Susan Solomon
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Solomon in 2004
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| Born |
January 19, 1956 Chicago, Illinois |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Fields | Atmospheric Chemistry |
| Institutions | MIT |
| Alma mater | B.S. (1977), Illinois Institute of Technology, M.S. (1979), Ph.D. (1981) University of California, Berkeley |
| Known for | Ozone Studies |
| Notable awards |
National Medal of Science (1999) V. M. Goldschmidt Award (2006) William Bowie Medal (2007) Volvo Environment Prize (2009) 2012 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award |
Susan Solomon (born January 19, 1956 in Chicago) is an atmospheric chemist, working for most of her career at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. In 2011, Solomon joined the faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she serves as the Ellen Swallow Richards Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry & Climate Science. Solomon, with her colleagues, was the first to propose the chlorofluorocarbon free radical reaction mechanism that is the cause of the Antarctic ozone hole.
Solomon is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the European Academy of Sciences, and the French Academy of Sciences. In 2008, Solomon was selected by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. She also serves on the Science and Security Board for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
Solomon's interest in science began as a child watching The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau. In high school she placed third in a national science fair, with a project that measured the percent of oxygen in a gas mixture.
Solomon received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Illinois Institute of Technology in 1977. She received her Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley in 1981, where she specialized in atmospheric chemistry.
Solomon married Barry Sidwell in 1988.
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