Executive Committee WG Junior Members

News

With great pleasure we would like to introduce to you the new incoming co-Chairs and Organizing Committee of the IAU EC WG of JMs. They will direct the WG for the 2021-2024 triennium. We hope that the community of early career astronomers will strengthen further in the years to come under their lead and with growing fruitful interactions with all you, fellow colleagues!

In case you missing the IAU Business Session, have a look under Documents for the slides and here for the link to the recording of the presentation given by the WG of Junior Members.

August 5th, 2021

We are thrilled to introduce the Junior Member of June 2021 #IAU_PHOTON, Hannah Stacey, CONGRATULATIONS!

Hannah Stacey: Just after successfully defending my thesis in September

We announce a winner every month, so keep the submissions coming!

We also highlight each entry on our Instagram and Twitter. Follow us @IAUJuniorMember

To submit please follow the link here.

June 25th, 2021

We are thrilled to introduce the Junior Member of April 2021 #IAU_PHOTON, Emily Rickman, CONGRATULATIONS!

Emily Rickman: Receiving data & night reports without the fun of being there is just not the same. If you’ve visited La Silla observatory you may be familiar with the Swiss Telescope ‘APERO OK’. Here’s a throwback to the infamous control room.

We will announce a winner every month, so keep the submissions coming!

We also highlight each entry on our Instagram and Twitter. Follow us @IAUJuniorMember

To submit please follow the link here.

May 27th, 2021

The IAU Early Career Astronomer (ECA) Online Discourse Series will feature five new events! Events #12 and #14 will be training-style. The other three events will be seminar-style. The final event #16 will the closing event of this series under the leadership of the current Organizing Committee. It will be followed by a Business Meeting for all IAU JMs (max 1h), which we strongly encourage all JMs to join. This Business Meeting is a very direct way to voice your thoughts and contribute to shaping the future of early career astronomers.

#12: Thursday June 10^th, 2021: 8:00-9:30 UTC / 10:00-11:30 CEST (1.5h)
“How to "sell" a research idea to the reviewers?”
Dr. Mette Skraastad (Yellow Research BV)

#13: Tuesday June 22^nd, 2021: 8:00-9:00 UTC / 10:00-11:00 CEST (1h)
“How to be an astrophysicist with impact outside of the university”
Dr. Stefania Giodini (Red Cross)

#14: Thursday July 8^th, 2021: 8:00-10:00 UTC / 10:00-12:00 CEST (2h)
“Research project management: from “classic” to “agile” methods”
Dr. Thomas Marty (Swiss Library Service Platform)

#15: Thursday July 22^nd, 2021: 8:00-9:00 UTC / 10:00-11:00 CEST (1h)
“Adventures with ESA Science Missions”
Dr. Gaitee Hussain (ESA)

#16: Thursday August 19^th, 2021: 14:00-15:00 UTC / 16:00-17:00 CEST / 10:00-11:00 AM EDT (1h)
“Open Data, Open Codes and Astronomy”
Dr. David Spergel (Flatiron Institute)

Business Meeting of the IAU EC WG of JMs:

Thursday August 19^th, 2021: 15:00-16:00 UTC / 17:00-18:00 CEST / 11:00-12:00 AM EDT (max 1h)

Participation is free. All you have to do is fill out the event registration form no later than 24h (UTC) in advance of the subsequent event.

Recordings of these upcoming events will be available alongside select past events on our Youtube channel.

May 25th, 2021

After three years of office, the Organizing Committee of the IAU EC Working Group of Junior Members will step down in August 2021. This will be the time for a new generation of Members to take responsibilities in shaping the future of our community by organizing events, promoting our values, and enforcing the representation of JMs in decision-making committees. To this end, the current OC is organizing elections and calling for application for its future Members.

Deadline for applications:

25th June 2021 (23:59 CEST (11:59 PM Paris-time))

How to Apply:

Go to the Junior Member OC candidate form and login to your IAU account:

Highlight your IAU experience (if any, 10 lines max)
State your Motivation (200 words max)

The following questions can be considered in your Motivation (but are not required):

Why do you want to be part of the OC of the WG of JMs?
What do you bring to the position?
What do you wish to achieve in this position?

Have a look at the “Statutes” document under the Documents tab for additional details on OC Membership.

We are eager to receive your applications and witness the bright future for the IAU Junior Members you will shape!

May 18th, 2021

We are thrilled to introduce the Junior Member of April 2021 #IAU_PHOTON, Christopher Moore, CONGRATULATIONS!

Christopher Moore: Me in the #NASA Goddard Space Flight Center @NASAGoddard clean room holding a microfabricated terahertz emitter on a silicon wafer I helped create, #BlackInSTEM.

We will announce a winner every month, so keep the submissions coming!

We also highlight each entry on our Instagram and Twitter. Follow us @IAUJuniorMember

To submit please follow the link here.

April 8th, 2021

We are thrilled to introduce the Junior Member of March 2021 #IAU_PHOTON, Yanina Metodieva, CONGRATULATIONS!

