Resignation of bishop of Nalgonda, India

Appointment of ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences

Resignation of bishop of Nalgonda, India

The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Nalgonda, India, presented by Bishop Joji Govindu.

Appointment of ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences

The Holy Father has appointed as ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences the distinguished Professor Susan Solomon, lecturer in atmospheric chemistry at the School of Science - Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology of Cambridge, United States of America.

Curriculum vitae

Professor Susan Solomon was born on 19 January 1956 in Chicago, USA. In her hometown, she began studying chemistry at the Illinois Institute of Technology, earning her PhD in atmospheric chemistry at the University of California at Berkeley. She currently teaches atmospheric chemistry at the School of Science - Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, and directs the Chemistry and Climate Processes Group of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Her name is linked to research that has produced important findings on the causes of the hole in the Antarctic ozone layer.