[SPA] SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER, Volume XXX, Issue 31

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AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION
SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER
Volume XXX, Issue 31
Jun.11,2023

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Table of Contents

1. Open Access E-Book Available

2. Magnetosphere Online Seminar Series

3. JOB OPENING: Postdoc Positions at Queen Mary University of London

4. JOB OPENING: Postdoctoral Researcher in Space – Space Research Centre PAS (CBK PAN), Warsaw, Poland

5. PhD Opportunities in Interdisciplinary Space Sciences and Planetary Research

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


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Open Access E-Book Available

From: Joe Borovsky, Jorge Chau, Georgia De Nolfo, Antonella Greco, Elena Grigorenko, Yoshi Miyoshi, Noora Partamies, Maria Usanova  (jborovsky at spacescience.org)

An open-access electronic book "Generation-to-Generation Communications is Space Physics" is available for download at https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/31245/, push the "Download PDF" or the "Download EPUB" button. The book contains 27 original contributions from your colleagues, plus the overview "editorial" article at the beginning of the e-book references 17 additional open-access articles in Perspectives of Earth and Space Scientists that are in the spirit of the other 27 articles. The e-book is full of wisdom, history, anecdotes, remembrances, ...


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Magnetosphere Online Seminar Series

From: Kyle Murphy (kylemurphy.spacephys at gmail.com)

We invite you to join us Mondays at 12 pm (EST, 5 UT) for the weekly Magnetosphere Online Seminar Series.

On Monday June 12 Jone Reistad and Maxime Grandin will be discussing Origins of keV electron precipitation in the summer hemisphere polar cap and Auroral particle precipitation in Vlasiator global simulations  

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. 

On June 19 Shannon Killey and Jurgen Matza will be discussing Machine Learning to diagnose and analyse pitch angle distributions and The geomagnetic Kp index and the new, hourly and half-hourly Kp-like Hpo indices.

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

And see previous talks here - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNlOK9mCmI3V111EHQRCuEQ


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JOB OPENING: Postdoc Positions at Queen Mary University of London

From: Christopher Chen (christopher.chen at qmul.ac.uk)

We are advertising several postdoc positions at Queen Mary University of London to work in the Space & Astrophysical Plasmas group. The available postdoc positions cover spacecraft observations, numerical simulations, plasma theory, and laboratory experiments in areas of heliospheric physics, magnetospheric physics, fundamental plasma processes, and space weather. Further detail on the positions, along with application information is given below.

Comparing particle acceleration at bow shocks of Venus and Earth, and interplanetary shocks
Application deadline: 9th July 2023
Contact: Dr Heli Hietala (h.hietala at qmul.ac.uk)
Application link and more information: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/jobs/vacancies/items/8516.html
Description: One position is available to work with the project “Accelerating Charged Particles in Space – the Role of Transient Plasma Structures” funded by the Royal Society University Research Fellowship led by Dr Heli Hietala. The postdoc project involves primarily spacecraft data analysis, as well as related theory and/or simulation/models, to systematically compare various aspects of shock particle acceleration in different regions of space, with the goal using this fundamental understanding to improve space weather prediction. The key data comes from Solar Orbiter and Parker Solar Probe, as well as databases of Magnetospheric MultiScale and Venus Express. The project involves a high level of collaboration, both internationally and locally within the QMUL.

Role of plasma turbulence in heliophysics, space weather, and lab experiments
Application deadline: 9th July 2023
Contact: Dr Christopher Chen (christopher.chen at qmul.ac.uk)
Application link and more information: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/jobs/vacancies/items/7718.html
Description: Up to two positions are available to work in Dr Christopher Chen’s UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship (FLF) team on the research programme “Exploring New Regions of Space: Fundamentals and Impacts of Astrophysical Plasma Turbulence”. The research involves spacecraft data analysis, lab plasma experiments, theory & simulation, and space weather research, so applicants with expertise in any of these areas (and interest in getting involved in the others) are encouraged, although we are particularly interested in applicants with space weather or lab plasma expertise. The research aims are to understand turbulence as a fundamental process in space/lab/astrophysics, the role it plays in controlling the dynamics of these systems, and modeling its effects in space weather. This is a highly collaborative team effort, involving interlinking (and flexible) sub-projects, and multiple leading international project partners in different disciplines. The FLF programme also offers extensive dedicated career support for all team members.

