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Crutzen in May 2010
Born	Paul Jozef Crutzen (1933-12-03)3 December 1933 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died	28 January 2021(2021-01-28) (aged 87)
Citizenship	Dutch
Alma mater	University of Stockholm
Known for	Research on ozone hole Anthropocene term
Awards	Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement (1989) Volvo Environment Prize (1991) Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1995) ForMemRS (2006) Lomonosov Gold Medal (2019)
Scientific career
Fields	Chemistry Physics
Institutions	University of Stockholm National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Colorado State University Max Planck Institute for Chemistry

Paul Jozef Crutzen ( 3 December 1933 – 28 January 2021) was a Dutch atmospheric chemist. He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1995. He was known for work on the ozone layer and climate change.

Crutzen died on 28 January 2021 at the age of 87.

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