Ullyot Public Affairs Lecture
Susan Solomon (and Antarctica)
2010 Ullyot Public Affairs Lecture:
Susan Solomon
On November 18, 2010 Susan Solomon, research scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), will deliver the 2010 Ullyot Public Affairs Lecture at the Chemical Heritage Foundation in Philadelphia.
Susan Solomon is widely recognized as a leader in the field of atmospheric science. As a research scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, she pioneered the theory explaining why the ozone hole occurs in Antarctica. She also obtained some of the first chemical measurements that helped to establish chlorofluorocarbons as its cause.
In 2007, as co-chair of the climate-science group of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Solomon provided key leadership on a comprehensive scientific assessment of climate change for policy makers and the public. In 2008 Time magazine deemed her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Antarctica’s Solomon Glacier was named in honor of her work.
Solomon is the recipient of numerous awards, including the National Medal of Science, the Grande Medaille of the French Academy of Sciences, Japan’s Blue Planet Prize, and the Volvo Environment Prize. She is a member of the U. S. National Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society and a foreign associate of the French Academy of Sciences, the Royal Society, the Royal Society of Chemistry, and the European Academy of Sciences.
She received a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of California at Berkeley.
About the Ullyot Public Affairs Lecture
The Ullyot Public Affairs Lecture was established in 1990 to emphasize to the general public the positive role that the chemical and molecular sciences play in our lives. Ullyot Lectures are held annually and are open to the public. Ullyot lecturers are distinguished in their fields, nationally recognized, and able to communicate to a nonscientific audience.
The Ullyot Public Affairs Lecture is jointly sponsored by the Chemical Heritage Foundation, the Department of Chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania, the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of the Sciences, and the Philadelphia Section and Delaware Section of the American Chemical Society.