Omar M. Yaghi
Omar Mwannes Yaghi holds the title of University Professor, the highest academic rank, along with the James and Neeltje Tretter Endowed Chair in Chemistry at the University of California,... Wikipedia
- Native name: عمر مونّس ياغي
- Born: February 9, 1965, Amman, Jordan
- Age: 60 years
- Citizenship: Palestinian, Jordanian, Saudi, American
- Fields: Reticular Chemistry
- Institutions: Arizona State University, University of Michigan, University of California, Los Angeles, University of California, Berkeley
- Alma mater: University at Albany, SUNY, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- Thesis: Synthesis, structure, and reactivity of polyoxovanadates in nonaqueous media (1990)
- Other academic advisors: Post-doctoral advisor, Richard H. Holm
- Known for: Metal-organic frameworks
- Notable awards: AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize (2007), RSC Centenary Prize (2010), King Faisal International Prize (2015), Mustafa Prize (2015), Albert Einstein World Award of Science (2017), BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Basic Sciences (2018), Wolf Prize in Chemistry (2018), Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water (2018), ENI award for Energy (2018), Gregori Aminoff Prize (2019), VinFuture Prize (2021), Wilhelm Exner Medal (2023), Tang Prize (2024), Balzan Prize (2024), Von Hippel Award (2025), Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2025)
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