Omar M. Yaghi – The Alchemist. Winner numerous Int’l Awards for Chemistry

American Omar Mwannes Yaghi, the second most cited chemist in the world.

Elected member of the US National Academy of Sciences

Present Assignment:

  • James & Neeltje Tretter Chair, Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley

Education:

  • BS – Chemistry – Cum Laude – State University of New York-Albany, New York (1983-85)
  • PhD – Chemistry – Best Thesis Award – University of Illinois, Urbania-Champaign (1986-90)
  • NSF Post Doctoral Fellow – Harvard University (1990-92)

Director:

  • Founding Director – Berkeley Global Science Institute
  • Co-Director – Kavli Energy NanoScience Institute
  • Co-Director – California Research Alliance by BASF

Awards / Honours :

  • Solid State Chemistry Award of the American Chemical Society and Exxon Co (1998)
  • Sacconi Medal of the Italian Chemical Society (2004)
  • US Department of Energy Hydrogen Program Award (2007)
  • Materials Research Society  
  • Newcomb Cleveland Prize of the American Association for the Advancement of Science  
  • American Chemical Society Chemistry of Materials Award (2009)
  • Izatt-Christensen International Award (2009)
  • Royal Society of Chemistry Centenary Prize (2010)
  • China Nano Award (2013)
  • King Faisal International Prize in Chemistry (2015)
  • Mustafa Prize in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (2015)\
  • TÜBA Academy Prize in Basic and Engineering Sciences for establishing Reticular Chemistry (2016)
  • Spiers Memorial Award from the Royal Society of Chemistry (2017)
  • Medal of Excellence of the First Order bestowed by King Abdullah II (2017)
  • Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry International Award(2017)
  • Bailar Medal in Inorganic Chemistry (2017)
  • Kuwait Prize in Fundamental Sciences (2017)
  • Albert Einstein World Award of Science conferred by the World Cultural Council (2017)
  • BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Basic Sciences for pioneering Reticular Chemistry (2018)
  • Wolf Prize in Chemistry in which he was cited for pioneering reticular chemistry via metal-organic frameworks and covalent organic frameworks (2018)
  •  His work on water harvesting from desert air using metal-organic frameworks  was showcased by the World Economic Forum in Switzerland as one of the top 10 emerging technologies
  • Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water (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 (2018)
  • Gregori Aminoff Prize by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for the development of reticular chemistry (2019)
  • MBR Medal for Scientific Excellence of the United Arab Emirates (2019)
  • Nano Research Award (2019)
  • August-Wilhelm-von-Hofmann-Denkmunze gold medal of the German Chemical Society for his contribution to reticular chemistry and for pioneering MOFs, COFs, and molecular weaving (2020)
  • Royal Society of Chemistry Sustainable Water Award for his impactful development of water harvesting from desert air using metal–organic frameworks(2020)

Books/ Publications / Papers :

  • Several books published. Many papers presented

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American / Palestine-Jordan / Arab-American