PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER Volume 12, Number 21 (May 27, 2018) PEN Website: http://planetarynews.org Editor: Karen R. Stockstill-Cahill Co-Editors: Mark V. Sykes, Elisabeth Adams Email: pen_editor@psi.edu o-------------------------TABLE OF CONTENTS---------------------------o 1. Geosciences Special Issue Recent Advances in Lunar Studies 2. Reminder Call for VEXAG Steering Committee Members Due June 1, 2018 3. Spice Training Second Announcement 4. Thematic School - Fluid-Rock Interactions in the Solar System 5. Applications for GSA Planetary Geology Division Junior Student Advisory Member Due June 1 6. Postdoctoral Research Scholarship in Asteroid Engineering 7. Planetary Meeting Calendar Additions o---------------------------------------------------------------------o 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1 GEOSCIENCES SPECIAL ISSUE RECENT ADVANCES IN LUNAR STUDIES Dear Colleagues, The journal Geosciences is accepting papers for a Special Issue related to recent advances in studies of the Moon. Since the Apollo era, sample studies, remote analyses, and dynamical models continue to tease out details related to the Moon's formation and evolution. Additionally, the international lunar science community is eager to continue its presence on the Moon, as evidenced by recent, upcoming, and future lunar missions. All of these topics are of great interest to the broader geoscience community. The Special Issue welcomes papers that describe studies related to any of the above topics and will be an outlet for rapid, accessible, and peer-reviewed publications. The editors especially welcome papers from young investigators. The deadline for manuscript submissions is 15 June 2018. Additional details are available at: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/geosciences/special_issues/lunar_studies Dr. Nicolle E. B. Zellner (Albion College) Dr. Karen R. S. Cahill (PSI) Guest Editors 2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2 REMINDER CALL FOR VEXAG STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS DUE JUNE 1, 2018 VEXAG is seeking three new volunteers for the VEXAG Steering Committee to replace the Members at Large who have successfully completed their service to the Venus community. New members will start in August 2018 and terms will run for three years. If you are interested, send your resume and a statement of how you could contribute to VEXAG to Bob Grimm and Martha Gilmore, VEXAG Chair and Deputy Chair (grimm@boulder.swri.edu, mgilmore@wesleyan.edu) by June 1, 2018. In addition to sponsoring regular and topical meetings, VEXAG activities for the next three years are expected to focus on updating the science, technology, and roadmap guidance documents, supporting mission studies and international collaborations, preparing white papers for the next Decadal Survey, and implementing the outcome of the Decadal Survey. VEXAG is committed to fostering the next generation of Venus researchers and participation in Early Career Venus Scholars Focus Group is always welcome. VEXAG is a community-based forum established in July 2005 to assess scientific priorities and strategies for exploration of Venus. For more information, go to: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/vexag/ 3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3 SPICE TRAINING SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT The ESA SPICE Service (ESS) and the Navigation and Ancillary Information Facility (NAIF) will conduct a SPICE observation geometry training class on June 19-22, 2018 in Madrid, SPAIN. SPICE at ESA is described at: http://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/spice/home The class is free and open to all professionals and students involved in Solar System exploration. Further information about the class and the class registration form are found at: https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/spice/training-class-june-2018 Three grants are available for European students to cover Travel expenses. Registration is due by June 5, 2018. 4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4 THEMATIC SCHOOL - FLUID-ROCK INTERACTIONS IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM The Laboratoire de Planetologie et Geodynamique organises the second GeoPlaNet thematic school on Fluid-Rock Interactions in the Solar System. The event will take place in Nantes (France) from next November 12th to 16th. This school in Planetary Geosciences will present to participants various techniques for observing, analysing, experimenting and modelling the compositional and morphological aspects of fluid-rock interactions in rocky and icy bodies of all sizes of the Solar System. The school will include lectures and practicals, as well as poster presentations by attendees. It will be organised along two themes: 1) Fluid-rock interactions on planetary surfaces: Fluid-related rock deformation, rock weathering, sedimentation, hydrothermalism; Spectroscopy of rocks and minerals, field excursion, experimental modelling, laboratory analyses; 2) Fluid-rock interactions in planetary interiors: Icy ocean worlds, mantle dynamics, volatile cycle, metasomatism, deep magmatic source; Petrology, geochemistry, geophysics, laboratory analyses, experimentation, numerical modelling. This high-level training program is open to 80 international Master students, PhD students and young researchers with a background in geosciences and/or in planetary science. https://lpg-umr6112.fr/TS-GeoPlaNet O. Bourgeois, O. Verhoeven et S. Lheritier Laboratoire de Planetologie et Geodynamique UMR CNRS 6112 - University of Nantes 5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5 APPLICATIONS FOR GSA PLANETARY GEOLOGY DIVISION JUNIOR STUDENT ADVISORY MEMBER DUE JUNE 1 This position, open to graduate students, offers students an opportunity to actively engage with the PGD officers and planetary community in an important role on this service committee. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, updating and maintaining the Student Opportunities page on the PGD website, helping to staff and provide student-related materials at the PGD booth during the GSA annual meeting and at LPSC, running the annual button design contest, serving as a PGD representative to the GSA Student Advisory Council, and participating in and taking notes during regularly scheduled PGD telecons. This is a two-year position (second year as a Senior Student Advisor), and includes one partial travel award to attend and present first-author research at the annual GSA meeting. To apply, email a current one-page CV (include discipline and advisor) and a short justification (~300-500 words) on why you are interested in serving as a PGD Student Advisor. Justification should focus on your record of previous community involvement and public service. More details here: http://rock.geosociety.org/pgd/student-advisors.html Send completed application materials as a single PDF to Sharon Wilson Purdy at purdys@si.edu by June 1, 2018. 6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6 POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP IN ASTEROID ENGINEERING Lulea University of Technology invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Scholarship in Asteroid Engineering. The successful candidate will focus on projects aiming to understand the mechanisms leading to the disruption of asteroids close to the Sun by planning, executing, analyzing, and modeling heating experiments on meteorites and asteroid-analogue materials carried out in the new Asteroid Engineering Laboratory in Kiruna, Sweden. A Ph.D. in planetary science, astronomy, geosciences, geoengineering, space engineering, or a related field is meriting, as well as experience in numerical modeling and experimental research on meteorites and/or other geological materials. Deadline for applications is June 30, 2018. More information available at: https://www.ltu.se/ltu/stipendier-priser/postdoc-stipendier?l=en 7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7 PLANETARY MEETING CALENDAR ADDITIONS Posted at http://planetarynews.org/meetings.html November 12-16, 2018 2nd GeoPlaNet Thematic School - Fluid-Rock Interactions in the Solar System https://lpg-umr6112.fr/TS-GeoPlaNet Nantes, France August 19-23, 2019 Extreme Solar Systems IV https://sites.northwestern.edu/iceland2019/ Reykjavik, Island [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@psi.edu.] *********************************************************************** * The Planetary Exploration Newsletter is issued approximately weekly. * Current and back issues are available at http://planetarynews.org * * To subscribe, go to http://planetarynews.org/pen_subscribe.php, or * send a request to pen_editor@psi.edu * * To unsubscribe, send an email to pen_editor@psi.edu * * Please send all replies and submissions to pen_editor@psi.edu. * Announcements and other messages should be brief with links to URLs * for extended information, including detailed descriptions for job * announcements. 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