PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER Volume 17, Number 4 (January 22, 2023) PEN Website: https://planetarynews.org Editor: Alex Morgan Co-Editors: Mark V. Sykes, Matthew R Perry Email: pen_editor@psi.edu Twitter: @pen2tweets o-------------------------TABLE OF CONTENTS---------------------------o 1. Job Opening: Senior Scientist for Astrobiology at NASA Headquarters, Washington DC 2. Job Opening: Postdoc in Mars Mineralogy/Stratigraphy at UT Austin 3. Postdoctoral Research Associate in Venus Surface Mineralogy, Wesleyan University 4. Postdoctoral Scholar Position in Asteroid and Comet Dynamics and Properties at Caltech 5. [NASA] Engagement Opportunities in NASA STEM 2023 Appendix 10: Minority University Research and Education Project Women's Colleges and Universities (MUREP WCU) 6. Looking for Scientists to Work with Community College Astronomy Instructors 7. Mars Exploration Science Program Newsletter for January 2023 8. 2023 International Conference of Deep Space Sciences 9. PDS User Experience Testers Needed 10. OPAG Online Community Discussion of NF5 Draft AO 11. Call for Ocean Worlds Working Group Inaugural Co-Chairs 12. Titan Through Time Meeting: First Announcement and Date Poll 13. Planetary Meeting Calendar Additions 14. Planetary Science Journal - New Papers 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 JOB OPENING: SENIOR SCIENTIST FOR ASTROBIOLOGY, AT NASA HEADQUARTERS, WASHINGTON DC Due to an unforeseen issue with LinkedIn, this announcement was automatically closed and had to be reposted using a new link. NASA is investigating the issue with LinkedIn to ensure the same problem doesn't occur again. Please see new LinkedIn job announcement link below for additional information about the position and details on how to apply: New LinkedIn Job Announcement Link: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3431704255/ Position Title: Senior Scientist for Astrobiology Location: NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. Salary range: $172,100 - $195,000 Appointment duration: Up to 6 years Application Deadline: 1/31/2023 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 JOB OPENING: POSTDOC IN MARS MINERALOGY/STRATIGRAPHY AT UT AUSTIN The UT Austin Planetary Surface Processes Group, headed by Dr. Tim Goudge, is advertising an opening for a Postdoctoral Fellow. This position will focus on research that integrates orbital spectroscopic and image/topographic data of Mars to understand the formation of clay mineral-bearing strata. The available funding also provides room for the Postdoctoral Fellow to pursue other topics of interest in the broad field of planetary surface processes. The position will be for two years, with a preferred start date between May and July of 2023. The position will have an annual salary of $65,000 (plus benefits), as well as $3000 in relocation funds, and $1500 per year for travel to a professional conference. Dr. Goudge is committed to building an inclusive research group with members that have a diverse set of perspectives and backgrounds. Applicants from historically underrepresented groups in STEM fields, with non-traditional backgrounds, and/or with a demonstrated interest in efforts to improve equity and inclusion in STEM are especially encouraged to apply. The application deadline for full consideration is Feb. 15, 2023, and more details on this position, including the application link, can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/UTPSPPostdoc2023Ad 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 POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE IN VENUS SURFACE MINERALOGY, WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY https://careers.wesleyan.edu/postings/9388 Prof. Martha Gilmore seeks a Postdoctoral Research Associate with expertise in mineralogy, petrology and/or geochemistry to undertake analysis of Venus relevant minerals and rocks to constrain weathering reactions on the Venus surface. We will examine chemical and mineralogical changes in relevant geological samples exposed to Venus conditions in the Glenn Extreme Environments Rig (GEER). Analytical techniques include FE-SEM, XRF, XRD, Electron Microprobe, VNIR and Raman spectroscopy. The work will also include the design, execution and analysis of experiments in 1-atm apparatus to mimic Venus surface conditions in the lab at Wesleyan. The position has been approved for 3 years. Anticipated start date is no earlier than July 1, 2023. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis. Applications received by March 24, 2023 will be given full consideration. For more information, please contact mgilmore@wesleyan.edu and see the Planetary Science Group and the Earth & Environmental Sciences Department: https://www.wesleyan.edu/planetary/ https://www.wesleyan.edu/ees/ 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 POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLAR POSITION IN ASTEROID AND COMET DYNAMICS AND PROPERTIES AT CALTECH We invite applications for talented researchers who will work with Dr. Joseph Masiero, Deputy PI of the NEOWISE mission, to study the physical and dynamical properties of asteroids and comets using data from the NEOWISE survey, both as individual objects and as an ensemble population. NEOWISE has been surveying the sky continuously since 2013 and has amassed over 1.3 million thermal infrared measurements of small bodies in the Solar System. The data and results from NEOWISE studies are also being used to support the development of the upcoming NEO Surveyor mission. IPAC serves as the WISE/NEOWISE Science Data Center and hosts the mission data archive, and will serve the same role for NEO Surveyor. To apply, please submit a CV, Research Statement, and contact information for three professional references to applications@ipac.caltech.edu. Applications received by February 28, 2023 will receive full consideration, but review of applications will continue until a suitable candidate has been identified. For questions, please contact Dr. Joseph