[Shine-participants] SHINE pre-AGU 2020 newsletter

Tue Nov 24 17:14:15 EST 2020

Dear SHINE community,

Please find some items of interest below, with several announcements from NSF.  The SHINE Steering Committee is still working to determine the safest and most appropriate way to hold the SHINE 2021 workshop and will update the community in early 2021.

Have a good and safe Thanksgiving and “see” most of you remotely at AGU.

Noé Lugaz
SHINE Steering Committee Chair

1- SPA Support for Dependent Care Costs during the  Fall AGU Meeting 2020

2- NSF GEO Virtual Office Hour During AGU

3- AGU 2020 - Coffee with COFFIES

4- Opportunities for Mid-Career Scientist Support in the Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences

5- NSF begins planning for decommissioning of Arecibo Observatory's 305-meter telescope due to safety concerns

6- Pre-decadal survey mission concept studies

7- Triennial Earth-Sun Summit (TESS): Save the Date -- 2021 August 9-12

8- 2021 NASA Heliophysics Summer School - Recruitment Announcement

9- Invitation to PUNCH science team meeting, December 3, 2020

10- JOB OPENING: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Space Physics at JHU/APL (Earth’s magnetosphere)

11- Job Opening: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Space Physics at JHU/APL (SEPs and suprathermal)

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1- SPA Support for Dependent Care Costs during the  Fall AGU Meeting 2020

While we are exciting about the upcoming Fall AGU meeting, SPA recognizes that this may be a difficult and complicated time for many people.  One aspect of this is providing care for dependents conflicts with attending virtual meetings.

With support from our sponsors, Lockheed Martin and Ball Aerospace, SPA is able to provide some help through awards intended to offset the cost of dependent care during the Fall AGU Meeting.

If you are interested in being considered for these awards, please fill out the application at:
https://forms.gle/fPqJaG4YiQrSXRuK6<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.gle%2FfPqJaG4YiQrSXRuK6&data=04%7C01%7CNoe.Lugaz%40unh.edu%7C1ae4b91a8da94e48dd8f08d88ff5315c%7Cd6241893512d46dc8d2bbe47e25f5666%7C0%7C1%7C637417631105852296%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=c0jqYeJ4ML6tq%2FxFfMXKa8Tx8ZiZWDJDQv9G%2FtfEQRI%3D&reserved=0>

2- NSF GEO Virtual Office Hour During AGU

NSF GEO Directorate will hold a  Virtual Office Hours, December 02, 2020, 2:30 ? 4:00 PM ET.  Normally presented as a workshop at AGU, Navigating the NSF System is a good opportunity for first time proposers and early career scientists to gain insight to the ins and outs of the NSF grant proposal process. The webinar consists of a presentation and a live Q&A session with GEO Program Officers.

Advance registration is required and can be completed via this link https://nsf.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_cSO1ybkkQtGUwIufBo--Tg

More details and a Save the Date function are available on the NSF Event web page:  https://nsf.gov/events/event_summ.jsp?cntn_id=301649&org=NSF

3- AGU 2020 - Coffee with COFFIES

Calling all undergraduates, graduate students, and postdocs attending AGUin 2020! You are cordially invited to join COFFIES researchers, educators, and other leaders for an informal, wide-ranging discussion on current and future solar physics research topics, as well as the many possible education and career paths in this field.

As one of nine NASA-funded Heliophysics Phase I DRIVE Science Centers (DSCs), COFFIES (Consequences of Fields and Flows in the Interior and Exterior of the Sun) is working to establish a multi-institution DSC to develop the most reliable data driven physical model of solar activity possible.

To stay up-to-date on this session, including the exact date and time, and for more information, please fill out the interest form at bit.ly/coffies<http://bit.ly/coffies> and we'll be in touch!

Name:
The COFFIES Center Effectiveness Team

Contact:
bluansing at berkeley.edu<mailto:bluansing at berkeley.edu>

4- Opportunities for Mid-Career Scientist Support in the Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences

The National Science Foundation's Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences would like to draw your attention to opportunities we support to sustain and broaden participation at the mid-career level. Our recently released Dear Colleague Letter is available at: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2021/nsf21018/nsf21018.jsp

Please contact the relevant Program Directors for any questions that you might have or to discuss proposal ideas. For the Geospace Sciences Core Programs, these include Ilia Roussev (Solar and Terrestrial/SHINE), Lisa Winter (Magnetospheric Physics/GEM), Alan Liu (Aeronomy/CEDAR), and Mangala Sharma (Space Weather).

