FDSS: A Faculty Position in Space Sciences at New Mexico State University (NMSU) to Integrate Research and Education in Solar Magnetic Fields

这个为期5年的空间科学教师发展（FDSS）项目的目标是在新墨西哥州州立大学（NMSU）的空间科学中创建和支持一个新的终身制助理教授职位，重点是诊断和理解太阳大气层的磁结构和热力学。 新的教师将提供所有需要的支持，以发展太阳能和空间科学的研究和教育计划在NMSU，整合他们的空间科学的研究课题在跨学科的设置，并建立NMSU和学术和研究界之间的伙伴关系在美国的长期目标是推进和改变美国的参与学术，研究，和操作机构诊断太阳大气层的基本物理条件。 作为世界上最大的太阳望远镜，旨在研究太阳磁场的基本来源，丹尼尔K。Inouye Solar Telescope（DKIST）为成功的候选人提供了一个职业定义的机会。 这个为期5年的FDSS项目描述了一个详细的路线图，为教师职位成功整合到一个全面的研究和教育计划：（i）严格符合大学的新战略使命;（ii）通过补充研究生研究的高兴趣领域的当前研究，执行天文学系的近期和长期愿景; ㈢利用国家科学基金会的一项重大设施投资（DKIST），同时建立有助于其他天文台的专门知识，促进我们对太阳磁场的基本了解，并对太阳物理学研究产生明显影响;与《国家空间气象战略和行动计划》以及十年期调查中提出的国家优先事项相联系;以及，（v）明确解决了NSF对培训未来空间科学家的学术机构师资流失的担忧。作为目前最强大、设备最齐全的太阳望远镜，DKIST使太阳物理学领域能够在我们对困扰空间科学家数十年的现象的理解方面取得变革性进展，例如日冕加热问题，耀斑和日冕物质抛射中磁能释放的基本机制和规模，以及太阳风的物理学。 所有组成部分都已到位，为新的教师在NMSU建立一个职业生涯，领导一群学生和合作者利用这些突破性的机会，在这些领域开展研究。 天文学的部门有一个充满活力的，富有成效的，以学生为中心的研究，教育和外展环境在西班牙裔服务机构。 天文学与大学其他部门以及国家实验室和研究所之间富有成效的合作将扩展到研究融合的新领域。 尽管DKIST是主要焦点，但与该项目相关的其他观测设施，特别是由NMSU运营的邓恩太阳望远镜（DST），将在空间科学的高影响力研究和学生培训中发挥关键作用。 NSF的DKIST，NASA的帕克太阳探测器和ESA/NASA的太阳轨道器同步工作，将带领我们进入一个令人兴奋的多信使空间科学时代，这将改变我们对整个日光层空间天气的理解。 这个为期5年的FDSS项目通过建立美国空间科学学术界不容易获得的专业领域，为这种大规模合作提供了一个关键组成部分。 对太阳大气层的新认识对研究其他恒星和它们可能拥有的行星有直接的影响。 作为这些努力的一个基本组成部分，新的教师职位将导致学生在西班牙裔服务机构在大数据和仪器仪表的重要方面的培训，同时使用NSF设施。 这个为期5年的FDSS项目的研究和EPO议程支持AGS部门在发现、学习、多样性和跨学科研究方面的战略目标。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The goal of this 5-year Faculty Development in the Space Sciences (FDSS) project is to create and support a new tenure-track assistant professor position at the New Mexico State University (NMSU) in the space sciences focused on diagnosing and understanding the magnetic structure and thermodynamics of the Sun's atmosphere. The new faculty member will be provided with all the support required to develop a solar and space sciences research and education program at the NMSU, integrate their research topics of the space sciences in an interdisciplinary setting, and establish partnerships between the NMSU and the academic and research communities across the U.S. The long-term goal is to advance and transform the participation of the U.S. academic, research, and operational institutions in diagnosing the fundamental physical conditions in the Sun's atmosphere. As the world's largest solar telescope, designed to study the fundamental sources of solar magnetism, the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) provides a career-defining opportunity for the successful candidate. This 5-year FDSS project describes a detailed roadmap for the successful integration of a faculty position into a comprehensive research and education program that: (i) strictly aligns with the university's new strategic mission; (ii) executes the near- and long-term vision of the Department of Astronomy by complementing current research in a high-interest area for graduate student research; (iii) exploits a major NSF facility investment (DKIST), while building expertise that will contribute towards other observatories, that advances our fundamental understanding of solar magnetic fields and with a clear impact on research in heliophysics; (iv) connects to national priorities as put forth in the National Space Weather Strategy and Action Plan and decadal surveys; and, (v) clearly addresses NSF's concerns about the loss of faculty at academic institutions that train future generations of space scientists.As the most powerful and well-equipped solar telescope available, DKIST allows for the field of solar physics to make transformative advances in our understanding of phenomena that have puzzled space scientists for decades, such as the coronal heating problem, the fundamental mechanisms and scales of magnetic energy release in flares and coronal mass ejections, and the physics of the solar wind. All components are in place for the new faculty member at the NMSU to build a career in leading a group of students and collaborators to exploit these breakthrough opportunities to carry out research in these areas. The Department of Astronomy has a vibrant, productive, and student-centric research, education, and outreach environment at a Hispanic-Serving Institution. Fruitful current collaborations between Astronomy and other Departments at the university, and with national laboratories and institutes, will be expanded into new areas of research convergence. Although DKIST is the prime focus, additional observational facilities related to this project, particularly the Dunn Solar Telescope (DST) operated by the NMSU, will play critical roles in high-impact research and student training in space sciences. The NSF's DKIST, the NASA's Parker Solar Probe, and the ESA/NASA's Solar Orbiter, working in sync, will lead us into an exciting era of multi-messenger space science that will transform our understanding of space weather throughout the heliosphere. This 5-year FDSS project provides a key component in this large-scale collaboration, by building up areas of expertise not readily available in the U.S. space sciences academic community. New insights into the solar atmosphere have immediate ramifications for studies of other stars and the planets they may host. As a fundamental part of these efforts, the new faculty position will lead to training of students at a Hispanic Serving Institution in important aspects of big data and instrumentation while using NSF facilities. The research and EPO agenda of this 5-year FDSS project supports the Strategic Goals of the AGS Division in discovery, learning, diversity, and interdisciplinary research.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.