Volume 6, Number 4
January 22, 2012
Editor: Susan Benecchi
Co-Editors: Mark V. Sykes, Melissa Lane
Email: pen_editor at psi.edu
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1. Call for Abstracts: Planetary and Exo-Planetary Atmospheres, Surface
Interactions and Astrobiology
2. [NASA] SMD Graduate Student Fellowships
3. 2012 NASA Planetary Science Summer School
4. NASA Postdoctoral Fellowships
5. Upcoming MEPAG Meeting / Mars Future Landing Site Workshop
6. [NASA] 1st Annual International Space Station Research and
Development Conference
7. Microsymposium 53 - Early History of the Terrestrial Planets:
New Insights from the Moon and Mercury
8. AOGS-AGU (WPGM), Session PS20: Polarimetry of Planetary Systems
9. ESLAB Symposium on Formation and Evolution of Moons, ESTEC
10. Planetary Meeting Calendar Additions
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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: PLANETARY AND EXO-PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES, SURFACE
INTERACTIONS AND ASTROBIOLOGY
This year's joint Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society
(CMOS) / American Meteorological Society (AMS) Congress to be held in
Montreal from May 29 to June 1, 2012 will feature a session entitled
Planetary and Exo-Planetary Atmospheres, Surface Interactions and
Astrobiology. This new session, held for the first time this year,
seeks to bring together research in atmospheres beyond our own and the
processes which affect their composition and dynamics from researchers
across Canada and the World. For more information, please consult the
links below or contact John Moores at john.e.moores@gmail.com .
Abstracts may be submitted no later than February 17, 2012 at the
website of the Montreal Congress:
http://www.cmos.ca/congress2012/en/abstractsubmission/index.shtml
A more complete description of the session can be found here:
http://people.sca.uqam.ca/~gauthier/CMOS2012/ProgramCMOSMontreal2012_
web.htm#_Planetary_and_Exo-Planetary
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[NASA] SMD GRADUATE STUDENT FELLOWSHIPS
Proposals for SMD's graduate fellowships are due February 1, 2012.
The NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship (NESSF) Program - 2012/
2013 Academic Year, solicits applications from accredited U.S.
Universities on behalf of individuals pursuing Masters or Doctoral
(Ph.D.) degrees in Earth and space sciences, or related disciplines,
at respective institutions. The purpose of NESSF is to ensure continued
training of a highly qualified workforce in disciplines needed to
achieve NASA's scientific goals outlined above. Awards resulting from
the competitive selection will be made in the form of training grants
to the respective universities with the advisor serving as the
principal investigator.
The deadline for proposals is February 1, 2012.
For more information see:
http://tinyurl.com/7586wwq
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2012 NASA PLANETARY SCIENCE SUMMER SCHOOL
NASA is accepting applications from science and engineering post-docs,
recent PhDs, and doctoral students for its 24th Annual Planetary
Science Summer School, which will hold two separate sessions this
summer (18-22 June and 16-20 July) at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
in Pasadena, Calif. During the program and pre-session webinars,
student teams will carry out the equivalent of an early mission
concept study, prepare a proposal authorization review presentation,
present it to a review board, and receive feedback. By the end of the
session, students will have a clearer understanding of the life cycle
of a space mission; relationships between mission design, cost, and
schedule; and the tradeoffs necessary to stay within cost and
schedule while preserving the quality of science. Applications are
due March 28, 2012. Partial financial support is available for a
limited number of individuals. Further information is available at:
http://pscischool.jpl.nasa.gov
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NASA POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS
The NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) offers scientists and engineers
unique opportunities to conduct research at NASA Centers. Each NPP
fellowship opportunity is designed to advance NASA research in a
specific project related to space science, earth science, aeronautics,
space operations, exploration systems, lunar science, or astrobiology.
Applicants must have a Ph.D. or equivalent degree in hand before
beginning the fellowship, but may apply while completing the degree
requirements. U. S. citizens, Lawful Permanent Residents, and foreign
nationals eligible for J-1 status as a Research Scholar may apply.
An H-1B Visa status is not acceptable because the NPP is not an
employment program.
Stipends for Postdoctoral Fellows start at $50,000 per year, with
moderate supplements for high cost-of-living areas and for certain
academic specialties. Funds are available for relocation expenses,
up to a specified limit, and health insurance is available through
the program. Fellows also receive $8,000 per appointment year to
support travel to conferences, meetings, and other activities that
directly support their research.
Applications are accepted three times each year: March 1, July 1,
and November 1.
For further information and to apply, visit:
http://nasa.orau.org/postdoc/description/index.htm
Questions may be submitted by e-mail to nasapostdoc@orau.org
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UPCOMING MEPAG MEETING / MARS FUTURE LANDING SITE WORKSHOP
Dear Colleagues,
Just a reminder that if you have not already done so and are planning
to attend the MEPAG meeting at the Hilton Dulles International Airport
in Herndon, Virginia (Washington, DC area), on February 27-28, 2012,
we would appreciate your RSVP so that we can plan for you.
A Mars Future Landing Site Workshop will be held at the same venue
following the MEPAG meeting, February 29 thru March 2, 2012.
There is a block of hotel rooms set aside at the Hilton Dulles I
nternational Airport for both of these events. The deadline for
the room block is Monday, February 6, 2012.
Regards,
Joyce N. Pulliam
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[NASA] 1ST ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
CONFERENCE
Dates: June 26-28, 2012
Abstract deadline: January 30, 2012
Location: The Denver Marriott City Center
Conference organized by the AAS in partnership with NASA and the
Center for the Advancement of Science in Space Inc. (CASIS). The
program outline is posted at:
http://www.astronautical.org/node/96
Manuscripts are solicited on topics related to science and technology
activities (past, present, planned and proposed) on the ISS.
