Table of Contents ====================================================================== 1. MEETING: Geospace Environment Modeling (GEM) Summer Workshop June 17-22, 2012, Snowmass, Colorado 2. Job Announcement: Chief of the Geospace Physics Laboratory NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ====================================================================== *************************** ** THE GEM MESSENGER ** *************************** Volume 22, Number 2 April 3, 2012 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. MEETING: Geospace Environment Modeling (GEM) Summer Workshop June 17-22, 2012, Snowmass, Colorado ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Robert Clauer The Geospace Environment Modeling (GEM) summer Workshop will be held in Snowmass, Colorado during June 17 - 22, 2012. The Workshop website is now open: http://www.cpe.vt.edu/gem/ Please note the following important dates: Deadline for student applications for support: April 15 2012 Deadline for poster submissions: June 6, 2012 Last day to pay the early registration fee: May 28, 2012 Last day to make lodging reservations and receive discounted rates: May 15, 2012. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Job Announcement: Chief of the Geospace Physics Laboratory NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Guan Le A civil service position is available in the Heliophysics Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, for a supervisory astrophysicist to serve as Chief of the Geospace Physics Laboratory (Code 673). The mission of the Geospace Physics Laboratory is to perform fundamental research on processes occurring in the magnetospheres of magnetized planets and on the interaction of the solar wind with planetary magnetospheres. The Chief develops and maintains the Laboratory's strategic vision, provides supervisory and administrative oversight of civil service personnel, resources, and tasks, and provides scientific and technical guidance. The Chief also carries out peer-reviewed scientific research in Heliophysics, and leads in the development of new missions, instruments, and theoretical investigations to achieve NASA goals. Evidence of management experience and leadership in the scientific community is highly desirable. This appointment will be at the GS-15 level. U.S. citizenship is required. Please direct technical inquiries to michael.hesse- 1@nasa.gov (301-286-6418) and procedural inquiries to GSFC- TAO@mail.nasa.gov (301-286-3691). TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION, YOU MUST APPLY THROUGH USAJOBS. Please click on this link http://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/312371100 or you can visit http://usajobs.gov, search for Job Announcement Number GS12B0053, and submit your resume. Note that the closing date is 04/12/2012. +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | To subscribe GEM Messengers, send an e-mail to | | | | with the following command in the body of your e-mail message: | | subscribe gem | | To remove yourself from the mailing list, the command is: | | unsubscribe gem | | | | To broadcast a message to the GEM community, please contact | | Peter Chi at | | | | Please use plain text as the format of your submission. | | | | GEM Messenger is also posted online via newsfeed at | | http://heliophysics.blogspot.com and | | http://www.facebook.com/heliophysics | | | | Back issues are available at ftp://igpp.ucla.edu/scratch/gem/ | | | | URL of GEM Home Page: http://aten.igpp.ucla.edu/gemwiki | | Workshop Information: http://www.cpe.vt.edu/gem/index.html | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+