Tihomir Novakov

Tihomir Novakov
Born(1929-03-16)March 16, 1929
DiedJanuary 2, 2015(2015-01-02) (aged 85)
Alma materUniversity of Belgrade
OccupationPhysicist
Spouse
Marica Cvetković
(m. 1954⁠–⁠2014)
(her death)
ChildrenAnna Novakov

Tihomir Novakov, Ph.D known also as Tica Novakov (March 16, 1929 – January 2, 2015) was a Serbian-born American physicist. As a scientist, Novakov is known for his black carbon, air quality, and climate change research. James Hansen dubbed him "the godfather of black carbon".[1]

  1. ^ Chen, Allan. "Carbonaceous Aerosols and Climate Change: How Researchers Proved Black Carbon is a Significant Force in the Atmosphere". Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Archived from the original on January 6, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2015.