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

这项为期5年的空间科学教师发展（FDSS）项目的目标是在新墨西哥州立大学（NMSU）创建并支持一个新的空间科学终身助理教授职位，专注于诊断和理解太阳大气的磁结构和热力学。新教师将获得在新密歇根州立大学开展太阳能和空间科学研究和教育项目所需的所有支持，将他们的空间科学研究课题整合到跨学科环境中，并在新密歇根州立大学与美国各地的学术和研究界之间建立伙伴关系。长期目标是促进和改变美国学术、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，旨在研究太阳磁性的基本来源，丹尼尔K.井上太阳望远镜（DKIST）为成功的候选人提供了一个确定职业生涯的机会。这个为期五年的FDSS项目描述了一个详细的路线图，以成功地将教师职位整合到一个全面的研究和教育计划中，该计划：(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现有研究，实现天文学系的近期和长期愿景；（iii）利用国家科学基金会（NSF）的一项重大设施投资（DKIST），同时建立专业知识，为其他天文台做出贡献，这将促进我们对太阳磁场的基本认识，并对太阳物理学的研究产生明显影响；（四）与《国家空间天气战略和行动计划》以及十年调查中提出的国家优先事项相联系；(v)明确解决国家科学基金会对培养未来几代空间科学家的学术机构师资流失的担忧。作为最强大、装备最完善的太阳望远镜，DKIST允许太阳物理学领域在我们对困扰空间科学家几十年的现象的理解方面取得革命性的进展，比如日冕加热问题、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。新密歇根州立大学的新教师将带领一群学生和合作者，利用这些突破性的机会在这些领域开展研究，从而建立自己的职业生涯。天文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。目前，我校天文学和其他院系之间以及与国家实验室和研究所之间卓有成效的合作将扩展到新的研究融合领域。虽然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操作的邓恩太阳望远镜（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。美国国家科学基金会的DKIST，美国国家航空航天局的帕克太阳探测器，以及欧洲航天局/美国国家航空航天局的太阳轨道器，同步工作，将带领我们进入一个激动人心的多信使空间科学时代，这将改变我们对整个日球层空间天气的理解。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知识领域，为这种大规模合作提供了关键组成部分。对太阳大气层的新认识对其他恒星及其可能承载的行星的研究有直接的影响。作为这些努力的基本组成部分，新的教师职位将导致在使用NSF设施的同时，在西班牙裔服务机构对学生进行大数据和仪器重要方面的培训。这项为期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。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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.