[SPA] SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER, Volume XXVII, Issue 27

Tue May 12 10:51:04 PDT 2020

AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION
SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER
Volume XXVII, Issue 27
May.12,2020

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Table of Contents

1. SPA SPARC Award Nominations due June 1

2. Basu U.S. Early Career Award Nominations due June 1

3. NSF CAREER Webinar

4. JOB OPENING: Postdoctoral Research Position and Ph.D. Student Position at University of Colorado-Boulder

5. JOB OPENING: Postdoctoral Position at Sorbonne Universite, Paris, France

6. Two New RHESSI Science Nuggets

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Announcement Submission Website: http://goo.gl/forms/qjcm4dDr4g

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SPA SPARC Award Nominations due June 1

From: Nicholeen Viall, Aaron Ridley, Toshi Nishimura (Nicholeen.M.Viall at nasa.gov)

There is a relatively new SPA award, which we wanted to bring to your attention: the Space Physics and Aeronomy Richard Carrington Education and Public Outreach (SPARC) award. Please consider nominating your colleagues. The deadline is June 1st.

Information on nomination requirements and past recipients can be found here: 
https://www.agu.org/Honor-and-Recognize/Honors/Section-Awards/SPARC-Award

The Space Physics & Aeronomy Richard Carrington (SPARC) Education & Public Outreach Award is presented annually to a senior scientist for significant impact on the public’s understanding of space physics and aeronomy through their education or outreach activities. It is named for Richard Carrington, an English amateur astronomer who was the first person to observe a large solar flare in 1859. Recipients of the SPARC Award go above and beyond their job title in their education and outreach endeavors.

Nicholeen Viall, Toshi Nishimura, and Aaron Ridley
(SPARC Award Committee)

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Basu U.S. Early Career Award Nominations due June 1

From: Joe Huba (jdhuba at syntek.org)

We would like to call attention to the Basu U.S. Early Career award and urge members of the Space Physic community to consider nominating promising young scientists. 

The Basu U.S. Early Career for Research Excellence in Sun-Earth Systems Science is presented annually to an early career scientist from the United States. The award, established in 2012, recognizes significant work that shows promise of making outstanding contributions to research in Sun-Earth systems science and furthers the understanding of plasma physical processes and their applications for the benefit of society. Awardees deliver an invited talk at the AGU Fall Meeting. This award is made possible by a generous contribution from AGU members Sunanda and Santimay Basu.

The deadline for submissions is June 1, 2020. More information is available at 

https://www.agu.org/Honor-and-Recognize/Honors/Section-Awards/Basu-US-Award

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NSF CAREER Webinar

From: Michael Wiltberger (mwiltber at nsf.gov)

FYI, possible interest, Wednesday May 13, 2020, NSF will be holding a webinar on the NSF-wide CAREER program. Further details are provided below.

Last week a Dear Colleague Letter was issued on the cross-directorate Spectrum Innovation Initiative; sending across the link for that as well.

Upcoming NSF CAREER Program Webinar:
This webinar will provide information on the current NSF Faculty Early Career Development program (CAREER) solicitation NSF 20-52. The webinar will include a briefing on the CAREER program and key solicitation requirements followed by a question and answer session. We encourage participants to submit questions before the webinar using the email careerwebinarqs at nsf.gov. Questions will be taken during the webinar as well.
May 13, 2020, 2-4 pm ET 
https://www.nsf.gov/events/event_summ.jsp?cntn_id=300458&WT.mc_id=USNSF_13&WT.mc_ev=click

Dear Colleague Letter: NSF's Spectrum Innovation Initiative and associated Supplemental Funding Opportunities issued May 8. 2020

https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2020/nsf20081/nsf20081.jsp?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click

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JOB OPENING: Postdoctoral Research Position and Ph.D. Student Position at University of Colorado-Boulder

From: Xinlin Li (Xinlin.Li at lasp.colorado.edu)

The Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado-Boulder invites applications for a postdoctoral research associate position and Ph.D. student position in the area of space physics. We are seeking highly motivated individuals who are passionate about forefront science issues and innovative technology applications for space physics. 

LASP is a large, multidisciplinary research institute with a modern space engineering and operations facility located in the beautiful CU-Boulder Research Park. LASP researchers also work closely with space scientists from other institutes located in Boulder such as the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC), the National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), and the NCAR High Altitude Observatory (HAO). 

Responsibilities and Duties for the postdoctoral research position Include:
• Analyzing and modeling data from past, current, and future missions, including (but not limited to) the Van Allen Probes, SAMPEX, CSSWE (http://lasp.colorado.edu/home/csswe/), and THEMIS, MMS, and the Colorado Inner Radiation Belt Experiment (CIRBE)(http://lasp.colorado.edu/home/cirbe/). 

• Collaborating with a dynamic team of experienced scientists and engineers along with enthusiastic students in the design, construction, and calibration of energetic particle detectors.

Requirements Include:
• Ph.D. degree in space physics or closely related fields 
For full consideration, all application materials: letter of interest, resume, proof of degree, and three names of references, should be emailed to Prof. Xinlin Li, Xinlin.Li at lasp.colorado.edu prior to 10 June 2020. 

For the Ph.D. student position, please also email Prof. Xinlin Li, Xinlin.Li at lasp.colorado.edu

Since both positions may involve spaceflight hardware projects, US citizenship is preferred. The University of Colorado Boulder is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to building a diverse workforce and will conduct background checks on all final applicants being considered for employment.

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JOB OPENING: Postdoctoral Position at Sorbonne Universite, Paris, France

From: Sebastien Lebonnois (sebastien.lebonnois at lmd.jussieu.fr)

Postdoctoral position opening to study Venus upper atmosphere with IPSL Venus GCM

The LMD Planetary Science team (Paris, France) is happy to announce an open postdoctoral position, starting in autumn 2020, for two years.
This position is opened in the context of the development of the Venus Climate Database funded by ESA, a new reference model for the atmosphere of Venus, based on the simulations done with the IPSL Venus GCM. These simulations will cover the altitude range from surface to exobase, near 250 km.
The studies proposed for this postdoctoral position will focus on the upper atmosphere of Venus, from the cloud-top to the thermosphere. Among the topics, the successful applicant will use available observations to validate the simulations in this region, work on the interpretation of these observations, and investigate the physical processes controlling dynamics from the upper mesosphere to the exobase. Comparison studies with other thermospheric GCMs could be proposed, to assess the robustness of these investigations.

Knowledge in planetary science and expertise in atmospheric dynamical modeling will be appreciated.
Work will be conducted at the Laboratoire de Meteorologie Dynamique premises on the Pierre & Marie Curie campus of Sorbonne Universite, Paris, France.
More details available at https://www.lmd.jussieu.fr/~sllmd/VCD/postdoc_LMD.pdf

Interested applicants should contact Sebastien Lebonnois: 
sebastien.lebonnois at lmd.jussieu.fr

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Two New RHESSI Science Nuggets

From: Hugh Hudson (hugh.hudson at glasgow.ac.uk)

No. 378, “Rejuvenating Solar Flare Termination Shocks as Particle Accelerators,” by Bin CHEN: At last, clear evidence for a long-predicted phenomenon.

No. 379, “Quasi-periodic pulsations as indicators of oscillatory processes in solar flare,” by Elena Kupriyanova et al.: Many, many QPPs

We welcome contributions to the RHESSI Nuggets, and the topics may wander some distance away from specifically RHESSI results if they are generally interesting. See http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/~tohban/wiki/index.php/RHESSI_Science_Nuggets for these and others. Comments about specific flares can be found by searching for their SOLyyyy-mm-dd identifier from this home page.

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