# Judith Young

> Judith Sharn Young 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."

*American physicist (1952–2014)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/judith-young

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1952-09-15
- **Died:** 2014-05-23
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

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## Fame
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