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Omar M. Yaghi
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Omar Mwannes Yaghi (Arabic: عمر مُؤنس ياغي; born February 9, 1965) is a chemist best known for developing metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) and pioneering reticular chemistry. He was awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, shared with Richard Robson and Susumu Kitagawa, for this work. Yaghi is a University Professor and James and Neeltje Tretter Endowed Chair in Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also an affiliate scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, found
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Omar Yaghi, an immigrant to the U.S. who shared last year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry, has left his faculty post at the University of California, Berkeley, for one in China, where he will lead an institute using artificial intelligence to accelerate the discovery of new
2025 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Prof. Omar M. Yaghi Joins Tsinghua University Faculty
Nobel Laureate and Alum Omar Yaghi Returns to Capital Region, Inspires Next Generation of Scientists
Saudi scientific organization celebrates 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate Omar Yaghi
UC Berkeley professor Omar M. Yaghi shares Nobel Prize in chemistry with two other scientists
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign graduate Omar M. Yaghi wins Nobel Prize in chemistry next to Kitagawa, Robson
Nobel Prize 2025: how scientists’ molecular breakthrough could fight climate change
U.S. scientist among trio awarded chemistry Nobel for developing new molecular architecture
Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi share Nobel Prize in chemistry
Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi win Nobel Prize in chemistry for molecular work
Omar M. Yaghi to receive 2025 Von Hippel Award, the Materials Research Society’s highest honor - University of California, Berkeley