Professor Mario Molina’s lecture: “Climate Change: Science, Policy & Risks”

     The Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy is delighted to host Professor Mario Molina for an afternoon celebration of his life in science as he receives an honorary degree from King's College London. Professor Molina will deliver a short talk reflecting on “Climate Change: Science, Policy & Risks”. Following his presentation, Jonathan Shanklin, Emeritus Fellow at the British Antarctic Survey will then speak briefly on the topic of 'The Discovery of the Antarctic Ozone Hole'.

     Professor Mario Molina, is the chemical engineer who recognized the dangers of man-made chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) to the atmosphere’s ozone layer. Subsequent research showed Molina to be right, eventually confirming an ozone hole over the Antarctic and spurring the world to ban the chemicals in spray cans. The discovery won Molina the 1995 Nobel Prize in chemistry, with F. Sherwood Rowland, with whom Molina worked, and Paul Crutzen “for their work in atmospheric chemistry, particularly concerning the formation and decomposition of ozone.”

     Molina grew up in Mexico City and recalls being interested in chemistry from a very young age. He received a Bachelor’s of Science degree from the National Autonomous University of Mexico in 1965 and a Doctorate in Physical Chemistry from the University of California Berkeley in 1972. He has held faculty positions at the University of California and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

     Molina has received more than 30 honorary degrees and won numerous awards in addition to the Nobel Prize. He serves on the U.S. President’s Committee of Advisors in Science and Technology and is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Medicine, and of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences of the Vatican. Professor’s Molina current research involves the chemistry of air pollution and the science and policy of climate change.

To register, click on the link below.

Where:
King’s College London
Bush House Lecture Theatre
(30 Aldwych, London, WC2B 4BG)

When:
Thursday 22nd June from 16:00 to 19:00 hours.

Event registration:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/professor-mario-molina-climate-change-science-policy-risks-tickets-35052546109

 

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