Ph.D., University of California
1972 - Physical Chemistry, Berkeley, California, USA
Bachelor of Science, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
1965 - Chemical Engineering, Mexico
Leadership Positions:MacArthur Foundation - Board of Directors
National Research Council, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology - Member
President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology-Member
Secretary of Energy's Advisory Board, Member
Associations:American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Chemical Society
American Physical Society
American Geophysical Union
Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society
Society for the Advancement of Chicano and Native American Scientists
Awards, Honours, and Related:Sasakawa Environment Prize 1999 - United Nations Environmental Programme
American Chemical Society Award for Creative Advances in Environmental Science and Technology 1998
Willard Gibbs Medal 1998
Walker Prize 1996
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1995
Max Planck Research Award 1994
Fellow 1990 - Pew Fellows Program in Conservation and the Environment
Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement 1989 - NASA
Newcomb-Cleveland Prize 1987 - American Association for the Advancement of Science
Esselen Award 1987 - American Chemical Society
Tyler Environmental Prize 1983
Selected Publications:Koop, T., H.P. Ng, L.T. Molina and M. J. Molina. 1998. A new optical technique to study aerosol phase transitions: The nucleation of ice from H2SO4 aerosols. J. Phys. Chem. 102:8924
Molina, M. J. 1998. The changing chemistry of the atmosphere: A challenge for the 21st Century. In: Chemical Research 2000 and Beyond: Challenges and Vision (P. Barkin ed.). American Chemical Society, Oxford University Press
Molina, M.J. and L.T. Molina. 1998. Chlorofluorocarbons and destruction of the ozone layer
Molina, M. J. 1996. Polar Ozone Depletion (Nobel Lecture). Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 35:1778
Molina, M. J., L.T. Molina and D.M. Golden. 1996. Environmental chemistry (gas and gas-solid interactions): The role of physical chemistry. J. Phys. Chem. 100:12888
Molina, M., J.A. Sgura and J. Marquez. 1995. Glutamine transport by vesicles isolated from tumour-cell mitochondrial inner membrane. Biochemical Journal 308(2): 629
Molina, M. 1988. The Antarctic ozone hole. Oceanus 31-47
Wofsy, S.C., M.J. Molina, R.J. Salawitch, L.E. Fox and M.B. McElroy. 1988. Interactions between HCl, NOx and H2O ice in the Antarctic stratosphere: Implications for ozone. Journal of Geophysical Research 93:2442