The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1995
Awarded on: 1995-10-11
"for their work in atmospheric chemistry, particularly concerning the formation and decomposition of ozone"
Affiliations:
- University of California – Irvine, CA, USA
F. Sherwood Rowland
Born: 1927-06-28 in Delaware, OH, USA
Gender: male
Field: American chemist (1927–2012)
Biography
Frank Sherwood "Sherry" Rowland was an American Nobel laureate and a professor of chemistry at the University of California, Irvine. His research was on atmospheric chemistry and chemical kinetics. His best-known work was the discovery that chlorofluorocarbons contribute to ozone depletion.