Turbulence as a Controlling Agent in the Inner Heliosphere
Application deadline: 9th July 2023
Contact: Prof David Burgess (D.Burgess at qmul.ac.uk)
Application link and more information: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/jobs/vacancies/items/8056.html
Description: A postdoctoral researcher position is available to work on a project exploring the controlling role that turbulence plays in the inner heliosphere primarily using plasma simulations. The post is funded by STFC as part of a Consolidated Grant. The project will use plasma simulations to study how turbulence can control the key plasma processes of particle energization, shock dynamics, and turbulence-driven reconnection. The simulations will be motivated and tested against results from Parker Solar Probe (PSP), Solar Orbiter and Magnetospheric Multiscale MMS. The project will build on collaborations within the Space Plasma group and there will be opportunities for collaborations across the data/simulation boundary.

The Research Group
The Space & Astrophysical Plasmas group at QMUL has a strong track record, going back to the pioneering work of Vincenzo Ferraro in the 1950s, and is part of the Astronomy Unit, which also hosts other leading research groups in Cosmology & Relativity and Extrasolar Planets & Planet Formation, with its members taking key roles in major international projects. The Astronomy Unit is part of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, within the School of Physical and Chemical Sciences. In the UK’s most recent national research assessment (2021 REF), 98% of the Department's research was rated internationally excellent and world leading (3*/4*). The School runs comprehensive undergraduate and masters taught programmes in Physics and Astrophysics, maintains a successful PhD research training programme, and undertakes an extensive range of outreach activities.


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JOB OPENING: Postdoctoral Researcher in Space – Space Research Centre PAS (CBK PAN), Warsaw, Poland

From: Pawel Swaczyna (pswaczyna at cbk.waw.pl)

Space Research Centre PAS (www.cbkpan.pl/en/) is seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher who will conduct research on the outer heliosphere and the very local interstellar medium as part of the project entitled “The outer heliosphere and its interstellar surrounding revealed in neutral atom and pickup ion observations” led by Dr. Pawel Swaczyna. The successful candidate will study interstellar neutral atoms, pickup ions, and energetic neutral atoms by developing related models and comparing their predictions with available observational data from space missions.  

The application deadline is July 16, 2023. For more information about the position, required qualifications, and application details, please see https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/113111

For questions, please email Dr. Pawel Swaczyna at pswaczyna at cbk.waw.pl.


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PhD Opportunities in Interdisciplinary Space Sciences and Planetary Research

From: Ruth-Sophie Taubner (ruth-sophie.taubner at oeaw.ac.at)

The Young Researcher Program YRP at Graz welcomes applications for PhD positions. YRP at Graz is jointly supported by the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the Graz University of Technology, and the University of Graz. The applicants will be able to choose between four given projects ranging from exoplanets over solar and stellar mass ejections to space debris laser ranging.

The application process has two stages with which we aim to decrease selection biases:
Stage 1) applications are submitted through an anonymised questionnaire (deadline: July 7th)
Stage 2) selected applicants are invited for an interview.

Our expectations for our candidates:
-- We look for early career researchers who are interested in an interdisciplinary exchange based on a solid university education in at least one subject of natural sciences or engineering.
-- We aim for PhD candidates who would like to actively join our YRP at Graz initiative, helping to develop the tradition of the involved institutes.
-- We look for excellent researchers who have the courage to cross scientific borders in a responsible way and to support our international societies with their research. 
-- We search for team players who aspire to continue their skill development as well as to support the research location Graz.

Details about the offered projects can be found here: https://www.oeaw.ac.at/en/iwf/research/young-researcher-program/phd-students

We are looking forward hearing from you!


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