Dr. Leslie Young

DR. LESLIE YOUNG SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE

EDUCATION Harvard University Physics, A. B. 1987 M. I. T. Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Science, Ph. D. 1994 NASA Ames Res. Center Space Sci Division, Planetary Systems Branch 1994-1996 Boston University Dept. of Astronomy / Ctr for Space Physics 1996-1999 Southwest Research Inst. Department of Space Studies 1999-Present

APPOINTMENTS Sr. Research Scientist Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO, 2002-present Research Scientist Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO, 2001-2002 Postdoctoral researcher Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO, 1999-2001 Lecturer Department of Astronomy, Boston University 1999 Sr. Research Associate Center for Space Physics, Boston University, Boston, MA 1998-1999 Research associate Center for Space Physics, Boston University, Boston, MA 1996-1998 Nat'l Res Council Fellow NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 1994-1996 Post-doctoral associate Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 1994 Research assistant Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 1990-1994 Teaching assistant Dept of Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences, M. I. T. 1992, 1993 Technical support staff Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 1987-1989

RELATED PUBLICATIONS Elliot, J. L., E. W. Dunham, A. S. Bosh, S. M. Slivan, L. A. Young, L. H. Wasserman, and R. L Millis 1989. Pluto's atmosphere. Icarus 77, 148-170. Elliot, J. L. and L. A. Young 1991. Limits on the radius and a possible atmosphere of Charon from its 1980 stellar occultation. Icarus 89, 244-254. Elliot, J. L. and L. A. Young 1992. Analysis of stellar occultation data for planetary atmospheres: I. model fitting, with application to Pluto. Astron. J., 103, 991-1015. Elliot, J. L. and 17 others (including L. A. Young) 2000. The Prediction and Observation of the 1997 July 18 Stellar Occultation by Triton: More Evidence for Distortion and Increasing Pressure in Triton's Atmosphere. Icarus 148, 347-369. Young, L. A., A. S. Bosh, M. Buie, J. L. Elliot, and L. W. Wasserman 2001. Uranus after solstice: results from the 1998 November 6 occultation. Icarus 153, 236-247.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS R. L. Millis and 31 others (including L. A. Young) 1993. Pluto's radius and atmosphere: Results from the entire 9 June 1988 occultation data set. Icarus 105, 282-297. Olkin, C. B. and 19 others (including L. A. Young) 1997. The thermal structure of Triton's atmosphere: results from the 1993 and 1995 occultations. Icarus 129, 178-201. Cooray, A. R., J. L. Elliot, A. S. Bosh, L. A. Young, and M. A. Shure 1998. Stellar occultation observations of Saturn's north-polar temperature structure. Icarus 132, 298-310. Yelle, R. V., L. A. Young, R. J. Vervack, R. Young, L. Pfister, and W. R. Sandel 1996. The structure of Jupiter's upper atmosphere: predictions for Galileo. JGR 101, 2149-2161. Young, L. A., R. V. Yelle, R. Young, A. Seiff, and D. Kirk 1997. Gravity Waves in Jupiter's thermosphere. Science 276, 108-111.

SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES "Mountain skies" (formally "Allenspark after dark"), a monthly astronomy and stargazing column in the Allenspark Wind, Allenspark CO, 2002-present. Astronomy from the Hubble Space Telescope. Public lecture: Quincy Bog Nature Center, Rumney N. H., 1998. Hubble Space Telescope NICMOS Telescope Allocation Committee, Solar System Panel, 1997. Pluto: the coolest planet in the solar system. Public lecture: Institute for the Academic Advancement of Youth (IAAY) Space and Astronomy Day at Boston University, Boston, MA, 1996. Once in a blue moon: What we learn from rare events in the solar system. Public Lecture: Morrison Planetarium, California Academy of Science, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA, 1996

COLLABORATORS AND CO-EDITORS Atkinson, David (University of Idaho), Berstein, Max (NASA Ames), Binzel, Richard (MIT), Bosh, Amanda (Lowell Obs), Buie, Marc (Lowell Obs), Buratti, Bonnie (JPL), Cheng, Andy (APL). Cruikshank, Dale (NASA Ames), Dunham, Edward (Lowell Obs), Elliot, James (MIT), French, Richard (Wellesley College), Gladstone, Randy (SwRI), Grundy, William (Lowell), Howell, Robert (University of Wyoming), Jennings, Don (GSFC), Kirk, Donn (University of Oregon), Knight, Tony (Lakewood), McKinnon, William (University of Washington), McNutt, Ralph (Johns Hopkins), Moore, Jeff (NASA Ames), Olkin, Cathy (Lowell), Porco, Carolyn (University of Arizona), Severson, Scott (UC Santa Cruz), Slater, David (SwRI), Spencer, John (Lowell Observatory), Stark, Glen (Wellesley College), Stern, S. Alan (SwRI), Vervack, Ronald (Johns Hopkins), Wasserman, Lawrence (Lowell), Weaver, Harold (APL), Yelle, Roger (University of Arizona), Young, Eliot (SwRI), Young, Richard (NASA Ames)

GRADUATE AND POST DOCTORAL ADVISORS James Elliot Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA Edward Dunham Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, AZ Roger Yelle University of Arizona, Tuscon AZ Alan Stern Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO

THESIS ADVISOR AND POSTGRADUATE-SCHOLAR SPONSOR none