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Mario Molina

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Mario Molina

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Also known as Mario J Molina, Mario José Molina, Mario J. Molina

Mexican chemical engineer (1943–2020)

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Mario J. Molina was a scientist born on March 19, 1943, and died on October 7, 2020. He received one Nobel Prize. His work is recognized in the Nobel Laureates collection, the Nobel Chemistry collection, and the Presidential Medal Of Freedom collection.

Molina is affiliated with the Centro Mario Molina.

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Chemistry1995

    “for their work in atmospheric chemistry, particularly concerning the formation and decomposition of ozone”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Mario
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Mexico City
Place of death
Mexico City
Occupation
university teacher
Educated at
University of Freiburg
Employer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
Spanish
Academic degree
doctorate
Doctoral advisor
George C. Pimentel
Field of work
chemistry
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Mario Molina 1c389 8387.jpg
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Mario J. Molina
date of birth
1943-03-19
member of
American Philosophical Society
name in native language
Mario Molina
birth name
Mario José Molina Henríquez
second family name in Spanish name
Henriquez
date of death
2020-10-07
cause of death
myocardial infarction
affiliation string
Centro Mario Molina
on focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Climate change
manner of death
natural causes
interested in
chemistry
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Encyclopedic overview

Mario José Molina-Pasquel Henríquez (19 March 1943 – 7 October 2020) 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.

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.

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