The MIT Sidney Pacific / Presidential Fellows Distinguished Lecture Series presents:
A Brief History of How We Learned to Love Environmental Challenges, and Why We Will Again
Prof. Susan Solomon
Ellen Swallow Richards Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry & Climate Science
Wednesday October 8
6 PM (refreshments), 6:30 PM (lecture)
MIT Sidney Pacific Graduate Residence (70 Pacific Street, Cambridge; map:
http://goo.gl/gZUmY)
Mark Multipurpose Room (Ground Floor)
This talk will blend some history of environmental science with Prof. Solomon's personal journey and outlook, including why she came to MIT and her hopes for the new MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative (MIT-ESI) that she is now leading.
Prof. Susan Solomon is an atmospheric chemist, working for most of her career at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. In 2011, she joined the faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she serves as the Ellen Swallow Richards Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry & Climate Science. Prof. Solomon is most well known for being the first to propose the chlorofluorocarbon free radical reaction mechanism that is the cause of the Antarctic ozone hole.
Prof. 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, she was selected by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
