Mario Molina

Who is this?

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.

Career

1. 1943
   Born
2. 1989
   Won NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal
3. 1995
   Won Nobel Prize in Chemistry
4. 1998
   Won Willard Gibbs Award
5. 2008
   Won Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
6. 2013
   Won Presidential Medal of Freedom
7. 2020
   Passed away
8. Member of Pontifical Academy of Sciences
9. Member of National Academy of Sciences
10. Member of Mexican Academy of Sciences

Trivia

• •Place of birth: Mexico City
• •Citizenship: Mexico, United States
• •Known as: chemist, engineer, university teacher
• •Spouse: Luisa T Molina