Nobel Prize winning Mexican scientist and leading climate change expert Mario Molina will lead the science and technology group of President-Elect Barack Obama’s transition team, according to a report at Jeremy Schawart’s Uncovering Mexico blog.  Mr. Molina teaches chemistry at the University of California-San Diego.

Molina, who is frequently quoted in the Mexican press, has been a tireless advocate of for alternative energy sources in Mexico and a champion of reversing Mexico City’s pollution problems, the report said.