Mario Molina: advisors and students

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Mario Molina

Mexican chemical engineer1943 to 2020

Wikidata names George C. Pimentel as doctoral advisor. Linked to Wikidata, ORCID, and 6 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata1

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George C. Pimentel

The line above and below4 steps

The advisors of their advisors, four steps up at most, in the thesis records and on Wikidata, each kind marked; a person in both is listed once.

1 step up
stated by WikidataGeorge C. Pimentel
2 steps up
stated by WikidataKenneth Pitzer
3 steps up
stated by WikidataWendell Mitchell Latimer
4 steps up
stated by WikidataGeorge Ernest Gibson

Education and career7

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records. Each place opens its Wikidata item.

from 1960
National Autonomous University of Mexico
studied
from 1965
University of Freiburg
studied
1968 to 1972
University of California, Berkeley
studied
1973 to 1980
University of California, Irvine
worked
1980 to 1989
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
worked
1989 to 2005
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
worked
from 2005
University of California, San Diego
worked

At a glance

known as: chemist, engineer, university teacher
fields: physical chemistry, chemical engineering, chemistry
degrees: doctorate
awards: Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, 2008, Presidential Medal of Freedom, 2013, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1995, NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal, 1989, Willard Gibbs Award, 1998, Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, 1983, Volvo Environment Prize, 2004, Max Planck Research Award, 1994, Fellow of the American Physical Society, Knight of the Legion of Honour, 2012, Heinz Award, 2003, honorary doctorate from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense, 2012, Newcomb Cleveland Prize, honorary doctor of the University of Miami, 2001, Polanyi Medal, 2012, Great Immigrants Award, 2009, Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards
member of: Pontifical Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, Mexican Academy of Sciences, Colegio Nacional, National Academy of Medicine, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Philosophical Society, from 2007
Wikipedia: in 71 languages

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Elsewhere8

identity

stated by WikidataWikipediaMario Molina
stated by WikidataWikidataQ19045
stated by WikidataORCID0000-0003-2339-3225
stated by WikidataVIAF43806068
stated by WikidataGND1029801800
stated by WikidataIdRef109964861
stated by WikidataISNI0000000120248124

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  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Mario Molina: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q19045},
  note = {read on 2026-10-27}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 27). Mario Molina: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-27]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q19045