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Atmospheric chemist; Nobel laureate in Chemistry, 1995
Mexico · 1943–2020
Science and medicine
Atmospheric chemist who, with F. Sherwood Rowland, showed in 1974 that chlorofluorocarbons deplete stratospheric ozone. Shared the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Rowland and Paul Crutzen, becoming the first Mexican-born scientist to receive a Nobel in a scientific category. He later worked on urban air quality in Mexico City.
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proud of recognizing that as a scientist, it was not only important to do research and find new things. I also felt a responsibility to apply them for the benefit of society.
For me, it was just a thrill. I just remember thinking at that time, this is the sort of thing I would like to do, if I could. I did not come from a family of scientists. My father was a lawyer, my older brother was a lawyer.
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