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***Japan Geoscience Union Mailnews November Issue
No.348 Nov 10, 2020***
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| 1. Preface by Eiichi Tajika, President of JpGU
| (Available in Japanese)
| 2. 2021 Meeting Information
| -> Meeting Outline
| -> Session Proposal Closed
| 3. 2021 JpGU Fellowship Program
| 4. 4th Nishida Prize for Promotion of Geo- and Planetary Science
| 5. To all who are attending the AGU Fall Meeting 2020 “Online Everywhere”
| 6. From Committees
| -> Japan Earth Science Olympiad Committee
| 7. Information from PEPS | -> Call for Papers : SPEPS
| -> Latest Articles
| 8. What’s new
| -> Career Opportunity
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#1. Preface by Eiichi Tajika, President of JpGU
(Available in Japanese)

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#2. 2021 Meeting Information

(1) Meeting Outline

JpGU Meeting 2021
Meeting Format: Hybrid (Virtual + On-site)
On-site Venue:Pacifico Yokohama North
(https://www.pacifico.co.jp/english/tabid/500/Default.aspx)
Dates & Contents:
MAY 30 (SUN) – JUNE 1 (TUE) On-site, mainly poster presentations
JUNE 3 (THU)-JUNE 6 (SUN) Virtual, oral and poster presentations
* It is possible that we may have to limit or cancel the on-site meeting. In either of these cases, online events will also be scheduled for June 2 (WED). Details on dates are available at
https://www.jpgu.org/meeting_e2021/news/news20201110_02.html

(2) Session Proposal Closed

The call for sessions has closed on Nov 4 and we received 223 proposals
in total for the 2021 meeting. Thank you very much for those who have
submitted a proposal.
The Program Committee will review all the proposals to assemble the program plan. We look forward to receiving your abstracts at JpGU 2021.

Session list & information: Dec 4 (FRI), 2020
Session schedule: Dec 21 (MON), 2020
Abstract submission starts: Jan 13 (WED), 2021

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#3. 2021 JpGU Fellowship Program

Fellowship Program confers fellowship honors upon individuals who
have made contributions to the field of geoscience research in Japan
by making significant discoveries breakthroughs or paradigm shift,
or contributing to the development of Japanese geoscience and the
dissemination of geoscientific knowledge.

Please see the details shown below and send the documents necessary
for the nomination by the deadline.

Nomination deadline: December 31st Thursday, 2020
Detail: https://www.jpgu.org/en/2021fellow/
Reference: JpGU Fellowship Recipients List
https://www.jpgu.org/en/jpgufellow/

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#4. 4th Nishida Prize for Promotion of Geo- and Planetary Science

Japan Geoscience Union (JpGU) is now accepting recommendations for
candidates for the 4th Nishida Prize for Promotion of Earth and Planetary
Science.

JpGU has created the “Nishida Prize for Promotion of Earth and Planetary
Science” in 2014 to honor internationally recognized mid-career
researchers under the age of 45.

Application deadline:December 15th Tuesday, 2020
Detail:https://www.jpgu.org/en/4th-nishida-prize/
Reference: The Nishida Prize Recipients List
https://www.jpgu.org/en/nishidaprize/

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#5. To all who are attending the AGU Fall Meeting 2020 “Online Everywhere”

Please note that the Joint Sessions with JpGU at the forthcoming virtual
AGU Fall Meeting 1-17 Dec 2020 are listed as Co-sponsored sessions at:
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm20/meetingapp.cgi/Index/CB_CoSection~JpGU:%20Japan%20GeoScience%20Union

For this meeting, the list includes many sessions recommended by the JpGU Science Sections and accepted by the AGU session conveners. AGU is one of the international scientific unions (AGU, AOGS, EGU) in partnership with JpGU.

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#6. From Committees

(1) Japan Earth Science Olympiad Committee

-The application for the first round of the 13th Japan Geoscience Olympiad (online from home) is open until November 15. If you know eligible middle and high school students, please introduce them to us.

-Earth Science Lecture for the public will be held on Sunday, November 15, online at 2-4PM. Lecturers are Prof. Shintaro Hayashi (Akita University) and Prof. Eiichi Tajika (The University of Tokyo).

