Omar M. Yaghi

Yaghi was born in Amman, Jordan, in 1965, to a refugee family originally from Mandatory Palestine.{{cite web|url=https://alqabas.com/471429/|script-title=ar:عمر ياغي في مؤسسة الكويت للتقدّم العلمي|website=alqabas.com|language=ar|date=6 December 2017}}[https://wolffund.org.il/2018/12/12/omar-yaghi/ " Omar Yaghi Winner of Wolf Prize in Chemistry – 2018 "], Wolf Foundation, Retrieved on 4 March 2018.[https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/dossiers/world-cultural-council/live-video " Acceptance speech of Albert Einstein World Award of Science by Professor Omar M. Yaghi "], World Cultural Council, Retrieved on 4 March 2018. He grew up in a household with many children, had limited access to clean water and without electricity.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOOVBKWRLxk " Omar Yaghi: Harvesting water from desert air "], [ Molecular Frontiers Symposium "Planet Earth: A Scientific Journey", at Stockholm University, May 9–10, 2019 ], Retrieved on 30 December 2019. At the age of 15, he moved to the United States at the encouragement of his father.[https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/en/the-alchemist/ " The Alchemist "] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828030715/https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/en/the-alchemist/ |date=2018-08-28 }}, Forbes, Retrieved on 1 February 2018. 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.{{cite thesis |title=Synthesis, structure, and reactivity of polyoxovanadates in nonaqueous media |year=1990 |degree=PhD |institution=University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |last=Yaghi |first=Omar M. |id={{ProQuest|303854222}} |oclc=774917622}} He was a National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University (1990–1992) with Richard H. Holm. In 2021, Yaghi was granted Saudi citizenship.

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.{{cite journal | url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/anie.201802237 | doi=10.1002/anie.201802237 | title=Wolf Prize in Chemistry: M. Fujita and O. M. Yaghi / Albrecht Kossel Prize: A. Beck-Sickinger | journal=Angewandte Chemie International Edition | date=2018 | volume=57 | issue=13 | page=3287 | pmid=29504702 }}

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.[https://data.berkeley.edu/news/new-institute-brings-together-chemistry-and-machine-learning-tackle-climate-change " New institute brings together chemistry and machine learning to tackle climate change "], Retrieved on 21 September 2022.

See also main article on reticular materials

Yaghi pioneered reticular chemistry, a new field of chemistry concerned with stitching molecular building blocks together by strong bonds to make open frameworks.[https://cen.acs.org/articles/95/i28/Omar-Yaghi-wins-Albert-Einstein.html " Omar Yaghi wins Albert Einstein World Award of Science "], Chemical & Engineering News, 10 July 2017. Retrieved on 12 March 2018.[https://cen.acs.org/articles/96/web/2018/02/Makoto-Fujita-and-Omar-Yaghi-win-Wolf-Prize-in-Chemistry.html " Makoto Fujita and Omar Yaghi win Wolf Prize in Chemistry "], Chemical & Engineering News, 19 February 2018. Retrieved on 12 March 2018.[http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2017/fd/c7fd00160f#!divAbstract " Spiers Memorial Lecture – Progress and prospects of reticular chemistry "], Royal Society of Chemistry, 18 August 2017. Retrieved on 12 March 2018. As stated by the International Balzan Prize Foundation, Omar Yaghi suggested the idea of using molecular building blocks and strong bonds to form crystalline materials in the early 1990s. At the time, the scientific community considered this idea chemically unfeasible, as the synthesis of strong bonding between molecular components usually led to poorly defined, amorphous solids. However, in 1995, Yaghi successfully crystallized metal-organic structures where metal ions are joined by charged organic linkers as exemplified by carboxylates to form strong bonds. This discovery paved the way for the development of a new class of materials: Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs), and thus it marked the start of reticular chemistry.{{cite web |url=https://www.balzan.org/en/materiali-nanoporosi-per-applicazioni-ambientali |title=Omar M. Yaghi 2024 Balzan Prize for Nanoporous Materials for Environmental Applications |last=none |first=none |publisher=International Balzan Prize Foundation |date=November 22, 2024 |website=www.balzan.org/en |access-date=December 25, 2024}}

His most recognizable work is in the design, synthesis, application, and popularisation of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). By IUPAC recommendation, MOF is considered a subclass of the coordination polymers first reported in 1959 by Yoshihiko Saito and colleagues.{{Cite journal |last1=Kinoshita |first1=Yukio |last2=Matsubara |first2=Ikuo |last3=Higuchi |first3=Taiichi |last4=Saito |first4=Yoshihiko |date=1959-11-01 |title=The Crystal Structure of Bis(adiponitrilo)copper(I) Nitrate |url=https://doi.org/10.1246/bcsj.32.1221 |journal=Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan |volume=32 |issue=11 |pages=1221–1226 |doi=10.1246/bcsj.32.1221 |issn=0009-2673}} This is followed by E. A. Tomic in 1965 when he published a report titled "Thermal stability of coordination polymers" where he synthesized and characterized many coordination polymers constructed with different ligands and various metal ions.{{Cite journal |last=Tomic |first=E. A. |date=1959-06-23 |title= Thermal stability of coordination polymers |url= https://doi.org/10.1002/app.1965.070091121 |journal= Journal of Applied Polymer Science |volume=9 |issue=11 |pages= 3745–3752 |doi=10.1002/app.1965.070091121 }} Hans-Peter Werner and colleagues in 1986 published a coordination polymer 2,5-Dimethyl-N,N′-dicyanoquinonediimine and evaluated its electrical conductivity,{{cite journal|title= Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl., 25, 1986, Hans-Peter Werner |url= https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.198607401 |website= onlinelibrary.wiley.com|date=August 1986|doi= 10.1002/anie.198607401 }} and in 1989 Bernard Hoskins{{Cite journal |last1=Hoskins |first1=Bernard F. |last2=Robson |first2=Richard |date=July 1989 |title=Infinite polymeric frameworks consisting of three dimensionally linked rod-like segments |url=https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja00197a079 |journal=Journal of the American Chemical Society |volume=111 |issue=15 |pages=5962–5964 |doi=10.1021/ja00197a079 |bibcode=1989JAChS.111.5962H |issn=0002-7863}} and Richard Robson{{Cite web |last=Dorey |first=Nathan |date=2024-02-02 |title=The man who built a whole new field of chemistry |url=https://chemistry.unimelb.edu.au/about/news/the-man-who-built-a-whole-new-field-of-chemistry |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=School of Chemistry }}{{Cite journal |last=Robson |first=R. |date=2008-09-23 |title=Design and its limitations in the construction of bi- and poly-nuclear coordination complexes and coordination polymers (aka MOFs): a personal view |url=https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2008/dt/b805617j |journal=Dalton Transactions |issue=38 |pages=5113–5131 |doi=10.1039/B805617J |pmid=18813362 |issn=1477-9234}} reported a coordination polymer consisting of three dimensionally linked rod-like segments. In general, coordination polymers are frail disordered structures with poorly defined properties.{{Cite web | url= https://www.kva.se/en/news/arets-aminoffpris-till-grundarna-av-natverkskemin-2/ | title= This year's Aminoff Prize goes to the founders of reticular chemistry | date=September 13, 2018}}

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In the 1990s, