[SPA] SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER, Volume XXVII, Issue 62

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SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER
Volume XXVII, Issue 62
Oct.05,2020

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Table of Contents

1. SPA Section Awards for 2020

2. Call for Community Input to Proposed LWS Focused Science Topics: Due Oct 23, 2020

3. ROSES-20 Amendment 52: Release of Final Text of Citizen Science Seed Funding Program

4. NSF AST Solicitation Deadlines

5. Call for HPAC Committee Members

6. Seeking Community Input for NASEM Study on Earth System Science

7. MEETING: 4th SWMF Users Meeting: November 4–6, 2020

8. MEETING: Invitation to PUNCH science team meeting, December 3, 2020

9. MEETING: Second Circular of the PWING-ERG o\Online Conference and School on the Inner Magnetosphere (ISEE, Nagoya University, March 8-12, 2021) 

10. Magnetosphere Online Seminar Series

11. The Solar Orbiter Mission A&A Special Issue

12. Solar Orbiter First Data Release

13. JOB OPENING: Upcoming Heliophysics Research Positions at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center

14. JOB OPENING: Research Fellowships in Space Sciences & Exploration

15. JOB OPENING: Research Associate (Postdoc) Scientific Programming

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


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SPA Section Awards for 2020

From: Christina Cohen (cohen at srl.caltech.edu)

Please join us in congratulating this year’s winners of the SPA section awards!

Meghan Burleigh has been given the Basu United States Early Career Award for Research in Sun–Earth Systems Science in recognition of outstanding contributions to research in Sun-Earth Systems Science that further the understanding of both plasma physical processes and their applications for the benefit of society.

Shiyong Huang has been given the Sunanda and Santimay Basu International Early Career Award in Sun–Earth Systems Science in recognition of outstanding contributions to research in Sun-Earth Systems Science that further the understanding of both plasma physical processes and their applications for the benefit of society.

Parisa Mostafavi has been given the Fred L. Scarf award for outstanding dissertation research that contributes directly to solar-planetary science.

Charles William Smith has been given the Space Physics and Aeronomy Richard Carrington Education and Public Outreach Award for significant and outstanding impact on students’ and the public’s understanding of SPA science through their education and/or outreach activities–exhibiting an effort that goes well beyond their particular job.

Additionally we have our named lectures:
Kristina A. Lynch is our Marcel Nicolet Lecturer for her significant contributions to the field of Aeronomy.

Robert L. McPherron is our James Van Allen Lecturer for his significant contributions to the field of Magnetospheric Physics.

Roderick A. Heelis is our inaugural William B. Hanson Lecturer for his innovative approaches to observation and interpretation, encouraging a breadth in interpretation that advances all disciplines in SPA.

New at this year’s fall meeting will be a session consisting of the Hanson lecture followed by talks from the USA Basu, International Basu, Scarf, and SPARC awardees.

We extend our deepest appreciation to the award committees for their substantial work in evaluating the nominations and to the nominators for assembling the impressive packages.

Best regards,
Christina Cohen (president)
Geoff Reeves (president-elect)
Larry Paxton (past president)


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Call for Community Input to Proposed LWS Focused Science Topics: Due Oct 23, 2020

From: Anthea Coster, Sabrina Savage (ajc at haystack.mit.edu)

The 2020 executive committee of the NASA Living with a Star (LWS) Program Analysis Group (LPAG) has completed the development of the next round of input for the LWS Focused Science Topics (FSTs) for ROSES 2021and beyond. We are asking the Heliophysics community to provide final input on these crafted FSTs by Oct 23, 2020.  No new FST topics will be accepted, however the current FSTs may be expanded, enhanced, or modified as needed. Comments are welcome and will become part of the final record.  

Enter comments on the new FSTs by using the following link (on or before Oct 23, 2020):
http://lwstrt.gsfc.nasa.gov/communityinput/DraftTopicsForComments/2021/

We greatly look forward to your final input on these FSTs and to continuing on the path of innovation and scientific exploration in the LWS program.

