Susan Solomon
ProfessorHonorary Member of the Division of Mathematics and Natural Sciences since 2026
- Lee and Geraldine Martin Professor of Environmental Studies at the Massachussetts Institute of Technology
Orcid-ID:
0000-0002-2020-7581
Research Areas:
- Geosciences
- Atmospheric chemistry
- Aeronomy
- Atmospheric physics
Profile:
Publications:
Selected Memberships:
- Member, US National Academy of Sciences
- Fellow, Royal Society
- Foreign Associate, French Academy of Sciences
- Member, Pontifical Academy of Sciences
- Honorary Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry
- Honorary Member, American Meteorological Society
- Honorary Fellow, Royal Meteorological Society
Selected Prizes:
- United States National Medal of Science
- Crafoord Prizeof the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
- Grande Medaille, French Academy of Sciences
- BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Award
- Blue Planet Prize
Selected Publications:
- Solomon, S., Garcia, R. R., Rowland, F. S., Wuebbles, D. J., On the depletion of Antarctic ozone, Nature, 321 (6072) 755-758, 1986. doi: 10.1038/3217dda0.
- Thompson, D. W. J., Solomon, S., Interpretation of recent southern hemisphere climate change, Science, 296 (5569) 895-899, 2002.doi: 10.1126/science.1069270.
- Solomon, S., Plattner, G. K., Knutti, R., Friedlingstein, P., Irreversible climate change due to carbon dioxide emissions, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106 (6) 1704-1709, 2009. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0812721106.
- Solomon, S., Rosenlof, K. H., Portmann, Daniel, J.S ., Davis, S. M., Sanford, T. J., Plattner G. K., Contributions of stratospheric water vapor to decadal changes in the rate of global warming, Science, 327 (5970) 1219-1223, 2010. doi: 10.1126/science.1182488.
- Solomon, S., Ivy, D. J., Kinnison, D., Mills, M. J., Neely, R. R., Schmidt, A., Emergence of healing in the Antarctic ozone layer, Science, 353 (6296) 269-274, 2016. doi: 10.1126/science.aae0061.