Masiero at jmasiero@ipac.caltech.edu. Applications received by February 28, 2023 will receive full consideration but we plan on reviewing until the position has been filled. https://jobregister.aas.org/ad/892063ec [Edited for length] 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 [NASA] ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN NASA STEM 2023 APPENDIX 10: MINORITY UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND EDUCATION PROJECT WOMEN'S COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (MUREP WCU) NASA MUREP Women's Colleges and Universities Activity is a new initiative seeking to address the significant gender gap and disparate experiences of women in STEM in the United States, both in higher education and the workforce. MUREP WCU contributes to NASA's goals and priorities for STEM engagement by inspiring, training, and equipping women undergraduate and graduate students from groups traditionally underrepresented and underserved in STEM fields with the motivation, knowledge, and skills needed for success in undergraduate and graduate STEM degree programs and afterward in STEM careers. Successful MUREP WCU proposals will be funded as multi-year cooperative agreements with a three-year period of performance, and the opportunity to extend for two additional years. Please see the full Appendix 10: MUREP WCU for more details. Optional pre-proposal webinars for the MUREP WCU opportunity will be held on: Friday, February 10, 2023 at 12:30PM Eastern Time Wednesday, March 8, 2023 at 3:00pm Eastern Time Full Proposals due at 5:00pm Eastern Time on Monday, April 17, 2023 For general inquiries, please contact: MUREPWCU@nasaprs.com. [Edited for length] 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 LOOKING FOR SCIENTISTS TO WORK WITH COMMUNITY COLLEGE ASTRONOMY INSTRUCTORS The NASA Community College Network (NCCN) is looking for scientists who would like to work with astronomy instructors to help expand and improve the teaching of space science in our nation's community colleges. Scientists should have some NASA connection, but this does not require you to be on NASA's payroll, but merely to use NASA instruments or data in your work. Scientists will be partnered with instructors and can help in a variety of ways: present your research or developments in your field to one or more classes, help an instructor to update their class lectures or labs, assist students with projects, develop or share nontechnical audio-visual aids, answer student questions via email or Zoom, etc. You get to decide when, how, and how much you participate. For more information about the project, see: https://nccn.seti.org/ Once you are registered, you will also have access to over a hundred educational resources that have been vetted to be especially useful for teaching non-science majors. 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 MARS EXPLORATION SCIENCE PROGRAM NEWSLETTER FOR JANUARY 2023 On behalf of R. Aileen Yingst (MEPAG Chair), Rich Zurek, Michael Mischna, Brandi Carrier and Jonathan Bapst of the Mars Program Science Office, the January 2023 edition of the Mars Exploration Science Monthly Newsletter can be found attached and on the web at: https://mepag.jpl.nasa.gov In this newsletter, we continue to update the upcoming conference schedule with postponements, cancellations, and conversions to virtual meetings. We hope everyone remains safe and healthy within these stressful, rapidly evolving, social-isolating times. Please send your Mars community announcements and calendar items for inclusion in the newsletter to Barbara at: Barbara.A.Saltzberg@jpl.nasa.gov 8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8 2023 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF DEEP SPACE SCIENCES The conference is one of the activities conducted during the 2023 Space Day of China, to be held in Hefei, the capital city of Anhui Province, from 24 to 30 April 2023. It is jointly organized by Deep Space Exploration Laboratory (DSEL) and University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). China will carry out more deep space exploration missions in the next 10 to 15 years. The fourth stage of its lunar exploration program has been approved, including Chang'e-6, Chang'e-7, and Chang'e-8. The next step of the planetary exploration program is also scheduled, including Tianwen-2 for asteroid sample return, Tianwen-3 for Mars sample return, and Tianwen-4 for Jupiter system exploration. Besides, other spacecraft and telescope missions are also planned. The International Conference of Deep Space Sciences aims to bring scientists worldwide to discuss new developments in deep space sciences. On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we feel deeply honored to invite you to submit abstracts. New session proposals are also welcome (Please contact kjiang@ustc.edu.cn). For more information about the conference and important dates, please visit: https://planet.ustc.edu.cn/icdss 9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9 PDS USER EXPERIENCE TESTERS NEEDED The NASA Planetary Data System (PDS) needs your input! The PDS is in the process of modernizing the User Experience and Interface Design of the overall PDS web experience. Over the next couple years, we will be looking for your feedback on our new designs and for beta testing some of our efforts, with the first iteration of this underway throughout the first quarter of 2023 (January-March). If you have 30-45 minutes to spare, our design team will walk you through the updated PDS and gather your input to ensure that we will meet your expectations and needs as the new site and tools evolve. Your information will be kept confidential as an evaluation participant. If interested in participating, please contact the PDS Help Desk (pds-operator@jpl.nasa.gov) or Mike Newcomb (mpnewcom@jpl.nasa.gov) for more information. Planetary data enthusiasts of all backgrounds and experience levels welcome! 