Paul Crutzen#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 72 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1988 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.mpic.de/mitarbeiter/auszeichnungen-crutzen.html |
Positions Held
- Since Nov 2000 Emeritus at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
- 1997-2000 Professor (part-time), Utrecht University, Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, The Netherlands
- 1992-2008 Distinguished Professor (part-time), Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA
- 1991-1992 Tage Erlander Professor of the Swedish Natural Research Council at the University of Stockholm, Sweden
- 1987-1991 Professor (part-time), University of Chicago, Department of Geophysical Sciences, USA
- 1980-2000 Member of the Max-Planck-Society for the Advancement of Science and Director of the Atmospheric Chemistry Division of the Max-Planck-Institute, Mainz
- 1976-1981 Adjunct Professor at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Department of Atmospheric Sciences
- 1977-1980 Senior Scientist and Director of the Air Quality Division of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, USA
- 1974-1977 Consultant at the Aeronomy Laboratory of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (half-time) and Researcher at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Boulder (half-time), Colorado, USA
- 1969-1971 Fellow of the European Space Research Organization at Oxford University, England
- pre-1974 Programmer, combined with Licentiat (Ph.D) and D.Sci studies and various teaching and research duties at the University of Stockholm; latest appointment Associate professor
Fields of Scholarship
- Atmospheric chemistry and its role in biogeochemical cycles and climate
- Atmospheric chemistry
- Climate change
- Ozone
- Greenhouse gases
- Biofuels
- Geo-engineering
Honours and Awards
- 1988 Founding Member, Academia Europaea
- 1991 Recipient of the Volvo Environmental Prize
- 1991 Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
- 1991 Member, Leopoldina, Halle (since July 2008 "Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften")
- 1994 Recipient of the German Environmental Prize (Federal Foundation for the Environment)
- 1994 Foreign Associate of the U.S. Academy of Sciences
- 1994 Max-Planck-Forschungspreis (with Dr. M. Molina, U.S.A.).
- 1995 Recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (with Dr. M. Molina and Dr. F.S. Rowland)
- 1996 Nederlandse Leeuw" (appointed by the Queen of The Netherlands)
- 1997 Academia Europaea Erasmus Medal
- 2006 Foreign Member of the British Royal Society, London, UK
- 2008 Name "Crutzen" given to asteroid n° 9679, discovered by C.J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groeneveld on 24.09.1960 in Palomar, USA
