Judith Young (astronomer)
Judith Young | |
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| Born | Judith Sharn Rubin September 15, 1952 |
| Died | May 23, 2014 (aged 61) |
| Alma mater | |
| Spouse |
Michael Young (m. 1975–1990) |
| Children | 1 |
| Parents |
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| Relatives | Karl Rubin (brother) |
| Awards | Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy (1982) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astronomy |
| Institutions | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Thesis | The Isotopic Composition of Cosmic Rays (1979) |
| Doctoral advisor | Phyllis S. Freier |
Judith Sharn Young (née Rubin; September 15, 1952 – May 23, 2014) was an American physicist, astronomer, and educator. The American Physical Society honored Young with the first Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award for being the best young physicist in the world in 1986. Astronomer Nick Scoville of Caltech writes of her research: "Her pioneering galactic structure research included some of the earliest mapping of CO emission in galaxies followed by the most extensive surveys molecular gas and star formation in nearby galaxies."