Wing-Huen Ip ( Chinese: 葉永烜; 10 March 1947) is a Chinese-born German astronomer.

Ip is a native of Nanjing born in 1947. ^[1] He was raised in Macau and graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor of Arts in physics in 1969, ^{[1] [2]} moved to the United States to obtain a Master of Arts in the same subject from the University of Pittsburgh the following year, ^[2] and subsequently completed his doctorate in applied physics and information technology at the University of California, San Diego in 1974. ^{[1] [2]} He remained at UCSD to pursue postdoctoral research. ^{[1] [2]} Between 1978 and 1998, Ip worked at the Max Planck Institute for Aeronomy. ^{[1] [2]} He relocated to Taiwan in 1998, serving as dean of science for National Central University until 2004, and subsequently vice president until 2008. ^{[1] [2]} He also held the Kwok-Ting Li Chair Professor within NCU's Institute of Astronomy. ^[3] Ip is a founding member of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society, established in 2004. ^[4]

Ip is a 2007 fellow of the American Geophysical Union, ^[5] a 2016 member of Academia Sinica, ^[2] and 2020 recipient of the American Astronomical Society's Gerard P. Kuiper Prize. ^[6]

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