LPAG Executive Committee Members: Sabrina Savage (Co-Chair), Anthea Coster (Co-Chair), Joe Borovsky, Richard Collins, Seebany Datta-Barua, Chuanfei Dong, Heather Elliott, Matina Gkioulidou, Fan Guo, Angelos Vourlidas, Brian Walsh, Shasha Zou, 

LPAG Ex Officio Members: Jeff Morrill, Lika Guhathakurta, Simon Plunkett, Shing Fung

Key Resources:
LPAG, https://lwstrt.gsfc.nasa.gov/lpag
The current LWS SSA descriptions are provided here:
https://lwstrt.gsfc.nasa.gov/strategic-science-areas-ssas 


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ROSES-20 Amendment 52: Release of Final Text of Citizen Science Seed Funding Program

From: Verner, Katya (Ekaterina.M.Verner at nasa.gov)

The Citizen Science Seed Funding Program (CSSFP) Element of ROSES aims to support scientists and other experts to develop citizen science projects relevant to NASA's Astrophysics, Heliophysics and Planetary Science Research Programs and proposals relevant to Biological and Physical Sciences will also be considered on a case by case basis. The CSSFP aims to advance the use of citizen science by incubating citizen science projects as they are being conceived or during critical transitions, like the year when they are first launched or beta tested (i.e., when the first group of volunteers is invited to try the project) or when the project changes scientific direction. CSSFP awards require relatively short proposals to encourage new proposers to experiment with citizen science techniques; the Science/Technical/Management section has a limit of 6 pages.

ROSES-2020 Amendment 52 releases final text for E.9 Citizen Science Seed Funding Program. Notices of Intent to propose are requested by October 13, 2020 and 6-page Proposals are due December 11, 2020. A Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document will be posted on the NSPIRES page for this program element under "Other Documents".

On or about September 11, 2020, this Amendment to the NASA Research Announcement "Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) 2020" (NNH20ZDA001N) will be posted on the NASA research opportunity homepage at http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2020 and will appear on SARA's ROSES blog at: https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/grant-solicitations/roses-2020/.

Questions concerning Citizen Science Seed Funding Program may be directed to Marc Kuchner, who may be reached at marc.kuchner at nasa.gov.


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NSF AST Solicitation Deadlines

From: Carrie Black (cblack at nsf.gov)

NSF’s Division of Astronomical Sciences is accepting solar physics and observations related proposals to two programs - the Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Grants (AAG) and the Advanced Technologies and Instrumentation (ATI) Programs. The deadlines are November 16, 2020. For both solicitations, proposals must demonstrate the astronomical context of the work. It is highly recommended that proposers reach out to points of contact with any questions, as proposals that do not adequately demonstrate the astronomical context may be returned without review.

For ATI see https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505586&org=AST&from=home 
Contact Zoran Ninkov at zninkov at nsf.gov with any questions.

For AAG see https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13630&org=AST&from=home  
Contact Hans Krimm (hkrimm at nsf.gov), Luke Sollitt (lsollitt at nsf.gov), or Carrie Black (cblack at nsf.gov) with any questions.


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Call for HPAC Committee Members

From: Janet Kozyra (kate.m.petersen at nasa.gov)

Heliophysics Advisory Committee
The NASA Heliophysics Division Seeks Community Members to Serve on the NASA Heliophysics Advisory Committee

We are seeking community members interested in serving on the Heliophysics Advisory Committee (HPAC). HPAC was established to provide advice and make recommendations to the Director of the NASA Heliophysics Division (HPD) on heliophysics programs, policies, plans, and priorities. These inputs are used to inform decisions on the programmatic scope and priorities, as well as the implementation of heliophysics programs. In addition, the HPAC provides a regular forum for broad discussion of heliophysics and the role of heliophysics within and outside of NASA. 

Members are selected to ensure a balanced representation in terms of expertise, points of view and diversity. Selections are made by the HPD Director in consultation with the Associate Administrator of the Science Mission Directorate and with the approval of the NASA Administrator. HPAC consists of 16 members at the present time, who serve without compensation for three year terms with one-third of the committee rotating off every year. 

