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Multiple Announcements: Jobs, Nominations, Workshops, and Conferences

Date: 02/06/2019

Dear SCEC Community,

Please see below for the following wide variety of announcements:

1. USGS Senior Science Advisor for Earthquake and Geologic Hazards, position open
2. International Conference in Commemoration of 20th Anniversary of the 1999 Chi-Chi Earthquake” in Taipei, Taiwan
3. MCS RCN Fluid Transport Modeling Workshop
4. Nominations for Outstanding Paper Award - GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics
5. IASPEI and IAG Symposium JS07, INTEGRATED GEOPHYSICAL PROGRAMS FOR EARTH SYSTEMS MONITORING
6. 2019 GSA Cordilleran Meeting - Session T2: Advances in Seismic Hazard Assessment through Paleoseismic and Tectonic Geomorphic Fault Studies: In Honor of Ray J. Weldon II, for His Career and Contributions to the Field

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1. USGS Senior Science Advisor for Earthquake and Geologic Hazards:
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The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is seeking to fill one of its most
critical leadership positions: The Senior Science Advisor for
Earthquake and Geologic Hazards is a Senior Level (SL) position,
coordinating the Earthquake Hazards Program (EHP), Geomagnetism
Program, and the USGS portion of the Global Seismographic Network
(GSN). These programs, which collectively had an appropriated budget
of about $92 million in fiscal year 2018, fund work at
regionally-managed USGS science centers, as well as by university and
state partners. The EHP and GSN represent the USGS contributions to
the four-agency National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP),
which was recently reauthorized by Congress. The USGS Geomagnetism
Program is the USGS contribution to the multi-agency National Space
Weather Program.

The Senior Science Advisor also has broad responsibility within the
USGS Natural Hazards Mission Area to guide the breadth of USGS
geologic hazards work, ensuring strong coordination with the
activities supported by our volcano, landslide and coastal/marine
programs along with the many other hazard-related activities supported
throughout the Survey. In addition to internal program management
responsibilities, the Senior Science Advisor is an ambassador for the
USGS to our many partners and stakeholders in the US and around the
world.

A description of the position and details on how to apply can be found
on USAJOBS. Applications will be accepted until March 18. There are
two separate announcements, one open to current and former Federal
employees (SL-2019-0002 MP:
https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/523173600 and the other
open to all U.S. citizens (SL-2019-0001 DE:
https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/523174300.

Please share this opportunity appropriately within your organizations.
Anyone with questions about the job should feel free to contact Bill
Leith <wleith@usgs.gov>, who is retiring from the position, or others
within USGS.

2. International Conference in Commemoration of 20th Anniversary of the 1999 Chi-Chi Earthquake” in Taipei, Taiwan:
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The conference aims to provide an excellent forum to bring together researchers, professionals, engineers and academics to promote and exchange new ideas and experiences in the fields of earthquake engineering, disaster management, seismic risk prevention and many other related issues. In the last two decades, the massive and high-quality strong-ground motion data of the 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake has contributed to the developments of seismology, earthquake engineering, and disaster management, especially for the ground motion prediction, near-fault effect, seismic evaluation, and seismic retrofit. It also has benefited the development of disaster prevention technologies, including earthquake early warning, seismic loss and risk assessment. Therefore, the conference will address the issue of “Sustainable and Seismic-Safe Society” to learn from the past, examine the progress we have made so far, and also look forward to having a more seismic-safe society in the future

Dates: September 15th to 19th, 2019
Deadline for Abstract Submission: 28, February, 2019
Conference website: chichi20.org

3. MCS RCN Fluid Transport Modeling Workshop:
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Dear colleagues,

Applications are now open for the Modeling Collaboratory for Subduction (MCS) Research Collaboration Network’s (RCN) first workshop, which will focus on Fluid and Magma Transport Modeling in a Subduction Zone Context. The MCS RCN was funded by NSF in autumn 2018 to explore the establishment of an integrative community modeling framework for subduction (see sz4dmcs.org).

Our Fluid Transport Modeling workshop will run from May 30 through June 1, 2019, and will be preceded by anearly career scientist (ECS) program on the afternoon of May 29.

We aim to bring together a diverse group of scientists interested in fluid transport processes at any spatial or temporal scale, to identify the disconnects and knowledge gaps in current models for volcanoes, earthquakes, and the integrated subduction zone system, and to synthesize existing modeling efforts. This workshop will be the first of three meetings that represent the MCS RCN’s larger effort to realize an integrative community modeling framework for subduction zones, as part of the SZ4D Initiative.

Application and more information available on our website: https://www.sz4dmcs.org/fluids-workshop
Application deadline: Friday, March 1, 2019.

Some funding will be available for full or partial travel support.

Conveners: Ikuko Wada (Univ. of Minnesota) and Leif Karlstrom (Univ. of Oregon)
Session Chairs: Matt Haney (USGS), Luca Caricchi (Univ. of Geneva), Patrick Fulton (Cornell Univ.), Jessica Warren (Univ. of Delaware), Laurent Montesi (Univ. of Maryland), Yajing Liu (McGill Univ.), Adam Simon (Univ. of Michigan), and Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni (UCLA)

For more information, email contact@sz4dmcs.org.

