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Susan Solomon is an atmospheric chemist and a leader in her field. Susan spent much of her career with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), where she was the head of the Chemistry and Climate Processes Group until 2011. Susan was the first to propose the chlorofluorocarbon free radical reaction mechanism as the cause of the Antarctic ozone hole.
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Susan has been interested in chemistry since she was young, placing third in a national science fair with her project measuring the percent of oxygen in a gas mixture while in high school. Susan earned her bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Illinois Institute of Technology before earning her Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley, where she specialized in atmospheric chemistry.
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Susan is now a Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Stay tuned for more women in STEM role models throughout Women’s History Month!