HPAC meets two to four times a year or as requested by the HPD Director. As required for a FACA committee, meetings are open to the public

Interested community members are asked to complete and submit the form at the link below, which includes uploading single file with a one-page bio and a one-page resume, by October 1, 2020.

https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/nac/science-advisory-committees/hpac/community-members 


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Seeking Community Input for NASEM Study on Earth System Science

From: Michael Wiltberger (mwiltber at nsf.gov)

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine committee on “Advancing a Systems Approach to Studying the Earth” requests your input. The committee is tasked to develop a compelling vision for a systems approach to studying the Earth and to identify the facilities, infrastructure, coordinating mechanisms, computing, and workforce development needed to support that vision. The committee seeks feedback from the scientific community across all components of the Earth system including the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, geosphere, and human institutions and infrastructure. Your answers to this questionnaire will help the authoring committee better understand the range of issues associated with this complex topic.

The  questionnaire is now live on the NASEM website: https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/advancing-a-systems-approach-to-studying-the-earth-a-strategy-for-the-national-science-foundation


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MEETING: 4th SWMF Users Meeting: November 4–6, 2020

From: Tamas Gombosi, Tuija Pulkkinen, Aaron Ridley, Gabor Toth, Shasha Zou (tamas at umich.edu)

A lot is happening at the University of Michigan in the space weather modeling area. We are well into the first year of our Phase-I NASA Heliophysics DRIVE Science Center (SOLSTICE) and are just starting two major SWQU (Next Generation Software for Data-driven Models of Space Weather with Quantified Uncertainties) projects: NextGen SWMF (funded by NSF) and Aether (funded by NASA). These synergistic efforts are aimed to bring SWMF to the next level by integrating cutting edge machine learning, data assimilation, uncertainty quantification and GPU computing with our world-class physics-based Space Weather Modeling Framework.

In order to engage the SWMF users and the broader SPA community in these activities, we will organize the 4th SWMF Users Meeting to update the Heliophysics community focusing on the latest results and plans. The meeting will take place November 4 - 6, 2020, over Zoom. The meeting will feature new modeling capabilities, science highlights, user experiences and agency perspectives.

The meeting will start Wednesday at 12:30pm (EST) and run through Friday afternoon at 5:30pm (EST). Each day we will have three 90 min long blocks separated by 15 min breaks (12:30-2:00, 2:15-3:45; 4:00-5:30).

The SWMF Users Meeting will include keynote presentations by the Michigan team as well as presentations by the broader SWMF community. The meeting is open to all interested colleagues and students, no presentation is required. If you want to give a science, development, or use-case presentation during the meeting please send a title by email to Tamas Gombosi (tamas at umich.edu) and Debbie Eddy (dkeddy at umich.edu).

A more detailed agenda will be announced as the meeting approaches. The final agenda will be composed of the invited and contributed talks selected based on relevance and available time.

The meeting will be in Zoom Webinar format. Please register in advance at

https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0JFK86-MQv-zRw6fzOiFlA

After registration you will get a participant link that is unique to you.


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MEETING: Invitation to PUNCH science team meeting, December 3, 2020

From: Sarah Gibson (sgibson at ucar.edu)

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 for the Zoom link.


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MEETING: Second Circular of the PWING-ERG o\Online Conference and School on the Inner Magnetosphere (ISEE, Nagoya University, March 8-12, 2021) 

From: Kazuo Shiokawa (shiokawa at nagoya-u.jp)

Conference website: https://is.isee.nagoya-u.ac.jp/pwing-erg/

The PWING-ERG online conference and school on dynamic variation of particles and waves in the inner magnetosphere and ionosphere using satellite and ground-network observations and modeling will be held on March 8-12, 2021. The conference will be hosted by the Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE) of Nagoya University, Japan and preceded by a school for early career scientists. Both events will be held to celebrate the completion of the PWING project, and as the 5th year anniversary of the ERG (Arase) mission. 