This conference will focus on ISS research and development-research
results and future opportunities in physical sciences, life sciences,
Earth and space sciences, and spacecraft technology development.
Plenary sessions will highlight major results and pathways to future
opportunities. Organizations managing and funding research on ISS,
including NASA programs and the ISS National Laboratory will provide
overviews of upcoming opportunities. Parallel technical sessions
will provide tracks for scientists to be updated on significant
accomplishments to date within their disciplines. The meeting also
includes a workshop designed to help new users take this information
and develop their own ideas for experiments using this unique
laboratory. Potential ISS users who attend will learn: "What can I
do on the ISS? How can I do it? What are sources for funding?"
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MICROSYMPOSIUM 53 - EARLY HISTORY OF THE TERRESTRIAL PLANETS: NEW
INSIGHTS FROM THE MOON AND MERCURY
March 17-18th, 2012, at The Woodlands Waterway Marriot, just prior to
LPSC 43. Exploration of the Moon and Mercury has outlined the basic
events, themes and processes in the first half of Solar System
history. Recent results are challenging many of these fundamental
views on the Moon, and on Mercury, MESSENGER data have revealed
crustal compositions quite unlike those anticipated, a cratering
record that differs from the Moon in interesting ways, and a global
magnetic field with an unusually strong asymmetry about the planetary
equator. These findings have clearly challenged an earlier vision of
a "Moon-like" Mercury, and have placed into question most earlier
paradigms for the origin and evolution of the innermost planet.
Although the two bodies are different, it is clear that comparison
between the Moon and Mercury may help to resolve outstanding problems
in the origin and evolution of each, and shed new light on the
fundamental themes and events in the histories of the terrestrial
planets. Microsymposium 53 will feature a summary of these new
discoveries, and bring together scientists to ponder their
implications. For more information and registration, see:
http://www.planetary.brown.edu/html_pages/micro53.htm
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AOGS-AGU (WPGM), SESSION PS20: POLARIMETRY OF PLANETARY SYSTEMS
13-17 August 2012
AOGS-AGU(WPGM) Joint Assembly
Resort Worlds Sentosa, Singapore
Abstract Submission Opens 15 Jan 2012
Abstract Submission Closes 12 Mar 2012
Website:
www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2012
Conveners:
Dr. Padma Yanamandra-Fisher (Space Science Institute, United States),
padmayf@gmail.com
Dr. Herve' Lamy (Belgian Institute for Space Aeronmy, Belgium),
herve.lamy@aeronomie.be
Dr. Ludmilla Kolokolova (University of Maryland, United States),
ludmilla@astro.umd.edu
Abstract: Polarimetry as a remote sensing tool to explore our solar
system, including planetary atmospheres, satellite surfaces, ring
systems, comets, asteroids and exoplanetary atmospheres is a rapidly
growing field. This session will include invited and contributed talks
on: (i) application of the principles of polarization to remote
sensing; and (ii) role of polarization as an independent and
complementary remote sensing tool to imaging and spectroscopic
techniques. Welcome observers, theorists and experimentalists that use
polarimetry to study any component of planetary systems.
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ESLAB SYMPOSIUM ON FORMATION AND EVOLUTION OF MOONS, ESTEC
The Netherlands, 25-29 June 2012
Deadline for abstract: 2nd April 2012
Understanding the formation and evolution of the natural satellites
of the planets is important, as a piece of the wider puzzle concerning
the formation and evolution of the solar system as a whole. Significant
progress has been achieved recently on the formation of the Moon and of
the regular satellites of the giant planets. However, many questions
regarding the different formation mechanisms are still unanswered.
The goal of the symposium is to review all possible scientific
mechanisms for forming the moons, and for driving their subsequent
evolutions, and their consequences on our current understanding of
solar system formation and evolution.
URL:
http://www.sciops.esa.int/index.php?project=CONF2011&page=MOONS
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PLANETARY MEETING CALENDAR ADDITIONS
April 28-29, 2012
2nd USA Science and Engineering Festival
http://www.usasciencefestival.org/
Washington, DC
May 31 - June 1, 2012
The 46th Canadian Meteorological and Oceanograpgic Society Congress
http://www.cmos.ca/congress2012
Montreal, Canada
June 6-8, 2012
Dust, Atmosphere and Plasma Environment of the Moon and Small Bodies (DAP-2012)
http://ldap2012.colorado.edu/
Boulder, CO
June 25-29, 2012
ESLAB Symposium on Formation and Evolution of Moons
http://www.sciops.esa.int/index.php?project=CONF2011&page=MOONS
Noordwijk, The Netherlands
June 26-28, 2012
1st Annual International Space Station (ISS) Research and Development
and Conference
http://www.astronautical.org/node/96
Denver, Colorado
July 17-19, 2012
Lunar Science Forum 2012
http://lunarscience.nasa.gov/LSF2012
Moffett Field, CA
August 27-31, 2012
Instabilities and Structures in Proto-Planetary Disks
http://wiki.oamp.fr/ispp/IsppWorkShop
Marseille, France
September 3-7, 2012
ESO@50 - The First 50 Years of ESO
http://www.eso.org/sci/meetings/2012/ESOat50.html
Garching, Germany
October 15-18, 2012
Science from the Next Generation Imaging and Spectroscopic Surveys
http://www.eso.org/sci/meetings/2012/surveys2012.html
Garching, Germany
February 25 - March 1, 2013
Shaping E-ELT Science and Instrumentation
http://www.eso.org/sci/meetings/2013/eelt2013.html
Garching, Germany
Posted at http://planetarynews.org/meetings.html
[Editor Note: If there is a planetary-related meeting, conference or
workshop of which your colleagues should be aware, please send the
date, title, URL and location to pen_editor at psi.edu.]
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