Lectureship in planetary science, Glasgow
The University of Glasgow is advertising for a permanent lecturer in planetary science, ideally with expertise in planetary geology, meteoritics, or astrobiology. Details are available at http://www.gla.ac.uk/about/jobs/vacancies/, quoting reference 013828. The closing date is 28 August 2016. For informal enquires contact Martin.Lee@Glasgow.ac.uk
Read MorePhD Opportunity, Leiden University
A new forum topic “PhD position European Training Network EuroPAH” has been created. A PhD position is available at Astronomy, Leiden University, under supervision of Prof. Tielens, in close collaboration with drs. ten Kate and King of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University. Carbonaceous meteorites and comets show a varied organic composition thought to reflect, at least partly, a heritage that dates back to interstellar clouds. A variety of processes on parent asteroidal bodies and comets will have modified any inherited material. PAHs are one key component in the interstellar...
Read MoreMars and UK in Aurora Meeting
Crustal Differentiation on Mars: A New View of the Red Planet Forty Years after Viking The 5th UK in the Aurora Programme Meeting. November 11th 2016, Royal Astronomical Society, London. Professor John C. Bridges, Space Research Centre, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester j.bridges@le.ac.uk Dr Susanne P. Schwenzer, Department of Environment, Earth and Ecosystems, The Open University susanne.schwenzer@open.ac.uk Forty years after the Viking mission landings on Mars in 1976, our view of Mars as an inactive, basaltic planet has changed radically. Recent results from Mars...
Read MoreThe Barrie Jones Award Lecture
The Barrie Jones Award Lecture Thursday 7th July 2016 14:30 Berrill Lecture Theatre The Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA The Open University (OU) has named its first recipient of an astrobiology award in memory of the late Professor Barrie Jones – an OU astrobiologist. Lisa Kaltenegger, Director of the Carl Sagan Institute at Cornell University, has been chosen as the inaugural recipient: http://as.cornell.edu/news/prof-lisa-kaltenegger-named-inaugural-recipient-barrie-jones-award OU names first recipient of astrobiology legacy award Lisa will be delivering the...
Read MoreSymposium: Astronomy and Astrobiology Education
International Symposium on Astronomy and Astrobiology Education: theory, methods, impacts and future directions (Utrecht, July 3-8, 2017) This international symposium, co-sponsored by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) and the European Astrobiology Campus (EAC). It is designed to bring education research in astronomy in general, and in astrobiology in particular, to the professional scientific community. Education has always played a large role in the field of astrobiology and in part this workshop is a follow-up of the successful International Workshop on Education in Astrobiology...
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