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Yuk L. Yung 43 Years of Planetary Research! 1973

Yuk’s first planetary science paper

Also in 1973: Jupiter flyby 1974

Yuk receives Ph.D. pre-Voyager speculation about Io

McElroy

Also in 1974: & Mercury flybys, Jupiter flyby Harvard Research Fellow and Lecturer in Atmospheric Sciences 1975

Wofsy

Yuk’s first DPS abstract

Also in 1975: 1 & 2 first images of Venus surface Harvard Research Fellow and Lecturer in Atmospheric Sciences 1976

Goody

Yuk’s first Icarus paper

Also in 1976: Viking Landers arrive on Mars 1977

Assistant Professor of Planetary Science California Institute of Technology

faculty position!

Also in 1977: Voyagers launch; Enterprise testing from 747 Assistant Professor of Planetary Science California Institute of Technology 1978

Yuk’s first single-authored paper

Pinto

Also in 1978: Pioneer Venus orbiter and probes arrive at Venus Assistant Professor of Planetary Science California Institute of Technology 1979

Strobel

Also in 1979: & 2 fly by Jupiter Assistant Professor of Planetary Science California Institute of Technology 1980

Sander

Also in 1980: Voyager 1 flies by Saturn Assistant Professor of Planetary Science California Institute of Technology 1981

KINETICS makes its debut!

Allen

Also in 1981: First space shuttle mission; flies by Saturn Associate Professor of Planetary Science California Institute of Technology 1982

tenure! ... and instant classic Venus photochemistry paper

DeMore

Also in 1982: takes soil samples on Venus Associate Professor of Planetary Science California Institute of Technology 1983 Yuk’s first graduate student receives Ph.D.

Gladstone

Lunine Also in 1983: First orbital observatory; first US woman in space Associate Professor of Planetary Science California Institute of Technology 1984

Another instant classic and Yuk’s highest-cited paper

Also in 1984: First untethered spacewalk; first image of circumstellar disk Associate Professor of Planetary Science California Institute of Technology 1985

Froidevaux

Summers

Also in 1985: Vega Venus balloon missions Professor of Planetary Science California Institute of Technology 1986

Promotion to full professor

Also in 1986: Voyager 2 at Uranus; Giotto at Halley Professor of Planetary Science California Institute of Technology 1987

Clarke Also in 1987: Mir in second year of continuous habitation Professor of Planetary Science California Institute of Technology 1988

Wen

Drew

Also in 1988: Shuttle returns to flight 2.5 yrs after Challenger accident Professor of Planetary Science California Institute of Technology 1989

Yuk’s first book

Michelangeli Also in 1989: Voyager 2 flies by Neptune Professor of Planetary Science California Institute of Technology 1990

2D development of KINETICS

Shia

Lyons Also in 1990: HST launch; at Venus Professor of Planetary Science California Institute of Technology 1991

Also in 1991: First asteroid flyby ( at Gaspra)

Landry Professor of Planetary Science California Institute of Technology 1992

Moses

Eluszkiewicz

Also in 1992: First polar orbit about the Sun (Ulysses) Professor of Planetary Science California Institute of Technology 1993

Anbar

Also in 1993: Hubble repair mission Gurwell Professor of Planetary Science California Institute of Technology 1994

Classic Mars photochemistry paper

Nair

Also in 1994: Shoemaker-Levy 9 impacts with Jupiter Professor of Planetary Science California Institute of Technology 1995

Kass

Leu Also in 1995: First confirmed exoplanet; Galileo probe enters Jupiter Professor of Planetary Science California Institute of Technology 1996

Classic Jupiter photochemistry paper

Moyer

Lee

Irion

Also in 1996: Allan Hills 84001 controversy; ATMOS deployment Professor of Planetary Science California Institute of Technology 1997

Miller

Webster

Jaegle

Also in 1997: Mars Pathfinder with Sojourner rover Professor of Planetary Science California Institute of Technology 1998

Kuang

Also in 1998: Construction begins on International Space Station Professor of Planetary Science California Institute of Technology 1999

Yuk’s second book!

Cheng

Also in 1999: Chandra launch and deployment Professor of Planetary Science California Institute of Technology 2000

Wong Ajello

Also in 2000: Cassini Jupiter flyby Professor of Planetary Science California Institute of Technology 2001

Gerstell Francisco

Also in 2001: NEAR Shoemaker at Eros Professor of Planetary Science California Institute of Technology 2002

Friedson

Also in 2002: Mars Odyssey maps Mars; Exoplanet atmosphere detected Professor of Planetary Science California Institute of Technology 2003

Yuk elected as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union! first-ever exoplanet photochemistry paper

Liang

Blake

Also in 2003: Mars Express Professor of Planetary Science California Institute of Technology 2004

NASA medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement!

2D-CTM

Morgan

Also in 2004: Stardust mission; Cassini at Saturn; Mars rovers Professor of Planetary Science California Institute of Technology 2005

Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science

Esposito

Also in 2005: Huygens probe lands on Titan’s surface Professor of Planetary Science California Institute of Technology 2006

Parkinson

Also in 2006: MRO mission at Mars Professor of Planetary Science California Institute of Technology 2007

Mills

Crisp

Shemansky

Also in 2007: 50th anniversary of Sputnik Professor of Planetary Science California Institute of Technology 2008

Jiang

Meadows

Also in 2008: Phoenix lander at Mars; announcement of first image of extrasolar multiplanet system Professor of Planetary Science California Institute of Technology 2009

Swain

Tinetti

Also in 2009: Kepler launch; LCROSS crashes into Moon Academician! Professor of Planetary Science California Institute of Technology 2010

Line

Zhang

Tian

Also in 2010: EPOXI mission Fellow!

Professor of Planetary Science California Institute of Technology 2011

Li Also in 2011: MESSENGER at Mercury Smits Family Professor of Planetary Science California Institute of Technology 2012

Also in 2012: MSL and Curiosity at Mars Smits Family Professor of Planetary Science California Institute of Technology 2013

Kammer

Also in 2013: LADEE mission; MAVEN mission Smits Family Professor of Planetary Science California Institute of Technology 2014 Chinese-American Engineers and Scientists Association of Southern California Achievement Award

Li

Gao

Boxe

Also in 2014: Rosetta mission Smits Family Professor of Planetary Science California Institute of Technology 2015

DPS Kuiper Prize!

Wong

Hu

Also in 2015: Dawn at Ceres; at Pluto DPS Kuiper Prize Announcement

The 2015 Kuiper Prize recipient is Dr. Yuk Yung, Smits Family Professor at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, CA. Yung has made numerous enduring contributions to planetary science, particularly in the areas of atmospheric photochemistry and aeronomy, global climate change, radiative transfer, atmospheric evolution, and mesospheric-thermospheric chemistry and exchange. His unique integration of observations, laboratory data, and careful modeling has yielded pioneering insights into the current properties and behavior of solar-system atmospheres, as well as their historical evolution. His models of the chemistry of planetary atmospheres have been widely used to interpret the results from spacecraft missions, including the Vikings, Voyagers, Pioneer Venus, Galileo, , , Cassini, and New Horizons.

Key to his success has been his enormous enthusiasm and inexhaustible tenacity for research, his very broad knowledge in many , his creative and innovative approach to problems in planetary atmospheres. His continual flow of new ideas, his breadth of knowledge, and his big-picture understanding of planetary science have inspired generations of students and postdocs over the past four decades.

The DPS is pleased to award the 2015 Kuiper Prize to Yuk Yung, a founding father of planetary atmospheric chemistry and one of the most influential researchers in the field.