Paul J. Crutzen - Nobel Prize in Chemistry — 1995
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Paul J. Crutzen

Prize
Nobel Prize in Chemistry — 1995
for their work in atmospheric chemistry, particularly concerning the formation and decomposition of ozone
Citizenship
GermanyGermanyKingdom of the NetherlandsKingdom of the Netherlands
Languages
German, English, Dutch
date of birth
12/3/1933
place of birth
Amsterdam
date of death
1/28/2021
place of death
Mainz
Lived
87 years
occupation
  • climatologist
  • university teacher
  • academic administrator
  • meteorologist
  • chemist
  • engineer
field of work
  • meteorology
  • atmospheric chemistry
  • ozone layer
educated at
  • Ignatius Gymnasium
  • Stockholm University
    • academic degree: Doctor of Philosophy
    • academic major: meteorology
    • end time: 1973
    • doctoral advisor: Bert Bolin
employer
  • Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
  • Stockholm University
    • start time: 1958
  • Utrecht University
  • Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
    • start time: 1980
    • end time: 2000
  • Georgia Tech
  • Amsterdam
work location
  • San Diego
  • Mainz
  • Amsterdam
member of
  • Royal Society of London
  • Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
  • Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • National Academy of Sciences
    • start time: 1994
  • Academia Europaea
    • start time: 1988
  • Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
    • start time: 10/4/1997
  • Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • American Philosophical Society
    • start time: 2007
  • German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
  • Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Pontifical Academy of Sciences
doctoral student
  • Johannes Lelieveld
  • Deliang Chen
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