Details are available at
https://jeso.jp/
(in Japanese )

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#7. Information from PEPS

(1) Call for Papers : SPEPS

The reception of articles for a new SPEPS (Special call for excellent papers
on hot topics) series has been started.
“Thermal, dynamical, and chemical processes in our early Solar System”
(Submission deadline: 31 May 2021)
For more information, please see the SPEPS page at:
https://www.springeropen.com/collections/tdcpss
http://progearthplanetsci.org/index.html#modal

(2) Latest Articles

The following articles were published. You can download and read interesting
articles from the PEPS website at: https://progearthplanetsci.springeropen.com/

@ Masayoshi Ishii et al.:
d4PDF: large-ensemble and high-resolution climate simulations for global
warming risk assessment.
@ Misako Hatono et al.:
Development of a global sediment dynamics model.
@ Chuang Xuan et al.:
Integrated Pliocene-Pleistocene magnetostratigraphy and tephrostratigraphy of
deep-sea sediments at IODP Site U1424 (Yamato Basin, Japan Sea).
@ Honami Sato et al.:
Biotic and environmental changes in the Panthalassa Ocean across the Norian
(Late Triassic) impact event.
@ Daisuke Asahina et al.:
Effect of hydraulic and mechanical characteristics of sediment layers on water
film formation in submarine landslides.
@ Ayumu Miyakawa et al.:
Half graben inversion tectonics revealed by gravity modeling in the Mikawa Bay
Region, Central Japan.
@ Michio Kawamiya et al.:
Two decades of Earth system modeling with an emphasis on Model for
Interdisciplinary Research on Climate (MIROC).

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#8. What’s New

(1) Career Opportunity

Postdoctoral Researcher (JAMSTEC, Cloud-Resolving Model Development and Application Group) [DL: NOV/27/2020]
http://www.jamstec.go.jp/e/work_with_us/jobs/details/cema20201127.html

Cloud-Resolving Model Development and Application Group, Research Center for Environmental Modeling and Application (CEMA), Research Institute for Global Change (RIGC) Recruitment of Postdoctoral Researcher AGP20-022 [DL: NOV/27/2020]
http://www.jamstec.go.jp/e/work_with_us/jobs/details/cema20201127.html

Associate Professor or Assistant Professor at Term Limit System of Data Science, Department of Ocean Sciences, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology [DL: NOV/30/2020]
https://www.kaiyodai.ac.jp/english/company/recruitment/teacher/adopted/202009281523.html

Technical staff at Institute for Planetary Materials [DL: NOV/31/2020]
http://www.misasa.okayama-u.ac.jp/eng/news/?eid=01855

Seeking a Research Scientist or a Senior Research Scientist [DL: DEC/1/2020]
https://www.riken.jp/en/careers/researchers/20201008_20/index.html

Recruitment of Professor (Petrology, Volcanology or Structural geology) in the Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University DL: DEC/1/2020]
http://www.sci.hokudai.ac.jp/grp/sys-web/sys-web/english/index.html

Applied Mathematical Science Group, Center for Mathematical Science and Advanced Technology (MAT), Research Institute for Value-Added-
Information Generation (VAiG)Recruitment of Researcher (II) (DKS20-004) [DL: DEC/7/2020]
http://www.jamstec.go.jp/e/work_with_us/jobs/details/mat20201207.html

Associate Professor or Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Physics, Department of Ocean Sciences, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology DL: DEC/11/2020]
https://www.kaiyodai.ac.jp/company/recruitment/teacher/adopted/202010121543.html

Super-cutting-edge Grand and Advanced Research (SUGAR) Program, or Geomicrobiology Research Group, Kochi Institute for Core Sample Research (KOCHI), Institute for Extra-cutting-edge Science and Technology Avant-garde Research (X-star) Recruitment of Researcher (Ⅱ) EKS20-008 DL: DEC/14/2020]
http://www.jamstec.go.jp/e/work_with_us/jobs/details/sugar20201214.html

PhD Student Opportunity, Geophysics Joint Doctoral Program at San Diego State University [DL: DEC/15/2020]
https://geology.sdsu.edu/jdp/opportunity/

Earthquake and Tsunami Monitoring Group, Research and Development Center for Earthquake and Tsunami Forecasting (FEAT), Research Institute for Marine Geodynamics (IMG) Recruitment of Postdoctoral Researcher (CGP20-003) [DL: DEC/23/2020]
http://www.jamstec.go.jp/e/work_with_us/jobs/details/feat20201223.html

Earth Surface System Research Center (ESS), Research Institute for Global Change (RIGC), Recruitment of Principal Researcher (AKS20-020) [DL: DEC/25/2020]
http://www.jamstec.go.jp/e/work_with_us/jobs/details/ess20201225.html

Marine Biodiversity and Environmental Assessment Research Center (BioEnv), Research Institute for Global Change (RIGC) Recruitment of Principal Researcher (AKS20-021) [DL: DEC/25/2020]
http://www.jamstec.go.jp/e/work_with_us/jobs/details/bioenv20201225.html

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