Mario Molina
19 March 1943 – 7 October 2020
Mario Molina was a Mexican chemist whose research on the atmospheric chemistry of chlorofluorocarbons showed that the compounds could deplete stratospheric ozone. With F. Sherwood Rowland he published the finding in Nature in 1974, work that contributed to the Montreal Protocol. He shared the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Rowland and Paul Crutzen and held positions at Caltech, MIT and in Mexico.
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Life events
He was born in Mexico City, the son of a lawyer and diplomat.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe completed his undergraduate degree at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe spent two years studying polymerisation kinetics in West Germany.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe completed his PhD at the University of California, Berkeley.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgWith F. Sherwood Rowland he argued that chlorofluorocarbons release chlorine atoms that destroy stratospheric ozone.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe worked on atmospheric chemistry at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe held a joint appointment in earth and planetary sciences and in chemistry.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe prize was awarded jointly with Paul Crutzen and F. Sherwood Rowland for work on the formation and decomposition of ozone.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe received the United States civilian honour from President Barack Obama.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe died of a heart attack at the age of 77.
Source: en.wikipedia.org