4. Nominations for Outstanding Paper Award - GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics:
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Dear Colleagues,

Help us continue to recognize the groundbreaking science done within our community by submitting a nomination for the 2019 Geological Society of America Structural Geology and Tectonics Division Outstanding Publication Award. This award is given annually for a published work (paper, book, or map) of exceptional distinction that clearly advances the science of structural geology or tectonics. The Outstanding Publication Award is not limited to members of the Division or the Society, and awardees may be single or multiple authors, with no restrictions as to nationality, citizenship, publisher or publishing agency. The award may not be given posthumously unless the decision to give the award is made before the death of the awardee(s).

The nomination process is simple, quick, and enjoyable.

Nominations include:

(1) A full citation.
(2) Nomination (as short as a paragraph; letters or reviews may also be included).
Some questions to consider when writing your nomination:
• Why is the publication exceptional?
• How has the contribution changed your work?
• What are specific advances made by the publication?
• How might the work have influenced the work of others?
(3) Name and address of nominator.

The deadline for new nominations is March 1st. Previous nominations will be considered again this year.

Mail or e-mail nominations (or questions) to:

Julie Newman, Chair - Outstanding Publication Award Committee
Department of Geology and Geophysics
Texas A&M University
3115 TAMU
College Station, Texas 77843-3115
Phone: (979) 845-9283
newman@geo.tamu.edu

More information on the Outstanding Publication Award can be found on the SGT Division webpage: http://rock.geosociety.org/sgt/BestPaperAward.htm

5. IASPEI and IAG Symposium JS07, INTEGRATED GEOPHYSICAL PROGRAMS FOR EARTH SYSTEMS MONITORING:
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Dear Colleagues,

I would like to draw your attention to a joint IASPEI and IAG symposium JS07 entitled INTEGRATED GEOPHYSICAL PROGRAMS FOR EARTH SYSTEMS MONITORING, which will take place at the IUGG 2019 meeting in Montreal (July 8-18). The session description is listed below.

The call for abstracts and the list of the symposia has been posted at http://iugg2019montreal.com/ “PROGRAM”. The deadline for abstract submission is February 18, 2019. The portal for abstract submission is:

http://iugg2019montreal.com/abstract-submission.html

I encourage you to submit a presentation for this international symposium.

Kind regards,

Thomas James
David Eaton
Stéphane Rondenay
Jeff Freymueller
Alison Kirkby
Tilo Schöne

JS07 - INTEGRATED GEOPHYSICAL PROGRAMS FOR EARTH SYSTEMS MONITORING (IASPEI, IAG)

Convener: Thomas James (Canada, IAG)
Co-Conveners: David Eaton (Canada, IASPEI), Stéphane Rondenay (Norway, IASPEI), Jeff Freymueller (USA, IAG), Alison Kirkby (Australia, IAG), Tilo Schöne (Germany, IAG)

Description
Large-scale integrated geophysical programs that combine seismology, GNSS, InSAR and other methods are providing valuable new insights about Earth Systems processes through synoptic imaging and monitoring capabilities. Ongoing or recent programs including EarthScope, SINOPROBE, AlpArray and IPOC have made many significant contributions to Earth System monitoring, with applications ranging from tectonic processes, hazards, resources and global change. EarthScope’s USArray program, for example, has changed how the general public can envision earthquakes along with refining the capacity for tomographic imaging deep into the mantle, whereas Australian federal programs such as AusLAMP have provided critical pre-competitive framework for resources exploration. Various types of instrumentation have contributed to outcomes that were not foreseen at the outset; for example, GPS reflected rays are now being used for monitoring vegetation growth, soil moisture, snow and sea ice accumulation. Canada’s LITHOPROBE program was among the first to integrate high-resolution geophysical methods with a variety of other approaches to address geoscientific problems at the plate scale. Canada is now working towards initiating the CCArray and EON-ROSE programs, which will expand on the exceptional outcomes from the EarthScope program. This symposium welcomes submissions that focus on new scientific insights and serendipitous applications arising from integrated geophysical array programs.

6. 2019 GSA Cordilleran Meeting - Session T2: Advances in Seismic Hazard Assessment through Paleoseismic and Tectonic Geomorphic Fault Studies: In Honor of Ray J. Weldon II, for His Career and Contributions to the Field:
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Dear Colleagues,

We wanted to alert you to a special session at the 2019 GSA Cordilleran Meeting, May 15-17, 2019.

Session T2 - Advances in Seismic Hazard Assessment through Paleoseismic and Tectonic Geomorphic Fault Studies: In Honor of Ray J. Weldon II, for His Career and Contributions to the Field.

We are soliciting both research and applied fault hazard study contributions to this session, abstracts are due February 12th, 2019, 11:59 PM, PST.

Abstract submission at:
http://www.geosociety.org/GSA/Events/Section_Meetings/GSA/Sections/cd/20...

Invited speakers & presenters for the session include:
Carol Prentice, USGS
Rob Langridge, GNS, New Zealand
Kanatbek Abdrakhmatov, Institute of Seismology, NAS, Kyrgyz Republic
Weerachat Wiwegein, DMR, Thailand

We look forward to seeing you in Portland, Oregon.

Best Regards,

Ashley Streig (Portland State University)
Kate Scharer (U.S. Geological Survey)
Scott Bennett (U.S. Geological Survey)

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