginia University invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in experimental or instrumentational space plasma physics. We anticipate filling this position at the Assistant Professor level, but exceptional candidates may be considered for appointment at the Associate Professor level. The creation of the position was facilitated by an NSF Faculty Development in the Space Sciences grant. The preferred start date is August 14, 2020. The position requires a Ph.D. or equivalent degree in physics or a closely related field and a commitment and ability to establish an independent externally funded research program, excel in teaching physics at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and support departmental efforts in diversity, equity, and inclusion. The successful candidate will present an excellent record of research productivity as evidenced by publication record and scientific collaborations.

Our space plasma physics program (https://physics.wvu.edu/research/plasma-and-space-physics/) has existing space-relevant experiment and theory/computational strengths of: (1) cubesat technology development; (2) space-relevant laboratory experiment (plasma heating, reconnection, turbulence, thrusters, sheaths, waves and instabilities, and nonlinear wave-wave interactions); (3) solar observations (flares); (4) solar theory and simulation (reconnection and eruptions, dynamo/flux emergence); and (5) magnetospheric theory, simulation, and observations (radiation belts, reconnection). Collaborations are possible with the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering on spaceflight effects including atmospheric drag and machine learning for thermospheric and magnetospheric modeling. The space plasma physics program includes four Professors and two Research Professors and has a history of success in mentoring students. Other areas of research by the 32 faculty, 80 graduate students, and 75 undergraduate majors in the Department of Physics and Astronomy (http://physics.wvu.edu<http://physics.wvu.edu/>) are astrophysics, biophysics, condensed matter physics, and physics education. The department moved into a new facility with state-of-the-art research laboratories in 2012, and there is available clean room space. On-campus shared laboratory facilities and shared computational facilities are available; WVU is on the Internet 2 high-speed backbone. The department’s faculty includes numerous members from traditionally underrepresented groups, and we energetically support diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) as described at https://physics.wvu.edu/about/diversity-equity-and-inclusivity.

WVU is a comprehensive land grant university enrolling nearly 27,000 students on the main Morgantown campus.  WVU’s Carnegie Classification is R1 ('Doctoral Universities - Very High Research Activity').  Morgantown is centrally located and regularly makes 'Best Place to Live' lists because of its good schools, excellent health care, low unemployment rate, low crime rate, and abundant recreational opportunities. WVU provides faculty members with a supportive environment for developing a visible and productive career (https://talentandculture.wvu.edu/new-employees<https://talentandculture.wvu.edu/new-employees)>) and commits to assist in partner employment. WVU is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and welcomes applications from all qualified individuals, including minorities, females, individuals with disabilities, and veterans. WVU is also an NSF ADVANCE Institutional Transformation institution (https://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/advance/) and an institutional member of the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (https://www.facultydiversity.org<https://www.facultydiversity.org/>).

To apply, please go to https://careers.wvu.edu/career-opportunities, click View Faculty Positions, and navigate to the title listed above. Required documents to upload include: (1) a cover letter, (2) a curriculum vitae includin

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5-Ninth’s Call for PROBA2 Guest Investigators

The PROBA2 team welcomes research proposals for the ninth round 
of its Guest Investigator program for research based on SWAP and LYRA 
data analysis by scientists outside the SWAP and LYRA PI-teams. In this 
round we anticipate funding for around five guest investigators or teams 
who will visit the PROBA2 Science Center at the Royal Observatory of 
Belgium, in Brussels, between January 2020 and January 2021.

Selected proposers will be invited to spend a few weeks with the PI 
teams to obtain expert knowledge on the instruments, to participate in 
the daily commanding of the SWAP and LYRA instruments according to the 
needs of their data analysis proposal, and to conduct their research. 
Guest investigators may be reimbursed for travel, accommodation and 
living expenses. Limited support to present the results at an 
international conference (during the visit at P2SC) can also be 
considered.

During the selection process, special consideration will be given to 
young scientists and PhD students, collaborative research teams with 
members from more than one research institute (funding above the 5000 
euro level may be approved for such teams), and to proposals addressing 
research topics to which SWAP and LYRA are particularly well-suited.

More details about the application process can be found here: 
http://proba2.oma.be/NinthGICall, or by emailing swap_lyra at oma.be

Deadline: Proposals must be received by 2019-Dec-01 (23:59 CET)

Matthew J West on behalf of the PROBA2 team

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6-Community Letter from Heliophysics R&A Lead, NASA HQ

Dear Heliophysics community,

Every year the NASA Heliophysics Division runs multiple science competitions. Each competition has between ten and three hundred submissions, and each proposal requires at least two panelists. That means about four hundred panelists are needed every year. But it really means we contact four thousand community members, because for every one who agrees to serve, nine others say no.  