The inner magnetosphere contains plasma particles in wide energy ranges from the plasmasphere (electron volts) to the radiation belts (mega-electron volts). The particles in the inner magnetosphere are accelerated and lost while interacting with electromagnetic waves.  In this conference, we invite presentations on recent advances of ground-based network and satellite missions, as well as modeling efforts to understand acceleration and loss of plasma in the inner magnetosphere and their consequences in the ionosphere. Graduate-course students and young scientists are welcome to join the school held before the conference. 

Conference Title: 
International conference and school on dynamic variation of particles and waves in the inner magnetosphere and ionosphere using satellite and ground-network observations and modeling (PWING-ERG conference and school) 

Dates (in JST):
March 8 (Mon)-9 (Tue): School and introduction to data analysis tools for students and young scientists
March 9 (Tue)-12 (Fri): Conference
Planned presentation time: 00-03 and 06-09 UTC (09-12 and 15-18 JST in Japan; 19-22 and 01-04 EST in US; 01-04 and 07-10 CET in Europe)

Important Dates: 
December 31, 2020: deadline of registration and abstract submission
January 31, 2021: acceptance notice for abstracts

Registration fee: Free 

Host Institute: Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE), Nagoya University 

Main Conveners: 
Kazuo Shiokawa, Yoshizumi Miyoshi (ISEE, Nagoya Univ.), and Iku Shinohara (ISAS/JAXA)

Organizing Committee: 
Tomoaki Hori, Ryuho Kataoka, Satoshi Kurita, Claudia Martinez-Calderon, Yoshizumi Miyoshi, Tsutomu Nagatsuma, Nozomu Nishitani, Masahito Nose, Yuki Obana, Yuichi Otsuka, Shin-Ichiro Oyama, Mitsunori Ozaki, Kaori Sakaguchi, Takeshi Sakanoi, Kanako Seki, Atsuki Shinbori, Iku Shinohara, Kazuo Shiokawa, Shin Suzuki, Naoko Takahashi, Yoshimasa Tanaka, and Fuminori Tsuchiya

PWING: study of dynamical variation of Particles and Waves in the INner magnetosphere using Ground-based network observations

ERG: Exploration of energization and Radiation in Geospace 


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Magnetosphere Online Seminar Series

From: Kyle Murphy, David Sibeck (magnetosphere.seminars at gmail.com)

You are invited to join the Magnetosphere Online Seminar Series every Monday at 12 pm (EDST, 1600 UT).

On Monday October 5, Angeline Burrell will discuss Python in Space Physics at 12 PM EDST. A link to join the seminar via Zoom or YouTube can be found on our home page (https://msolss.github.io/MagSeminars/). The password to join the Zoom seminar is Mag at 1. 

There will be no seminar on Monday October 12. 

You can see previous talks here - https://msolss.github.io/MagSeminars/blog.html

And add your name to the mailing list here - https://msolss.github.io/MagSeminars/mail-list.html


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The Solar Orbiter Mission A&A Special Issue

From: Yannis Zouganelis (yannis.zouganelis at esa.int)

The Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A) journal has published a special issue featuring a series of 17 papers on the Solar Orbiter mission and its instruments. 
The entire issue is open access and all papers can be downloaded following this link: https://www.aanda.org/component/toc/?task=topic&id=1082

List of mission papers:

1. The Solar Orbiter mision. Science overview (Mueller et al.)
2. The Solar Orbiter Science Activity Plan. Translating solar and heliospheric physics questions into action (Zouganelis et al.)
3. The Solar Orbiter spacecraft (Garcia Marirrodriga et al.)
4. Coordination of the in-situ payload of Solar Orbiter (Walsh et al.)
5. Coordination within the remote-sensing payload on the Solar Orbiter mission (Auchère et al.)
6. Models and data analysis tools for the Solar Orbiter mission (Rouillard et al.)
7. Integrating observations and measurements from Solar Orbiter, Parker Solar Probe and other space and ground-based observatories (Velli et al.)

