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Susan Solomon

1956 - Today

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Susan Solomon 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Susan Solomon has received more than 205,696 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Susan Solomon is the 574th most popular chemist (down from 533rd in 2019), the 10,702nd most popular biography from United States (up from 11,207th in 2019) and the 109th most popular American Chemist.

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  • 210k

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  • 42.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Susan Solomon ranks 574 out of 602. Before her are Ira Remsen, Marie Maynard Daly, Edith M. Flanigen, Emma P. Carr, Rachel Fuller Brown, and Richard Zare. After her are Achim Müller, Gilbert Stork, Omowunmi Sadik, F. Albert Cotton, Jacqueline Barton, and Bonnie Bassler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Susan Solomon ranks 500. Before her are Alexander Zhukov, Kumiko Okae, Jean-François Larios, Ștefan Rusu, Nenad Stojković, and Mike Godwin. After her are Roger Michell, Patrick Leonard, Terry Chimes, Michael Cooper, Peter Maurer, and Patricio Hernández.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Susan Solomon ranks 10,702 out of 20,380. Before her are Jimmy Bryan (1926), John McNaughton (1950), Alain LeRoy Locke (1885), Fyvush Finkel (1922), Richard Zare (1939), and Charles Dumas (1937). After her are Lloyd Price (1933), Summer Phoenix (1978), Lorraine Hansberry (1930), Bob Bryan (1978), Michael D. Griffin (1949), and Bret Michaels (1963).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Susan Solomon ranks 109. Before her are Ira Remsen (1846), Marie Maynard Daly (1921), Edith M. Flanigen (1929), Emma P. Carr (1880), Rachel Fuller Brown (1898), and Richard Zare (1939). After her are F. Albert Cotton (1930), Jacqueline Barton (1952), Bonnie Bassler (1962), Percy Lavon Julian (1899), Benjamin Silliman (1779), and Richard Lerner (1938).

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