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Mario J. Molina

1943 - 2020

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mario J. Molina is the 248th most popular chemist (down from 203rd in 2019), the 35th most popular biography from Mexico (up from 38th in 2019) and the most popular Mexican Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Mario J. Molina ranks 248 out of 602. Before him are Friedrich Sertürner, Nicolas Leblanc, Walter Gilbert, Arieh Warshel, Henri Victor Regnault, and Luis Federico Leloir. After him are Kary Mullis, Emil Abderhalden, Jacques Dubochet, Ryōji Noyori, Johan August Arfwedson, and Richard Smalley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Mario J. Molina ranks 77. Before him are Klaus Maria Brandauer, Tom Holland, Wolfgang Overath, Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Lucio Dalla, and Joni Mitchell. After him are Alain de Benoist, Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, Holland Taylor, John Denver, Jerry Bruckheimer, and Arthur Ashe. Among people deceased in 2020, Mario J. Molina ranks 62. Before him are Lucia Bosè, Georg Ratzinger, Amadou Toumani Touré, Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Ken Hensley, and Stirling Moss. After him are Brian Dennehy, Geert Hofstede, Mary Higgins Clark, Radomir Antić, Joel Schumacher, and Carlos Ruiz Zafón.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Mario J. Molina ranks 35 out of 729. Before him are Linda Christian (1923), Hugo Sánchez (1958), Cantinflas (1911), Cuitláhuac (1476), Alfonso García Robles (1911), and Álvaro Obregón (1880). After him are Venustiano Carranza (1859), Juan Diego (1474), Luis Barragán (1902), Plutarco Elías Calles (1877), Juan Rulfo (1917), and Guillermo del Toro (1964).

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Among CHEMISTS In Mexico

Among chemists born in Mexico, Mario J. Molina ranks 1. After him are Henry Eyring (1901), and Luis E. Miramontes (1925).

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