List of instrument papers:

1. The Energetic Particle Detector (EPD, Rodriguez-Pacheco et al.)
2. The Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI, Rochus et al.)
3. The magnetometer (MAG, Horbury et al.)
4. The visible light and ultraviolet coronal imager (Metis, Antonucci et al.)
5. The Polarimetric and Helioseismic Imager (SO/PHI, Solanki et al.)
6. The Radio and Plasma Waves instrument (RPW, Maksimovic et al.)
7. The Heliospheric Imager (SoloHI, Howard et al.)
8. The extreme UV imaging spectrometer (SPICE, SPICE Consortium)
9. The spectrometer/telescope for imaging X-rays (STIX, Krucker et al.)
10. The Solar Wind Analyser suite (SWA, Owen et al.)


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Solar Orbiter First Data Release

From: Yannis Zouganelis (yannis.zouganelis at esa.int)

On September 30, ESA released the first science data from the Solar Orbiter mission launched on 10 February 2020. This release concerns data from the in-situ payload that entered its science phase on 15 June 2020, when the spacecraft was at its first perihelion at 0.51 astronomical units. Calibrated data from the instruments EPD (Energetic Particle Detector), MAG (Magnetometer) and RPW (Radio and Plasma Waves) are publicly available, while data from the SWA instrument (Solar Wind Analyser) will become public later this year. The remote-sensing payload will start its science phase in November 2021.

All data are available via the ESA Solar Orbiter Archive: https://soar.esac.esa.int/soar/. 

In the future, new calibrated science data will be made available at the latest three months after their reception on the ground, following the open-data philosophy of the mission.

For more information, feel free to contact the instruments' Principal Investigators:

EPD (Energetic Particle Detector) PI: Javier Rodríguez-Pacheco, University of Alcalà, Spain, fsrodriguez at uah.es
MAG (Magnetometer) PI: Tim Horbury, Imperial College London, UK, t.horbury at imperial.ac.uk
RPW (Radio and Plasma Waves) PI: Milan Maksimovic, LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, France, milan.maksimovic at obspm.fr
SWA (Solar Wind Analyser) PI: Chris Owen, MSSL, University College London, UK, c.owen at ucl.ac.uk

For mission-level questions, please contact:

Daniel Müller (ESA Project Scientist): daniel.mueller at esa.int
Yannis Zouganelis (ESA Deputy Project Scientist): yannis.zouganelis at esa.int

For questions about the Solar Orbiter Archive, please contact the Archive Scientist, Pedro Osuna (Pedro.Osuna at sciops.esa.int).


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JOB OPENING: Upcoming Heliophysics Research Positions at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center

From: David McKenzie (david.e.mckenzie at nasa.gov)

The Heliophysics & Planetary Science Branch at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, plans to offer multiple positions seeking scientists focused on conducting research and developing applications solving challenging Heliophysics problems. Outstanding candidates have the potential to be selected for federal employment, joining more than 30 other federal employees, academic staff, and contractors supporting solar physics and space weather science efforts within the Branch, a subset of the Science Research and Projects Division, and the Science and Technology Office at Marshall Space Flight Center.

Research Astrophysicist positions will be considered to support the following focus areas:
• Solar/Heliospheric remote sensing, research, and analysis: Complete novel research activities for MSFC through independent reviews and interpretation of research data in related research areas concerned with the Sun, solar activity, or Space Weather
• Development of solar physics instrumentation: Serve as an instrument scientist in suborbital or orbital space missions with responsibility for working with multidisciplinary teams of engineers and scientists

The selected candidates will have opportunities to lead the development of research proposals for new activities, execute funded projects, and share their accomplishments through conference participation and appropriate peer-reviewed literature.

The positions are expected to be announced in autumn 2020 under the category of Research Astrophysicist and at the GS-13 grade level. Successful candidates will have had experience applying advanced tools, techniques, and/or data analysis/mining/machine learning techniques to observational datasets collected with remote sensing measurement techniques. Candidates should have made regular contributions to a research team with some guidance and direction, developed new analysis techniques to solve challenging problems, made contributions to peer-reviewed proposals in response to technical solicitations, and have contributed to peer-reviewed publications as part of a demonstrated publication record.

