Omar Mwannes Yaghi
عمر مونّس ياغي
Born (1965-02-09) February 9, 1965
Amman, Jordan
CitizenshipJordanian, Saudi, American
Alma materUniversity at Albany, SUNY
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
AwardsAAAS 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)
Scientific career
FieldsReticular Chemistry
Institutions
ThesisSynthesis, structure, and reactivity of polyoxovanadates in nonaqueous media (1990)
Doctoral advisorWalter G. Klemperer
Other academic advisorsPost-doctoral advisor:
Websiteyaghi.berkeley.edu

Omar M. Yaghi (Arabic: عمر مونّس ياغي; born February 9, 1965) is the James and Neeltje Tretter Chair Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, an affiliate scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the Founding Director of the Berkeley Global Science Institute, and an elected member of the US National Academy of Sciences[1] as well as the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.[2]

Early life and education

Yaghi was born in Amman, Jordan in 1965, to a family from Mandatory Palestine that had become refugees as a result of the Nakba.[3] [4][5] He grew up in a household with many children, had limited access to clean water and without electricity.[6] At the age of 15, he moved to the United States at the encouragement of his father.[7] Although he knew little English, he began classes at Hudson Valley Community College, and later transferred to the University at Albany, SUNY to finish his college degree. He began his graduate studies at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and received his PhD in 1990 under the guidance of Walter G. Klemperer.[8] He was a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University (1990–1992) with Professor Richard H. Holm. In 2021, Yaghi was granted Saudi citizenship.

Career

He was on the faculties of Arizona State University (1992–1998) as an assistant professor, the University of Michigan (1999–2006) as the Robert W. Parry Professor of Chemistry, and the University of California, Los Angeles (2007–2012) as the Christopher S. Foote Professor of Chemistry as well as holding the Irving and Jean Stone Chair in Physical Sciences.[9]

In 2012, he moved to the University of California, Berkeley where he is now the James and Neeltje Tretter Professor of Chemistry. He was the director of the Molecular Foundry at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory from 2012 through 2013. He is the Founding Director of the Berkeley Global Science Institute. He is also a co-director of the Kavli Energy NanoSciences Institute of the University of California, Berkeley and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the California Research Alliance by BASF, as well as the Bakar Institute of Digital Materials for the Planet.[10]

Professional work

Yaghi pioneered reticular chemistry, a new field of chemistry concerned with stitching molecular building blocks together by strong bonds to make open frameworks.[11][12][13] His most recognizable work is in the design and production of new classes of compounds known as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs),[14][15] zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs),[16] and covalent organic frameworks (COFs).[17] MOFs are noted for their extremely high surface areas (5640 m2/g for MOF-177)[18] and very low crystalline densities (0.17 g·cm−3 for COF-108).[19] Yaghi also pioneered molecular weaving, and synthesized the world’s first material woven at the atomic and molecular levels (COF-505).[20][21]

He has been leading the effort in applying these materials in clean energy technologies including hydrogen and methane storage,[22][23] carbon dioxide capture and storage,[24][25] as well as harvesting water from desert air.[26]

According to a Thomson Reuters analysis, Yaghi was the second most cited chemist in the world from 2000–2010.[27]

Honors and awards

His accomplishments in the design and synthesis of new materials have been honored by the Solid State Chemistry Award of the American Chemical Society and Exxon Co. (1998), and the Sacconi Medal of the Italian Chemical Society (2004). His work on hydrogen storage was recognized by the US Department of Energy Hydrogen Program Award (2007). He received the Materials Research Society Medal for work in the theory, design, synthesis and applications of metal-organic frameworks[28] and received the Newcomb Cleveland Prize of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for the best paper published in Science (2007).[29] Yaghi is the recipient of the American Chemical Society Chemistry of Materials Award (2009),[30] Izatt-Christensen International Award (2009),[31] the Royal Society of Chemistry Centenary Prize (2010),[32] as well as China Nano Award (2013).[33] In 2015 he was awarded both the King Faisal International Prize in Chemistry[34] and the Mustafa Prize in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology.[35] In 2016 he was awarded TÜBA Academy Prize in Basic and Engineering Sciences for establishing Reticular Chemistry.[36][37] In 2017, Yaghi was awarded the Spiers Memorial Award from the Royal Society of Chemistry,[38] the Medal of Excellence of the First Order bestowed by King Abdullah II,[39] the Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry International Award,[40] the Bailar Medal in Inorganic Chemistry,[41] the Kuwait Prize in Fundamental Sciences,[42] and the Albert Einstein World Award of Science conferred by the World Cultural Council.[43] In 2018, Yaghi was awarded the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Basic Sciences for pioneering Reticular Chemistry,[44] and also in 2018 he received the Wolf Prize in Chemistry in which he was cited for pioneering reticular chemistry via metal-organic frameworks and covalent organic frameworks.[45][46] His work on water harvesting from desert air using metal-organic frameworks[47][48][49] was showcased by the World Economic Forum in Switzerland as one of the top 10 emerging technologies,[50] and was awarded the 2018 Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water.[51] Yaghi also received the 2018 Eni Award in recognition of his work in applying framework chemistry to clean energy solutions including methane storage, carbon dioxide capture and conversion, and water harvesting from desert air.[52][53] He was honored with the 2019 Gregori Aminoff Prize by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for the development of reticular chemistry.[54] In 2019, he also received the MBR Medal for Scientific Excellence of the United Arab Emirates,[55] as well as the Nano Research Award.[56] Yaghi was awarded the 2020 August-Wilhelm-von-Hofmann-Denkmünze gold medal of the German Chemical Society for his contribution to reticular chemistry and for pioneering MOFs, COFs, and molecular weaving.[57] Yaghi also received the 2020 Royal Society of Chemistry Sustainable Water Award for his impactful development of water harvesting from desert air using metal–organic frameworks.[58] In 2021, Yaghi was honored with Belgium’s International Solvay Chair in Chemistry,[59] as well as the Ertl Lecture Award by the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society and Berlin universities.[60] On January 20, 2022, during an international award ceremony in Vietnam it was announced that Yaghi won the inaugural VinFuture Prize for Outstanding Achievements in Emerging Fields in recognition of his pioneering Reticular Chemistry.[61][62] Yaghi was awarded the 2023 Wilhelm Exner Medal of Austria for his direct impact on business and industry through his scientific achievements.[63]

References

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