Mario Molina: Google Doodle celebrates Mexican Nobel Laureate
Mario Molina's Achievements.

Mario Molina
Mario Molina (March 19, 1943 – October 7, 2020) was a Mexican chemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1995, along with Paul Crutzen and F. Sherwood Rowland, for their work in atmospheric chemistry, particularly for discovering the role of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in the depletion of the ozone layer.
Molina was born in Mexico City and earned his bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) before pursuing graduate studies in the United States. He received his PhD in physical chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley in 1972.
Molina's work on CFCs led to the adoption of the Montreal Protocol in 1987, an international treaty aimed at phasing out the use of these chemicals. He was a professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of California, San Diego, and also worked at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
In addition to the Nobel Prize, Molina received numerous other honors and awards for his scientific contributions, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama in 2013. He passed away on October 7, 2020 at the age of 77.