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Susan Solomon

1956 - Today

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Susan Solomon (born in Chicago) is an American atmospheric chemist, working for most of her career at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). In 2011, Solomon joined the faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she serves as the Ellen Swallow Richards Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry & Climate Science. Solomon, with her colleagues, was the first to propose the chlorofluorocarbon free radical reaction mechanism that is the cause of the Antarctic ozone hole. Solomon is a member of the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Susan Solomon has received more than 192,899 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Susan Solomon is the 534th most popular chemist (down from 494th in 2019), the 11,233rd most popular biography from United States (down from 9,539th in 2019) and the 102nd most popular American Chemist.

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  • 190k

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  • 39.46

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  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Susan Solomon ranks 534 out of 509Before her are Anna J. Harrison, Karen Wetterhahn, Wallace Smith Broecker, Charles M. Lieber, Ida Freund, and Richard Zare. After her are Martyn Poliakoff, Harry B. Gray, Donald Howard Menzel, Omar M. Yaghi, Percy Lavon Julian, and J. L. B. Smith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Susan Solomon ranks 503Before her are Chris Ellis, Reinhold Ewald, Steve Archibald, Mikola Statkevich, Vladimír Godár, and Larry Charles. After her are Viv Anderson, Yannis Stournaras, Uri Caine, Rüdiger Helm, Irene Khan, and Dag Otto Lauritzen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Susan Solomon ranks 11,233 out of 18,182Before her are Jill Abramson (1954), Cynthia Gibb (1963), Mae Whitman (1988), Eddie Cahill (1978), Brian J. Smith (1981), and Sufjan Stevens (1975). After her are Hanya Yanagihara (1974), John Paxson (1960), James Waddell Alexander II (1888), Harold Prince (1928), Eric Douglas (1958), and Theresa Weld (1893).

Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Susan Solomon ranks 102Before her are Darleane C. Hoffman (1926), Anna J. Harrison (1912), Karen Wetterhahn (1948), Wallace Smith Broecker (1931), Charles M. Lieber (1959), and Richard Zare (1939). After her are Harry B. Gray (1935), Donald Howard Menzel (1901), Percy Lavon Julian (1899), Sam Ruben (1913), Jacqueline Barton (1952), and Bonnie Bassler (1962).