When Did Mario Molina Won The Noble Prize In? Who Won The Most Nobel Prizes?

Mexican chemist, Mario Molina was a co-recipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, along with the scientists including F. Sherwood Rowland. Molina was one of the researchers who exposed how chemical deplete Earth’s ozone shield, which is vital to protecting humans, plants, and wildlife from harmful ultraviolet light.

“Mario chose the one furthest from his previous experience and from my own experience as well, and we began studying the atmospheric fate of the CFC molecules. Within three months, Mario and I realized that this was not just a scientific question, challenging and interesting to us, but a potentially grave environmental problem involving substantial depletion of the stratospheric ozone layer. A major part of both of our careers since has been spent on the continuing threads of this original problem,” Rowland once shared in an interview.

Who Won The Most Nobel Prizes?

The United States of America have the most noble prize winners with a total of 400 winners. Followed by the United Kingdom with 137 winners, Germany with 111, and France, 71.