[GEM] THE GEM MESSENGER, Volume 26, Number 8

Sun Feb 28 07:51:01 PST 2016

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     THE GEM MESSENGER
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Volume 26, Number 8
February 28, 2016

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Table of Contents

1. 2016 URSI Asia-Pacific Radio Science Conference, August 21-25, 2016, Seoul, Korea
2. SCAR Open Science Conference extended deadline fast approaching
3. Post-Doctoral Associate-Space Physics, University of Minnesota

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1. 2016 URSI Asia-Pacific Radio Science Conference, August 21-25, 2016, Seoul, Korea
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From: Wen Li (moonli at atmos.ucla.edu)

The 2016 URSI Asia-Pacific Radio Science Conference (URSI AP-RASC 2016) will be held from Aug 21 to 25, 2016 in Seoul, Korea. There are several special sessions of this conference will be of particular interest to the GEM community. If you are interested in attending the conference, please submit the abstract before March 15, 2016.

Commission H (Waves in Plasmas)

S-H1: Theory and Simulation of Waves in Plasma
• Session Conveners: Myoung-Jae Lee (Hanyang University, Korea) and Hae June Lee (Pusan National University, Korea)

S-H2: Generation and Characteristics of Waves in Space
• Session Conveners: Dae-Young Lee (Chungbuk National University, Korea) and Ensang Lee (Kyung Hee University, Korea)

S-H3: Radio Science for Space Weather
• Session Conveners: Mauro Messerotti (INAF-Trieste and University of Trieste, Italy) and Viviane Pierrard (Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, Belgium) 

S-HG1: Effects of Wave-Particle Interactions in Earth's Magnetosphere and Upper Atmosphere
• Session Conveners: Wen Li (University of California-Los Angeles, USA), Ondrej Santolik (The Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Rep.), and Iwona Stanislawska (Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)

S-GH1: ULF/VLF Waves
• Session Conveners: Dong-Hun Lee (Kyung Hee University, Korea) and Kazue Takahashi (Applied Physics Lab, Johns Hopkins University, USA)

S-GH2: Space Weather Impact and Mitigation Efforts
• Session Conveners: Jun-Chul Mun (Korea Space Weather Center, National Radio Research Agency, Korea), Mamoru Ishii (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan), and Iwona Stanislawska (Space Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)

Important Deadlines:

- Paper submission: March 15
(http://aprasc2016.org/Paper_Submission.php)

- Young Scientist Award paper deadline: March 31
(http://aprasc2016.org/Young_Scientist_Award.php) 

- Early registration: July 15
(http://aprasc2016.org/Registration.php)

- Special rate for hotel reservation: July 21
(http://aprasc2016.org/Accommodation.php)

The Young Scientist Award (YSA) and The Student Paper Competition (SPC) of the “2016 Asia-Pacific Radio Science Conference” (AP-RASC’16) is open for applications. 

Further details about the conference are found in the link below.
http://aprasc2016.org/index.php

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2. SCAR Open Science Conference extended deadline fast approaching
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From: Craig Rodger (craig.rodger at otago.ac.nz)

The deadline for the abstract submission to the SCAR OSC 2016 (Kuala Lumpur, 22-26 August 2016, http://scar2016.com/) has been extended 29 Feb 2016, but the new deadline is fast approaching. A list of useful information regarding the meeting is listed below:

1) Symposia and Sessions descriptions http://scar2016.com/symposia-session.php

Specific solar-terrestrial physics sessions of interest:

  S15. Solar-terrestrial physics in the polar regions. Conveners (Session 15): Emilia Correia, Brazil; Maurizio Candidi, Italy; Craig J. Rodger, New Zealand; Yasmina M. Martos, UK

  S16. Global navigation satellite system research and applications. Conveners (Session 16): Giorgiana de Franceschi, Italy; Paul Prikryl, Canada; Nicolas Bergeot, Belgium; Elizabeth Petrie, UK

2) Abstracts submission http://scar2016.com/abstract-submission.php
DEADLINE 29 FEBRUARY 2016

3) Registration http://scar2016.com/registration.php  
EARLY BIRD RATE DEADLINE 5 MAY 2016

4) SERAnt (Sun-Earth Relationships and Antarctica) Working Group Meeting will be held on Sunday 21 August from 16.00 to 19.00 at the University of Malaya, IPS building, 4th floor, room Cube 2.

People interested in sessions 15 and 16 should consider participating in the session. Important issues will be discussed, particularly the possibility that a new and more ambitious Scientific Research Program (SRP) is launched, focussed on the science of ionospheric propagation and the effects on it of solar phenomena, to give our discipline more visibility within SCAR. This new program would include GRAPE groups (GRAPE is the SCAR expert group GNSS Research and Application for Polar Environment: http://www.grape.scar.org/). We will discuss ways to improve such SRP with wider perspectives by SERAnt groups.

More detail on the proposed new SERAnt action group is now online: http://www.scar.org/serant/serant-about#_msoanchor_2

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3. Post-Doctoral Associate-Space Physics, University of Minnesota
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From: Lindsay Glesener (glesener at umn.edu)

The Space Physics group at the University of Minnesota has an immediate opening for a postdoctoral researcher to work on analysis and instrumentation for high-energy solar astrophysics.  This researcher will play an integral role in hardware and analysis for CubeSat and sounding rocket instruments, including the FOXSI-3 experiment, which is a rocket experiment planned to fly in 2018.
Hardware experience with one or more of the following systems will be considered a plus:  X-ray, gamma-ray, or particle detectors; grazing-incidence optics; and rocket, balloon, or CubeSat payloads.  Experience in analyzing solar flare data will be considered a plus, though candidates with interests in other space physics topics or other X-ray astrophysical topics are also encouraged to apply.  Candidates with experience in single-event detectors for particle or nuclear physics may also be considered.

The Space Physics group at UMN includes faculty and researchers with diverse research interests in the physics of space and plasmas, including topics in the ionosphere, magnetosphere, solar wind, and the high-energy Sun. The group also has expertise in electric field and wave instrumentation. Job duties will include the following:
Contribute to development of the FOXSI-3 payload, including science planning, detector upgrades, and participation in the 2018 launch campaign. Along with a faculty member, supervise and mentor students on a hard X-ray solar CubeSat project. Analyze solar and space physics data, including but not limited to multi-wavelength analysis of solar flares. Contribute to the development, commissioning and operation of experimental equipment and data analysis software for X-ray detectors. Present science results at conferences and in publications, including national and international conferences and collaboration meetings. Contribute to proposals for submission to funding agencies, including NASA and the NSF.

Apply  https://www.myu.umn.edu/employment  Job ID: 307475
Provide a cover letter, Curriculum vitae, names and complete contact information for three references and a research experience statement.  Arrange to have three letters of reference sent to:  jjmurphy at physics.umn.edu 

The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer.

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