Yanina Metodieva: When your star is too bright for professional telescopes, but you still need the data!
Observing during what ended up being the coldest night of the year with my 'Is there anybody out there?' blanket from Arecibo keeping me warm.

We will announce a winner every month, so keep the submissions coming!

We also highlight each entry on our Instagram and Twitter. Follow us @IAUJuniorMember

To submit please follow the link here.

April 7th, 2021

It is a pleasure to announce that the IAU Junior Members have finally selected the logo to represent their Working Group and to use for their activities. The Winning logo was created by Dr. Katharina Immer (twitter: @AstroKat85) of the Leiden Observatory !

Katharina is a postdoctoral researcher working in the Allegro ALMA ARC node where she spends 50% of her time studying high-mass star formation, while the other 50% is on user support for ALMA.

Our new logo is inspired by the first goal of the Junior Member working group: building a network of early career researchers locally, nationally and internationally. The inner arms of the figurines connect to form the network. The outer arms symbolize inclusivity and mutual support. The figurines are arranged in a circle, representing the worldwide association of early career researchers. And of course, the stars connect the logo to astronomy.

Don't hesitate to share the news, and our new shiny JM Logo !

Congratulations Katharina !

On behalf of the Organizing Committee of the IAU EC Working Group of Junior Members:

Maria Drozdovskaya & Fatoumata Kebe (co-Chairs)
Camilla Danielski, Christopher Moore, Eleanor Sansom, Gaël Buldgen, Sudeshna Boro Saikia, Themiya Nanayakkara

March 5th, 2021

We are thrilled to introduce the Junior Member of February 2021 #IAU_PHOTON, Sarah Leslie, CONGRATULATIONS!

Sarah Leslie: For the next week, I will be observing remotely with the IRAM 30m telescope, which is located near Granada. Because of the pandemic I'm doing this from my apartment in Leiden. It's my first time, so luckily I have an expert on skype to guide me.

We will announce a winner every month, so keep the submissions coming!

We also highlight each entry on our Instagram and Twitter. Follow us @IAUJuniorMember

To submit please follow the link here.

January 8th, 2021

We are thrilled to introduce the Junior Member of January 2021 #IAU_PHOTON, Thibault Merle, CONGRATULATIONS!

Thibault Merle: Observing with HERMES@Mercator at Roque de los Muchachos, La Palma, remotely from a control room in KULeuven, Belgium. HERMES is a high resolution fibre-fed échelle spectrograph that covers the entire wavelength range from 380 to 900 nm with a spectral resolution of R=85000.

We will announce a winner every month, so keep the submissions coming!

We also highlight each entry on our Instagram and Twitter. Follow us @IAUJuniorMember

To submit please follow the link here.

February 2nd, 2021

The IAU Early Career Astronomer (ECA) Online Discourse Series is going to kick off for 2021 in just a few weeks! This virtual series contains career discussions in academia and industry, multifaceted science highlights, professional development trainings, and more. All events are tailored to early career astronomers. Two are held on EMEA-friendly and two on APAC-friendly time zones (recordings will be made on our Youtube channel [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZQsB5LY2Tv_tj9ddVdnPuw]).

Thursday February 25th, 2021: 9:00-10:00 UTC / 10:00-11:00 CET
"Preparing for a new era in astronomy"
Dr. Philippa Hartley (SKA Organisation, Jodrell Bank Observatory)

Thursday March 25th, 2021: 16:00-17:00 UTC / 17:00-18:00 CET
"Satellite Mega-Constellations and Astronomy: the phantom menace, or a new hope?"
Dr. Olivier Hainaut (ESO)

Thursday April 29th, 2021: 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM AEST
“Quantifying and Managing Uncertainty”
Dr Richard Scalzo (DARE, University of Sydney)

Thursday May 27th, 2021: 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM AEST
“Exploring the Universe Without Costing the Earth”
Dr Natasha Hurley-Walker (Curtin University)

Participation is free. All you have to do is fill out the event registration form [https://forms.gle/sWoB7uxT2sWKEJQq8] no later than 24h (UTC) in advance of the subsequent event.

We look forward to many of you joining us in this new year for our exciting series!

January 7th, 2021

We are thrilled to introduce the Junior Member of December 2020 #IAU_PHOTON, Alshaimaa Saad Hassanin, CONGRATULATIONS!

Alshaimaa Saad Hassanin, Cairo University: Astronomy for everyone!!

We announce a winner every month, so keep the submissions coming!

To submit please follow the link here.

December 11th, 2020

The IAU Early Career Astronomer (ECA) Online Discourse Series has wrapped up for 2020. This series includes career discussions in academia and industry, multifaceted science highlights, professional development trainings, and more aimed at early career astronomers. Recordings of most events are available on our Youtube channel.

The entire Organizing Committee of our WG is wishing you all a wonderful holiday season! We hope to “see” many of you in 2021 for new events and activities.

December 10th, 2020

We are thrilled to introduce the Junior Member of November 2020 #IAU_PHOTON, Jesse Rogerson, CONGRATULATIONS!

