Hey everyone!

You decided to do a master’s, but still don’t know which one? You walk around with your head in the clouds and wish to understand those magical phenomena happening in the atmosphere?

How about a Master’s degree in ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE[1] at the University of Hamburg, Germany?

To keep this E-mail simple, I try to keep myself brief. If you’re interest is awakened:

- Here are some information about our Curriculum and modules[2]
- Why in Hamburg?[3]

Mandatory perequisities are a Bachelor’s degree and an English language certificate (more details _here_[4]). The application deadline is March, 31st and must be done _ONLINE[5]_.

Feel free to ask any questions too. We give our best to support you as much as possible (E-mail: fsr.mi@mailman.rrz.uni-hamburg.de)!

Hope to hear from some of you soon!

Cheerio, Yuting Wu (she/her)
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representing the student council MI UHH[6]

Links:
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[1] https://www.mi.uni-hamburg.de/en/studium/atmo-science.html
[2] https://www.mi.uni-hamburg.de/en/studium/atmo-science/10-curriculum-modules.html
[3] https://www.mi.uni-hamburg.de/en/studium/atmo-science/20-hamburg.html
[4] https://www.mi.uni-hamburg.de/en/studium/atmo-science/30-requirements.html
[5] https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/bewerbung/master/online-bewerbung.html
[6] https://www.mi.uni-hamburg.de/en.html

ISE press release, January 10th, 2023

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ISE (Initiative for Science in Europe) speaks out loud! Together with Ciência Viva, ISE launched in September 2022 a Manifesto to garner broad and robust support from key stakeholders as well as individual researchers and other supporters for early career researchers.

Indeed, it is time to act! The Covid pandemic and the general uncertainty we are experiencing is negatively impacting early career researchers, whose working conditions and job insecurity are not satisfactory. We must motivate and support the next generation to engage in research, to build and consolidate the future, enhancements, and peace of our continent, in a healthy world.

The Manifesto found a great echo in the scientific community as well as among political decision-makers and caught the attention of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel who made a point of expressing her support through an event organised by ISE together with her cabinet on January 10^th and which concluded by a ceremony during which the President of ISE, Martin Andler, handed over the document to her in person.

Mariya Gabriel was accompanied by the services directors-general from the two general directorates, EAC and RTD, under her responsibility, the JRC, and members of the cabinet. This event allowed her to express her commitment to education and careers of researchers and to announce her intention to launch a pilot project. This is to test how the European Commission and Member States, academia and companies could work together to better understand the situation, coordinate funding, and support career paths in research by promoting networking between universities and businesses. The aim is to open the prospect of a new partnership with Member States, public and private stakeholders, and leverage funding to combat the risk of a decline in excellent scientific research across the European Research Area.

The Manifesto calls for:

• Europe-wide monitoring young researchers’ situation
• Improving research careers and working conditions in Research Performing Organisations (RPOs), Research and Technology Organisations (RTOs) and in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)
• Enhancing research careers in the third sector, including NGOs and governmental organisations
• Involving national funding agencies in cooperation with the European Commission.

ISE intends to make sure that these four goals receive the same attention in future policies.

The number of individual and collective signatories of the Manifesto is continuously increasing. European and national associations and organisations such as Eurodoc, Marie Curie Alumni Association, Young Academy Europe, Association of ERC Grantees, League of European Research Universities, Coimbra Group, International Consortium of Research Staff Associations, Una Europa, European Educational Research Association, the Portuguese National Association of Researchers in Science and Technology, and many others are actively supporting. 

The Manifesto is the outcome of Jean-Pierre Bourguignon‘s call about Early Career researchers in the Covid crisis, and is actively supported by Manuel Heitor, former Minister of R&I in Portugal. ISE and Ciência Viva, with the support of the CNRS, co-organised the 4th Gago Conference on European Science Policy on June 13, 2022 “Europe supporting young researchers in times of uncertainty” where the Manifesto was decided.