10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10 OPAG ONLINE COMMUNITY DISCUSSION OF NF5 DRAFT AO February 16, 9AM-11AM PT (noon-2PM ET) On January 10, 2023, NASA released a draft Announcement of Opportunity (AO) for New Frontiers 5 (NF5) (link below). The Outer Planets Assessment Group (OPAG) Steering Committee will host an online community discussion of the NF5 draft AO and implications for outer planets mission concepts. This is an opportunity to provide feedback to be sent to NASA on behalf of OPAG, before the comment period closes on March 3. Please mark your calendars; connection info will be announced. https://tinyurl.com/v2tzrdns 11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11 CALL FOR OCEAN WORLDS WORKING GROUP INAUGURAL CO-CHAIRS An Ocean Worlds Working Group (OWWG) will be formed as to communicate the goals and needs of the Ocean Worlds community to NASA. The OWWG will communicate findings through AG's to NASA's Planetary Science Advisory Committee (PAC). OPAG, SBAG, and NOW have formed a joint committee to select two Co-Chairs. Self-nominations packages should include the following: 1. 1-page cover letter including: a. A discussion of your experience with Ocean World science and related activities b. A discussion that describes your vision for the OWWG and engagement of the broader OW community c. A discussion of your leadership style and values that you would bring to the role of Co-Chair d. A discussion of your experience with IDEA best practices within the planetary community e. An explanation of why you wish to serve as Co-Chair and how the role would align with your other professional responsibilities. 2. A 2-page CV Complete Applications should be uploaded by February 15, 2023 to: https://www.dropbox.com/request/WVcUvgAbCrifbIrqzcBK More details, including the full OWWG selection charter, can be found here: https://www.lpi.usra.edu/opag If you have questions, or difficulty uploading your application, please contact Kennda Lynch (klynch@lpi.usra.edu) or Carol Paty (cpaty@uoregon.edu) 12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12 TITAN THROUGH TIME MEETING: FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND DATE POLL Dear Titan fans, We are very honored and delighted to host the 2023 iteration of the "Titan Though Time" meeting in Paris. For those how are now familiar with the meeting, this is a continuation of a highly successful meeting series on Titan fundamental science begun in 2010 at GSFC. The Titan Through Time meeting has been an important venue for the research community to exchange research results and ideas about the highly multi-disciplinary science of the Titan System. Among all the important decisions we have to make and the subsequent information that we will communicate, the choice of a date is the very first to make. The decision has to be taken quite rapidly. We propose a poll here, to be filled out by the very beginning of February (earlier would be much appreciated): https://doodle.com/meeting/participate/id/aA6Pvmjb The doodle poll will be open for three weeks counting from today before closing. Please keep in mind that the workshop is supposed to last 3 full days. Eager to seeing you all in Paris for the meeting. Sebastien Rodriguez, on behalf of the Paris Titan Through Time meeting LOC 13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13 PLANETARY MEETING CALENDAR ADDITIONS Note: Most face-to-face meetings going forward will have online components. Check their websites for details. Posted at https://planetarynews.org/meetings.html February 27-March 1, 2023 Next-Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference https://nsrc.boulder.swri.edu Broomfield, CO April 4-5, 2023 The First Steps in a Bold New Era of Human Discovery: Candidate Artemis III Landing Sites https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/Artemis_III_2023/ Online April 25-27, 2023 Extraterrestrial Materials Analysis Group (Spring Meeting) https://www.lpi.usra.edu/exmag/meetings/exmagapril2023/ Online May 23-26, 2023 Advanced School on Exoplanetary Science: Astrophysics of Transiting Exoplanets https://ases4.web.roma2.infn.it/ Vietri sul Mare, Italy September 5-8, 2023 Active Small Bodies in the Solar System over a Wide Range of Heliocentric Distances https://www.astro.sk/ACTIVEBODIES23/ Stara Lesna, Slovakia [Editor Note: If there is a planetary-related meeting, conference or workshop that you think your colleagues should be aware of, please send the date, title, URL and location to pen_editor@psi.edu.] 14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14 PLANETARY SCIENCE JOURNAL - NEW PAPERS Editor, Faith Vilas https://psj.aas.org Crystallization Kinetics of Vitreous Magnesium Sulfate Hydrate and Implications for Europa's Surface Paul V. Johnson et al. 2023 PSJ 4:7 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/aca8ef Strongly Depleted Methanol and Hypervolatiles in Comet C/2021 A1 (Leonard): Signatures of Interstellar Chemistry? Sara Faggi et al. 2023 PSJ 4:8 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/aca64c Reassessment of the Volumes of Sediment Sources and Sinks on Venus Terra M. Ganey et al. 2023 PSJ 4:9 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/aca521 Exploring and Validating Exoplanet Atmospheric Retrievals with Solar System Analog Observations Tyler D. Robinson and Arnaud Salvador 2023 PSJ 4:10 https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/acac9a *********************************************************************** * The Planetary Exploration Newsletter is issued approximately weekly. * Current and back issues are available at https://planetarynews.org * * To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change your email address, go to * https://planetarynews.org/pen_subscribe.php. * * 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. Title plus text is limited to 200 words. All PEN * submissions will be tweeted @pen2tweets. Please submit a 234 (or * fewer) character tweet. Alternatively, the editorial staff will * create one for you. 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