photo Omar M. Yaghi

Omar M. Yaghi

Prize
Nobel Prize in Chemistry — 2025
“for the development of metal-organic frameworks”
Citizenship
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Jordan Jordan United States United States
Languages
English, Arabic
date of birth
2/9/1965
place of birth
Amman
educated at
  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    • academic degree: Doctor of Philosophy
    • end time: 1/1/1990
  • State University of New York at Albany
employer
  • University of Michigan
    • start time: 1/1/1999
    • end time: 1/1/2006
  • Arizona State University
    • end time: 1/1/1998
    • start time: 1/1/1992
  • University of California, Los Angeles
    • end time: 1/1/2011
    • start time: 1/1/2006
  • Tsinghua University
    • start time: 1/1/2026
  • University of California, Berkeley
member of
  • European Academy of Sciences
    • start time: 1/1/2018
  • National Academy of Sciences
    • start time: 1/1/2019
  • German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
    • start time: 1/1/2022
  • Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
    • start time: 10/7/2025
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences
field of work
  • organometallic chemistry
occupation
  • chemist
  • university teacher
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