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Yuk Ling Yung

Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA 91125

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Birth Date:   August 23, 1946, China
     
Marital Status:   Married, two children
     
Education:   B.S. in Engineering Physics, University of California, Berkeley, 1969 (with honors).
Ph.D. in Physics, Harvard University, 1974.
     
Professional Experience:   Research Fellow and Lecturer in Atmospheric Sciences, Harvard University, 1974-1977.
Assistant Professor of Planetary Science, California Institute of Technology, 1977-1982.
Associate Professor of Planetary Science, California Institute of Technology, 1982-1986.
Professor of Planetary Science, California Institute of Technology, 1986 to present.
Visiting Professor, Academia Sinica, 1993-1994 (1 year).
     
Spacecraft Teams:   Co-investigator Galileo, Photopolarimeter, Principal and Committees: Investigator, J. Hansen.
Co-investigator, Cassini Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer Experiment, Principal Investigator, L. Esposito.
     
Committees and Societies:   Member, Advisory Panel, Academia Sinica, Chairman, F. Shu.
President, Phi Tau Phi Society of Chinese Scholars West Chapter (1988-1990), National President (1993-1998).
Member, American Geophysical Union.
Member, American Astronomical Society, Division of Planetary Science.
     
Books:   Atmospheric Radiation: Theoretical Basis, 1989, R.M. Goody and Y.L. Yung, Oxford University Press, New York.
Photochemistry of Atmospheres, 1999, Y.L. Yung and W. D. DeMore, Oxford University Press.
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