Jesse Rogerson: Throwback to @YurisNight at the @avspacemuseum! We hosted a @scislamCA event, and for it I prepared a Poem on why Pluto isn't a planet anymore! #Astro_IAU_JM #TBThursday #ThrowbackThursday #Tbt. Image credit: @alexkrucien

We will announce a winner every month, so keep the submissions coming!

We also highlight each entry on our Instagram and Twitter. Follow us @IAUJuniorMember

To submit please follow the link here.

November 20th, 2020

The IAU Early Career Astronomer (ECA) Online Discourse Series is about to continue with three more events in 2020!

On Thursday November 26th, 2020 (16:00-17:00 UTC / 17:00-18:00 CET) Dr. Ágnes Kóspál (Konkoly Observatory) will speak about "A colorful career in star formation from optical to radio wavelengths".

On Thursday December 3rd, 2020 (16:00-17:00 UTC / 17:00-18:00 CET) Prof. Dr. Chris Lintott (University of Oxford & AAS Journals) will speak about "Publishing without Perishing: A user’s guide to the astronomical literature".

On Thursday December 10th, 2020 (16:00-17:00 UTC / 17:00-18:00 CET) Dr. Ghina Halabi (University of Cambridge) will speak about "How stories can shape realities, on Earth and in space".

Participation is free. All you have to do is fill out the event registration form no later than 24h (UTC) in advance of the subsequent event:

November 5th, 2020

We are thrilled to introduce the Junior Member of October 2020 #IAU_PHOTON, Daniel Nóbrega-Siverio, CONGRATULATIONS!

Welcome to the interior of the Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope (SST) located at the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos in La Palma (Spain). In this picture, we can see Dr. Daniel Nóbrega-Siverio in the optics room of the telescope. There, the light coming from the sun is split into two beams for two instruments, CRISP and CHROMIS, thus allowing us to analyze different wavelengths of the solar spectrum to better understand the solar atmosphere.

We will announce a winner every month, so keep the submissions coming!

We also highlight each entry on our Instagram and Twitter. Follow us @IAUJuniorMember

To submit please follow the link here.

October 28th, 2020:

We have kicked off an exciting new initiative: IAU Early Career Astronomer (ECA) Online Discourse Series!

This series will lead career discussions in academia and industry, multifaceted science highlights, professional development trainings, and more aimed at early career astronomers.

Our first event (October 15th, 2020) featured Prof Dr. Ewine F. van Dishoeck (IAU President; Leiden University) and Prof. Dr. Maria Teresa V. T. Lago (IAU General Secretary; University of Porto) on the topic of "The IAU: What does it do? How to get involved?" & "Careers discussion".

Our second event (October 22nd, 2020: 8:00-9:00 UTC / 10:00-11:00 CEST) featured Prof. Dr. Jocelyn Bell Burnell (University of Oxford) on the topic of "Careering through astrophysics".

Recordings of all of our events are available on our Youtube channel.

Our third event (October 29^th, 2020; 9:00-10:00 UTC / 10:00-11:00 CET) will feature Prof. Dr. Xavier Barcons (ESO Director General) on the topic of "ESO: the most powerful telescopes and a community of practice". You can follow the live stream here.

We look forward to you joining us for these IAU ECA Online Discourse Series!

October 5th, 2020:

We are thrilled to introduce the Junior Member of September 2020 #IAU_PHOTON, Garima Singh , CONGRATULATIONS!

Here, you can see Garima explaining the different techniques of detecting Exoplanets to the female students of Miranda House - University College for Women at the University of Delhi in India.

September 5th, 2020:

Photo contest News: IAU Junior Member PHOto coNtest #IAU_PHOTON!

In accordance with the Junior Members Working Group’ goals, we are pleased to open a photo competition among its members. Through this contest we want to showcase your impact on fellow colleagues, young minds, and wider communities around you worldwide.

To participate in the photo contest please send us photos of you conducting science, lab work, outreach efforts, teaching, and more along with one or two lines describing your photo. You can send us your photos using either one of the methods below.

DropBox: Upload your photo to our DropBox.
Email: Attach your photo in an email to: iaujuniormember@gmail.com
Twitter: Just include @IAUJuniorMember and add the hashtags #IAU_PHOTON and #Astro_IAU_JM to your post.
Facebook: Post it on our Facebook page @IAUJuniorMember.
Instagram: Share it on our Instagram page @IAUJuniorMember.

We also highly encourage you to use the hashtag #Astro_IAU_JM when sharing your work or a conference presentation on Twitter.

All photos that adhere to the IAU’s policies will be uploaded on the IAU Junior Member webpage. We will also select a photo each month as the Junior Member of the month and share it on our Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook page.

*Disclaimer: By submitting your photo to the IAU JM DropBox, using the Twitter hashtag, posting to the Facebook group, or Instagram Page, you are allowing us to repost this image on the IAU website and in potential advertisements for future conferences. You also confirm that you have the right to share this image with us.

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