EAPS

Compton Lecture - Climate Change: Science, Policy and Communication
Date Time Location
May 11th, 2015 4:30pm-5:30pm Wong Auditorium (E51)
Dr. Mario Molina, co-winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, former Institute Professor, and one of the world's foremost scientists in atmospheric chemistry, will visit our campus to deliver the Karl Taylor Compton Lecture.

Since they began in 1957, the Compton Lectures have brought to our campus leaders noted for their universality of thought and their influence on human values. The work of Dr. Molina and his co-laureates provided the scientific basis for the international agreements that banned chlorofluorocarbons because of their role in depleting Earth's protective ozone layer. His perspective is particularly relevant as we continue our campus conversation around the most effective actions to combat climate change.

Currently on the faculty at UC San Diego, Professor Molina also presides over the Mario Molina Center for Strategic Studies on Energy and Environment and serves as a climate policy adviser to the president of Mexico.

Hosted and moderated by President L. Rafael Reif, the lecture is open to the whole MIT community. I hope you will join me, President Reif and the Compton Lecture Series Committee to welcome Professor Molina back to MIT.


Reception to follow in Ting Foyer