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Dr. Lisa Winter
Program Director Magnetospheric Physics
National Science Foundation
Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Division
2415 Eisenhower Ave
Alexandria, VA 22314
W: (703)292-7061

5- NSF begins planning for decommissioning of Arecibo Observatory's 305-meter telescope due to safety concerns

Many of you already aware of the recent damage sustained by Arecibo Observatory?s 305-meter telescope.  NSF is announcing that after reviewing all of the engineering assessments, the structure cannot be stabilized without risking the lives and safety of work crews and staff, so NSF has decided to begin planning for a controlled decommissioning for the 305-meter telescope. This decision is intended to preserve life and safety of people and prevent the loss of other facilities at Arecibo Observatory, including the visitor/education center, in the event of an unexpected collapse.

This decision was not an easy one for NSF to make. Many of those working on this issue are astronomers and geospace scientists who have deep connections to the research community. We understand how much Arecibo means to that community and to Puerto Rico. Our goal has been to find a way to preserve this telescope without placing anyone?s safety at risk. However, after receiving the engineering assessments, we have found no path forward that would allow us to preserve the telescope safely. We know that a delay in decision-making leaves the entire facility in peril of an uncontrolled collapse, unnecessarily jeopardizing people and also the additional facilities.

The full press release regarding this decision can be accessed at https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=301674

6- Pre-decadal survey mission concept studies

NASA intends to support a limited number of mission concept studies for development ahead of the next decadal survey. A draft solicitation will be released in the near future, followed by a final solicitation with a proposal deadline in March/April 2021. These studies are anticipated to last ~6 months, and will result in a science white paper and a mission concept white paper submitted by the community to the Decadal Survey Committee.

Due to the constrained timeline, the current public health situation, and other considerations, NASA strongly encourages the use of mission design capabilities within the community and beyond the NASA system. For reasons of community representation and diversity of ideas, NASA strongly encourages institutions with design capabilities to explore partnerships with interested community members.

Mission concepts for study should be able to address focused science objectives relevant to the Heliophysics Division's two strategic mission programs. For Solar Terrestrial Probes, a mission concept should address the weakest links in the chain of understanding in order to fundamentally advance the entire heliophysics field. For Living With a Star, a mission concept should provide understanding of specific aspects of the interconnected space environment that impacts life and society, including pre-application space weather, life and habitability (on and beyond Earth), and space environment impacts on robotic and human exploration.

NASA strongly encourages innovative, compelling science investigations that significantly advance and expand the frontiers of the field of heliophysics. Mission concepts for study are not expected to be constrained to a particular cost range, but should not have core science achievable within a MIDEX budget.

Any questions about NASA-supported mission concept studies should be directed to Jared Leisner (jared.s.leisner at nasa.gov<mailto:jared.s.leisner at nasa.gov>).

7- Triennial Earth-Sun Summit (TESS): Save the Date -- 2021 August 9-12

Once every three years, AAS, AAS/SPD, and AGU/SPA meet jointly to bring together the major subfields of the Sun-Earth connection: the Sun and its corona, the heliosphere, the magnetosphere, the thermosphere, the ionosphere, and related systems.  The TESS meetings are a chance for specialists to 'step back' and consider the system as a whole, stimulating cross-fertilization and new insights.

This year TESS is scheduled for 2021 August 9-12, in Bellevue/Seattle WA.  Please mark the dates on your calendar now.

In the coming weeks we will roll out the meeting website and a call for session proposals, together with a schedule for abstract and registration deadlines.

We'll hopefully see you next year at TESS!

Long-Term Solar Activity: Earth and Space Climate

8- 2021 NASA Heliophysics Summer School - Recruitment Announcement
June 15 - 22, 2021
Deadline For Applications is January 22, 2021

We welcome you to apply for the 2021 Heliophysics Summer School, which will be held June 15 - 22, 2021 in beautiful Boulder, Colorado. We are seeking approximately 35 graduate students - from masters through postdoctoral fellows - to join us this coming summer for a unique professional experience. You will learn about the exciting science of heliophysics as abroad, coherent discipline that reaches in space from the Earth’s troposphere to the depths of the Sun, and in time from the formation of the solar system to the distant future.