This year, the Division is offering more, new funding opportunities, and needs your help--more than ever--to ensure that all proposals receive a high-quality review.

When you write a proposal, you expect to receive a quality review.  That review requires qualified reviewers.  You can return the favor and join us in the review process for a different competition. Community participation is essential to identify the most meritorious proposals.

Participation in the proposal review process is something that can benefit every reviewer. Those earlier in their career are exposed to new perspectives and unique structures of science, and see the details of how proposals are evaluated. For scientists in leadership positions, this offers a break from management and gives an opportunity to focus exclusively on science.

Regardless of the stage of your career, the best bonus of participating in reviews is enhancing your ability to write successful proposals to further your career and science.

We understand that you are very busy, and that reviewing proposals takes significant time and effort. Your investment of this time and effort makes a valuable contribution to the NASA Heliophysics program and to your professional community. NASA covers panelists? travel, lodging, food, and other associated costs, and also provides a daily honorarium for each day a panelist participates in the process.   

Please volunteer at https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/volunteer-review-panels or just say, ?Yes? the next time a program scientist from NASA Heliophysics sends you an invitation.  Do your part to keep the Heliophysics program strong and vibrant. We are counting on you!

Mona Kessel
Research & Analysis Lead
Heliophysics, NASA HQ
mona.kessel at nasa.gov

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7- COSPAR ISWAT Inaugural Working Meeting - Save the Date Announcement - 10-14 February 2020

https://www.iswat-cospar.org/wm2020

The inaugural working meeting of the COSPAR International Space Weather Action Teams (ISWAT) will be held 10-14 February 2020 at the Radisson Resort, Port Canaveral, Florida, USA.  Information about the ISWAT initiative is available at: https://iswat-cospar.org/<https://www.iswat-cospar.org/>.  This meeting also comes inside the launch window of the Solar Orbiter spacecraft from nearby Cape Canaveral.

ISWAT consists of Teams that focus on a variety of key problems and topics in space weather research and forecasting.  The Teams are organized into Clusters (by domain, phenomena, impact, or overarching activities), to facilitate collaboration and ensure complementarity.  On the website you can register a new Team (and in the near future, request to join existing teams).  Team registration is open to all established and newly-formed teams focused on different aspects of space weather.

The COSPAR ISWAT initiative is built upon its precursor - the International Forum on Space Weather Capabilities Assessment (https://ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov/assessment/) initiated during the 2017 International CCMC - LWS Working Meeting: 'Assessing Space Weather Understanding and Applications' (https://ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov/CCMC-LWS_Meeting/).  The progress of Forum working teams is highlighted in the AGU Space Weather Journal special issue: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1002/(ISSN)1542-7390.SW_CASS.  Active Forum Teams are anticipated to register into ISWAT and to participate in the February 2020 ISWAT Meeting.  Success of the working meeting and the ISWAT initiative depends on active involvement of team leads, cluster moderators, and participants in meeting preparation and all follow-on activities.

The 10-14 February 2020 ISWAT meeting ( https://www.iswat-cospar.org/wm2020 )  will:

  *   Allow Teams and Clusters to meet to establish their respective goals and plans;
  *   Consolidate existing Teams, foster new Teams, and form a platform for the overarching activities and for the Teams to work together within and across Clusters;
  *   Facilitate establishment of multi-disciplinary space weather community by bringing together experts in space weather phenomena and space environment impacts, model and application developers, data providers and forecasters.
  *   Allow us to understand the needs of the user communities and space weather impacts, and to set targets for scientists and Teams to address;
  *   Allow us to understand and assess constituent data and models;
  *   Expand on-going community-wide research projects and jump-start new campaigns;
  *   Set the stage for ISWAT’s future, understand how Teams and Clusters must interact in order to achieve long-term objectives; and
  *   Develop approach to updating the COSPAR global space weather  roadmap into a living document.

Registration information will be posted on the website https://www.iswat-cospar.org/wm2020 by early October 2019 at the latest, followed by a preliminary schedule by the end of October 2019.  We envisage around 100-150 participants and have 10 breakout rooms available at the venue.  Everyone is welcome to join ISWAT and to attend the meeting - and to come to the meeting with a view to joining one or more existing Teams if you haven?t already done so in advance.

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