Global Laureate · Chemistry

Omar Yaghi

Omar Yaghi designs porous crystalline materials, including metal-organic and covalent organic frameworks.

Selected awards

Career recognition

  1. 2025

    Nobel Prize · Chemistry

    For developing metal-organic frameworks, porous materials assembled from metal ions and organic molecules.

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  2. 2018

    Wolf Prize · Chemistry

    For developing reticular chemistry, which joins molecular building blocks into extended porous structures.

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  1. UC BerkeleyTsinghua

    Effective Jul 2026

    Omar Yaghi joined Tsinghua University from the University of California, Berkeley in July 2026.

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