Mario Molina
Mexican chemist (1943–2020) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mario José Molina Henríquez[lower-alpha 1] (19 March 1943 – 7 October 2020)[7] was a Mexican physical chemist. He played a pivotal role in the discovery of the Antarctic ozone hole, and was a co-recipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his role in discovering the threat to the Earth's ozone layer from chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) gases. He was the first Mexican-born scientist to receive a Nobel Prize in Chemistry and the third Mexican-born person to receive a Nobel prize.[8][9][10]
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Born | Mario José Molina Henríquez (1943-03-19)19 March 1943 Mexico City, Mexico |
Died | 7 October 2020(2020-10-07) (aged 77) Mexico City, Mexico |
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Awards | See list
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Fields | Chemistry |
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Thesis | Vibrational Populations Through Chemical Laser Studies: Theoretical and Experimental Extensions of the Equal-gain Technique (1972) |
Doctoral advisor | George C. Pimentel |
Doctoral students | Renyi Zhang |
Website | Official website |
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"Whatever Happened to the Ozone Hole?: An environmental success story", Distillations Podcast 230, Science History Institute, 17 April 2018 | |
"The Sky Is Falling", History This Week |
In his career, Molina held research and teaching positions at University of California, Irvine, California Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California, San Diego, and the Center for Atmospheric Sciences at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Molina was also Director of the Mario Molina Center for Energy and Environment in Mexico City. Molina was a climate policy advisor to the President of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto.[11]