Peter Molnar (August 25, 1943 – June 23, 2022)[1] was a professor in Geological Sciences at the University of Colorado.
His research focused on aspects of how mountain ranges form[2] and continental lithosphere deforms.
[4] He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in physics from Oberlin College in 1965 and his Ph.D. in seismology from Columbia University in 1970.
[4] He was a winner of the Crafoord Prize[5][6] and a fellow of the American Geophysical Union.
Innovatively combining geological and geophysical methods of inquiry with satellite measurements and modelling, the Laureate has also paved the way to a new understanding of the formation of mountain ranges and their role in global tectonics."