The Manifesto is downloadable here.
Signatures are collected here.

Contact: Monica Dietl, ISE Executive Coordinator

Image credit: ISE

Author: EDP Sciences

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2022 EPL Highlights

We are happy to inform you that the 2022 EPL Highlights are now available online. These Highlights are a selection of 38 articles published in EPL in 2022 that had a large impact on the international community, as measured by their high number of downloads or citations, or by their high Altmetric attention score. EPL, A Letters Journal Exploring the Frontiers of Physics is published under the scientific responsibility of the European Physical Society by EDP Sciences, IOP Publishing and the Società Italiana di Fisica. Find out more.

Société Française de Physique 150^th anniversary – books news and discount code

Ahead of the Congrès Général in July, we hope to meet you at the Festival Double·Science in Paris from 26-28 May. The festival is dedicated to the popularisation of science and will certainly attract many scientists, including physicists, children, students, retired people and science fans from all walks of life. The EDP Sciences books team will be there (with special guests - more details to follow) and hopes to see you in the festival bookshop!

In celebration of the SFP’s 150^th anniversary, and the ‘Year of Physics’ starting later in 2023, we are delighted to offer a 5% discount on EDP Sciences books in the following series: Savoirs Actuels / Une introduction à / Sciences & History / Enseignement Sup Physique. The discount code is PHYS234, and it is valid from now until the end of June 2024.

News from the European Physical Journal (EPJ)

EPJ Scientific Advisory Committee

The Scientific Advisory Committee is delighted to welcome Dr. Sara Pirrone as the new representative for the Italian Physical Society and Dr. Zsolt Fülöp as the new representative for the Roland Eötvös Physical Society (Hungary). They bring a wealth of experience and expertise in experimental Nuclear Physics and nuclear astrophysics respectively.

EPJ 25^th anniversary – Young Researcher Meeting Grants

Are you a young researcher or do you know a young researcher? To mark the 25^th anniversary of the European Physical Journal, EPJ is making available a number of grants to support meetings for young researchers throughout 2023. Find out more and apply here.

We’ll also be celebrating this wonderful anniversary at the SFP Congrès Général in July – look out for the special logo!

EPJ D - Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics

Quantum Optics of Light and Matter: Honouring Alain Aspect, a special issue in celebration of Professor Alain Aspect, is now complete. Find out more about this very special issue in the EPJ D Highlight – “Alain Aspect: The physicist who made entanglement an experimental reality.”

EPJ E - Soft Matter and Biological Physics

With artificial intelligence very much the subject du jour, you may like to take a look at the EPJ E Highlight – “Machine learning could help kites and gliders to harvest wind energy”. “Using trial-and-error, machine learning algorithms could enable flying wind harvesters to dynamically adjust their orientations, allowing them to account for unpredictable turbulence and improve their performances.”

Until next time, we send our best wishes,

EDP Sciences

• Amirhossein Karimi,Mohamad Parsa Shahrokhi,Arshan Mansoori,
• Amir Mohammad Eslami,Seyed Arad Hosseini Yar,Iliya Keshavarz
• Nika Sadat Hosseini,Ava Sadat Emamjomeh,Aram Alimohammadi
• Khorshid Jafarzadeh Khosravi,Parmida Mehria,Faeze Sobhani, Negar Sharifi, Sheida Rayat, Niaiesh Vaseg, Behrad Moradi,Soroush Beheshti Zavareh, Amirmohammad pourmohammad Damochali
• Kian Taghizadeh Varzani, Sepand Hashemian,Takin Tehranimoghadam

• Rojan Rostami
• Mohamad Hossein Ezzati,Sepehr Naseri Jole Karan,Raya Nazari
• Bahar Tajik,Pourya Rezaei

All news and photos are on Facebook: facebook.com/ayimiadib

Author: EDP Sciences

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We hope you enjoyed the holidays and are looking forward to new projects and adventures in the coming year. Since we last wrote, a number of exciting things have happened…

UN SDG Publishers Compact
We are proud to have become a member of the SDG Publishers Compact and to contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Open access models such as Diamond and Subscribe to Open, which are free to readers and authors thanks to the support of libraries and organisations, contribute to open science and the SDGs by offering prospective authors a level playing field and encouraging a diversity of submissions.