The 2021 Heliophysics Summer School focused on the physics of the connections between the Sun, the heliosphere, the magnetospheres and the upper atmospheres of the planets, and its implications for Earth and space climate. The solar system offers a wide variety of conditions under which the interaction of objects with a plasma environment can be studied, while exoplanets and Sun-like stars offer an even wider range of perspectives with lessons about our local cosmos from distant past to distant future.
The lecture series will include a core set of lectures covering the fundamentals of heliophysics and the underlying plasma physics. Additional lectures will include solar cycle predictions, solar spectral irradiance, and long-term evolution of the geospace climate. The lectures will be supplemented with hands-on laboratory exercises that explore the Sun-Earth system.  Both lectures and laboratories will draw on a set of 5 textbooks developed over previous years of the summer school.  The aim of the summer school is to provide students with the background and understanding they need to do research and make discoveries about the interconnected Heliophysics system in their professional careers.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the 2021 Heliophysics Summer School may be held in a virtual format. More information will be provided as available.

For more information please visit:
https://cpaess.ucar.edu/heliophysics/summer-school/recruitment-announcement

9- Invitation to PUNCH science team meeting, December 3, 2020

PUNCH, the Polarimeter to UNify the Corona and Heliosphere, is an
in-development NASA mission that will image the outer corona and solar wind
throughout the inner heliosphere.  Major science topics include origin and
evolution of the ambient solar wind and turbulence within it, and the
physics and predictability of transient events including CMEs, CIRs, and
shocks.

We invite members of the community to join a virtual meeting of
the PUNCH science team. It will take place on December 3 in two sessions
(9:30-11:00 AM and 12:30-2:00 AM Pacific) and will consist of a series of
briefings from PUNCH mission, instruments, and science working group leads.
If you are interested in joining, please contact sgibson at ucar.edu<mailto:sgibson at ucar.edu> for the
Zoom link.

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*Sarah Gibson*

10- JOB OPENING: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Space Physics at JHU/APL

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory is seeking a Postdoctoral Associate to conduct basic scientific research on kinetic modeling of Earth's magnetotail and the inner magnetosphere, and on augmentation of the first-principles simulations by data mining, ingestion, and assimilation.

The applicant must have completed a PhD in Physics or in a related field, or have demonstrated equivalent experience in a scientific field applicable to space physics and have extensive demonstrated experience in kinetic plasma simulations or data analytics. The applicant must have a record of published first author scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals.

The ideal applicant should have in-depth knowledge of plasma physics, numerical methods and computational physics with applications to astrophysical or space environments, including planetary magnetospheres. Experience with programming languages (e.g., Fortran, C, Java, Python) and familiarity with modern data analytics (machine learning, data mining, ingestion and assimilation) will be an asset. Of particular interest is experience with particle-in-cell, hybrid simulations or magnetohydrodynamic simulations with kinetic corrections. At the same time, it is important that the applicant is self-motivated, able to work independently and interested in learning new methods and tools.

For more details and to apply, please see: https://jhuapl.taleo.net/careersection/1/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&job=24728
For questions, please contact Dr. Mikhail Sitnov (Mikhail.Sitnov at jhuapl.edu<http://jhuapl.edu>)

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Mikhail Sitnov
Mikhail.Sitnov at jhuapl.edu<mailto:Mikhail.Sitnov at jhuapl.edu><mailto:Mikhail.Sitnov at jhuapl.edu>
Applied Physics Laboratory
Johns Hopkins University
11101 Johns Hopkins Rd
Laurel MD 20723-6099
TEL: (240) 228-9484
FAX: (240) 228-0386
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11- Job Opening: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Space Physics at JHU/APL

The Space Physics Group at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL) is seeking a Post-Doctoral Researcher to conduct basic scientific research on energetic particle processes in the inner heliosphere through the use of observations from the Parker Solar Probe mission and the Suprathermal Ion Spectrograph (SIS) instrument on Solar Orbiter. Efforts will include data processing, instrument operation, science trade analyses in support of both missions, as well as in-depth original scientific research on solar wind, energetic particle acceleration, coronal mass ejections, and related fundamental physical processes.

The successful applicant must have completed a PhD in Physics or a related field by the start of the position, and demonstrated experience in a scientific field applicable to space physics. The applicant should have an in-depth knowledge of space plasma and/or solar physics, preferably including acceleration and transport processes of energetic particles in the corona and the solar wind. The applicant should have experience with the analysis of in-situ and/or remote sensing datasets, and the ability to utilize models, either empirical or physics-based, to aid the interpretation of spacecraft observations.

For more details and to apply, please see: https://prdtss.jhuapl.edu/jobs/post-doctoral-fellow-solar-space-physics-573
For questions, please contact Dr. Robert Allen (Robert.Allen at jhuapl.edu<mailto:Robert.Allen at jhuapl.edu>)

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