The formal announcement of the opportunity and related requirements will be posted in the near future at USAJobs (www.usajobs.gov) and can be found by searching with keyword NASA and location of Huntsville, Alabama. Applications are only accepted through the USAJobs portal, and United States citizenship is required to be eligible for these civil service positions. Candidates are encouraged to create a USAJobs profile well in advance to populate their resume and may also subscribe to USAJobs alerts received via email. Informal inquiries can be directed to Dr. David McKenzie, david.e.mckenzie at nasa.gov, 256-961-7896.


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JOB OPENING: Research Fellowships in Space Sciences & Exploration

From: Ana M. Heras (ana.heras at esa.int)

ESA‘s postdoctoral Research Fellowship programme offers young scientists and engineers the possibility to carry out research in a variety of disciplines related to space science, space applications or space technology. Research Fellowships in Space Science & Exploration specifically offer the opportunity to contribute to ESA‘s endeavour to explore our Solar System and the Universe in the fields of human and robotic exploration, heliophysics, planetary science, astrophysics and fundamental physics.

Research Fellows also help foster a lively scientific environment in the directorates, inspiring ESA scientists to get involved in new scientific activities. The Research Fellowship programme nurtures and strengthens the links between ESA and the scientific communities in the Member States.

Approximately 9 ESA Fellowships in Space Science and 9 in Human and Robotic Exploration will be offered this year, to join the pool of about 30 Research Fellows in the two Directorates (Science and Human and Robotic Exploration).

This year, the Directorate for Human and Robotic Exploration is interested in Research Fellows working on various specific projects with brief descriptions under: https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/science-faculty/hre. These Fellowships are offered at ESTEC, EAC, or ECSAT.

Within the Directorate of Science, we are welcoming all proposals for innovative research associated with one or more of our missions. These Fellowships can be taken at any of the three sites: ESAC, ESTEC, or STScI. To learn more about the research conducted by the Directorate’s scientists, please visit the Science Faculty site: https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/science-faculty/home

Duration: Appointments are initially for two years, with a third year extension frequently granted.

Eligibility: Only citizens of ESA Member States or countries associated with ESA are eligible.

More information on the Research Fellowship programme and on how to apply can be found at https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/science-faculty/research-fellowship. 

Deadline for applications is 29 October 2020. 


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JOB OPENING: Research Associate (Postdoc) Scientific Programming

From: GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences (melanie at gfz-potsdam.de)

GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences Potsdam, Germany - Section Magnetospheric Physics, working with Prof. Yuri Shprits

Deadline: 15 November 2020

The department of Geophysics at the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences invites applications for a Research Associate (Postdoc) in Scientific Programming, in the section of Magnetospheric Physics. 

Candidates for the Research Associate position ideally hold a PhD in computer sciences, physics, mathematics or a related field (Master’s qualified applicants with suitable experience may also be considered). The scope of this position includes the development of scientific codes, visualization and various programming tools for codes and data analysis, as well as testing and adopting scientific codes within the broader application of conducting space physics research. The work carried out will be performed in the context of the EU Horizon 2020-funded consortium PAGER, led by GFZ Potsdam. The primary aim of PAGER is to provide space weather predictions initiated from observations on the Sun and to predict radiation in space and its effects on satellite infrastructure.

Ideal candidates will have several years of experience working with IT programming or scientific programming, knowledge of Unix, Mac and windows operating systems as well as advanced knowledge of C++, Matlab, IDL, Python and Fortran programming languages. Experience developing numerical codes and maintaining Unix work stations are essential, as is the ability to work within a team, show attention to detail and possess superior organisational skills.

For more details, please see:
Research Associate position: https://gfz-potsdam.concludis.de/prj/shw/e8432fb72c61c9066957124e5a420a05_0/4358/Research_Associate_m_f_x_Scientific_Programming.htm?lang=en_GB
For questions please contact Prof. Yuri Shprits: yshprits at gfz-potsdam.de


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