Mar 30 2011
Dr. Mario J Molina
Leading Authority on Pollution & its Effects on the Environment, Nobel Joint Prize-winner in Chemistry
Dr. Mario Molina was a co-recipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his role in elucidating the threat to the Earth’s ozone layer of chlorofluorocarbon gases (or CFCs), becoming the first Mexican-born citizen to ever receive a Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he is one of the world’s leading authorities on pollution and the effects of chemical pollution on the environment.
“One of the most prominent precursors to the discovering of the Antarctic ozone hole”
In 1995, 20 years after a seminal article José Mario Molina-Pasquel Henríquez co-wrote appeared in Nature magazine, the production of CFCs was banned in developed countries by the Montreal Protocol, an international agreement convened by the UN Environment Programme. In recent years, he has directed a joint project between MIT and local government in Mexico City to improve the dangerous air quality situation in his hometown. In 2009 he was appointed to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), an advisory group of the US’s leading scientists and engineers, and in 2004 he opened a new research center, the Molino Center, in Mexico City.[/expand]
Mario Molina is a groundbreaking pioneer in the way air pollution affects human health who continues to teach and research. He has used his brilliance to heighten public awareness of the risks of air pollution and helps to open our eyes to the impact of our own actions, championing new thinking about our stewardship of the earth’s resources.[/expand]
With a deep understanding of science, technology, and innovation and widely praised for his breakthrough discoveries and research in the field of chemistry throughout his lifetime, Mario Molina is a much sought-after, knowledgeable and respected speaker at prestigious events worldwide.[/expand]
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Topics
Global Atmospheric Chemistry Issues
Air Quality and Global Change Issues
The Development of Matrix Isolation Techniques
CFC Emissions
Awards & Recognition
2005
Named one of the outstanding “trailblazers” in science by Science Spectrum magazine
2004
Named as one of the “50 Most Important Hispanics in Technology and Business” according to Hispanic Engineer magazine
2003
Honoured as the Museum of Science and Industry’s Hispanic Scientist of the Year
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