Yuk Ling Yung 翁玉林 Election Year 2010 California Institute of Technology
150-21 Geological and Planetary Science,
Caltech, Pasadena, CA 91125, U.S.A. Tel: (626) 395-6940 / Fax: (626) 585-1918
Current Positions
Professor of Planetary Science, California Institute of Technology
Education
B.S. (Engineering Physics with honors), University of California Berkeley (1969)
Ph.D. (Physics), Harvard University (1974)
Professional Experience
Research Fellow and Lecturer in Atmospheric Sciences, Harvard University (1974-77)
Assistant Professor (1977-82), Associate Professor (1982-86), Professor (1986-2011), Smits Family Professor (2012-2016), Professor of Planetary Science (2017—), California Institute of Technology
Visiting Professor, Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica (1993-94)
Co-investigator, NASA Cassini Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph Experiment
Co-investigator, NASA Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2 (OCO-2) Mission
Member, American Geophysical Union
Member, American Astronomical Society, Division of Planetary Science
Specialties
Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Change
Awards and Honors
Gerard P. Kuiper Prize, Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society (2015)
Achievement Award, Chinese-American Engineers and Scientists Association of Southern California (2014)
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (elected 2011)
Fellow, American Geophysical Union (elected 2003)
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (elected 2005)
NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal (2004)
President, Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society of America, West Chapter (1988-1990)
President, Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society of America, National (1993-1998)