Susan Solomon
Environmental Scientist | Climate Change & Sustainability Solutions
About
Susan Solomon is a pioneering atmospheric scientist who transformed our understanding of climate change. As a former co-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, she has led landmark research on the ozone layer and greenhouse gas emissions.
Solomon's work has earned her the National Medal of Science, the nation's highest scientific honor. Her keynotes provide a bold, science-backed vision for addressing the existential threats posed by a warming planet, empowering audiences to drive sustainable progress.
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The promise of research with stem cells
Calling them "our bodies' own repair kits," Susan Solomon advocates research using lab-grown stem cells. By growing individual pluripotent stem cell lines, her team creates testbeds that could accelerate research into curing diseases -- and perhaps lead to individualized treatment, targeted not just to a particular disease but a particular person.
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