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Mario Molina

Atmospheric chemist; Nobel laureate in Chemistry, 1995

Mexico · 1943–2020

Science and medicine

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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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Question Which teacher, parent, coach or friend most made you who you are, and what did you learn from them? Relationships read 56 other answers →
I had a number of very good teachers in high school, in fact. Some mathematics teachers that perhaps allowed me the freedom to go beyond the normal routine of the class and to explore some more advanced areas. The same thing happened in college. I was able to communicate with a few of my teachers and professors, and go beyond the normal expectations. And then, as I mentioned before, Professor Pimentel, my mentor for graduate studies, was really influential in terms of the influence that he had for me.
Recorded Academy of Achievement interview, Sun Valley, Idaho, 29 June 1996 source ↗

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