A tribute to Nobel Laureate and former CSU Adjunct Professor Paul Crutzen
Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering 08 Feb, 2021 Nobel Laureate Paul Crutzen. Photo credit: Carsten Costard, MPI-Chemie Science lost a brilliant researcher and the planet lost a steadfast advocate with the death of Paul Crutzen on Jan. 28. Crutzen, an atmospheric scientist, was one of the first to link human activities to ozone deterioration, leading to the worldwide ban on ozone-depleting substances. He was awarded the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, with Mario Molina and F. Sherwood Rowland, for discovering the chemical processes that cause ozone depletion. Crutzen pioneered many ot...