F. Sherwood Rowland

For the Australian cricketer, see Frank Rowland (cricketer). For the American politician, see Frank L. Rowland.

Frank Sherwood Rowland
Rowland at the inaugural World Science Summit, May 2008
Born(1927-06-28)June 28, 1927
Delaware, Ohio
DiedMarch 10, 2012(2012-03-10) (aged 84)
Newport Beach, California
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater
Known forOzone depletion research
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Irvine
ThesisThe epithermal reactions of recoil atoms (1952)
Doctoral advisorWillard Libby

Frank Sherwood "Sherry"[4] Rowland (June 28, 1927 – March 10, 2012) was an American Nobel laureate and a professor of chemistry at the University of California, Irvine. His research was on atmospheric chemistry and chemical kinetics. His best-known work was the discovery that chlorofluorocarbons contribute to ozone depletion.[5][6]

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  3. ^ Laureates of the Japan Prize. japanprize.jp
  4. ^ Roan, Shari (March 12, 2012). "F. Sherwood Rowland dies at 84; UC Irvine professor won Nobel Prize". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Archived from the original on March 15, 2012. Retrieved September 14, 2016.
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  6. ^ Molina, M. J.; Rowland, F. S. (1974). "Stratospheric sink for chlorofluoromethanes: Chlorine atom-catalysed destruction of ozone". Nature. 249 (5460): 810. Bibcode:1974Natur.249..810M. doi:10.1038/249810a0. S2CID 32914300.