Subscribe to Open – Astronomy & Astrophysics Transparency Report and subscriber benefits
In December, the A&A S2O 2022 Transparency Report was published bringing A&A’s first year in full open access to a fitting end. As advocates of open science, we support the principle of transparency, including financial transparency. Last year, several new subscriber benefits for 2023 were also announced in response to community feedback.

 “Together, EDP Sciences and A&A are committed to keep reviewing and adapting the A&A Subscribe to Open model to respond and adapt to the demands of the librarian community.” (A&A 2022 Transparency Report)

German National APC agreement
Looking beyond L'Hexagone, EDP Sciences and TIB – Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology have renewed their longstanding Open Access Agreement for another year, benefitting authors affiliated with academic institutions across Germany. The agreement continues to offer a 20% discount on Article Processing Charges (APCs) in 2023.

Congratulations to the Société Française de Physique – celebrating 150 years
Like many others, we are looking forward to a year of celebrations marking 150 years of the SFP. We are getting involved by facilitating Science Publishing Masterclasses in Strasbourg, Grenoble, Lyon, Marseille and Nice. Europhysics Letters (EPL), co-published by EDP Sciences, is also sponsoring two prizes for the best posters presented by young physicists at the Congrès Général in July. We hope to see you there!

Reflets de la physique – the journal of the Société Française de Physique
Speaking of the SFP, a reminder that Reflets de la physique is available for all to browse and read. The journal aims to contribute to the development and operation of the SFP and, more broadly, to improve the image of physics. It is also supported by the CNRS.

Science Publishing Masterclasses update
Our most recent Science Publishing Masterclasses were an online series for researchers and students in China. The four sessions related to scientific writing and journals publishing, and addressed issues such as publishing strategy, ethics, peer review and promotion to give a comprehensive overview of scientific publishing. In total, over 75,000 livestream views were registered.

 

News from the EPJ series of peer-reviewed journals

EPJ N - Nuclear Sciences & Technologies:
Hot off the press, we are delighted to announce that EPJ Nuclear Sciences & Technologies has been accepted for Scopus.

EPJ Photovoltaics:
EPJ PV is once again an official publishing partner of EU PVSEC 2023 which will take place in Lisbon.

EPJ Web of Conferences:
We are pleased to share recent highlights from last year’s EOS Annual Meeting EOSAM 2022 (we also publish the Journal of the European Optical Society-Rapid Publications), 10th EPS-QEOD Europhoton Conference on Solid-State, Fibre, and Waveguide Coherent Light Sources Europhoton 2022, Multi-line Diagnostics of the Interstellar Medium and last, but not least, XVth Quark Confinement and the Hadron Spectrum Conference Conf XV. Don’t hesitate to get in touch if you are interested in fast, open access publication of your proceedings.

EPJ D - Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics:
Quantum Optics of Light and Matter: Honouring Alain Aspect, a special issue in celebration of Professor Alain Aspect, is nearing completion.

Congratulations EPJ – 25 years young:
To mark this anniversary, and in keeping with the long-held EPJ tradition of supporting early career researchers, EPJ is making available a number of grants to support meetings for young researchers throughout 2023. Find out more and apply here.

For bibliophiles and book worms - Radiometry of wet surfaces
We recently mentioned our new collection, produced in partnership with the Institut d'Optique Graduate School (Université Paris-Saclay), intended for engineering students and researchers in optics. The second book in the series, Radiometry of wet surfaces, is coordinated by Lionel Simonot. When a material gets wet, is it possible to predict the changes in its appearance for a given type of surface, and for a given humidity level? Find out from 2 February (print or eBook).

With our best wishes for 2023
EDP Sciences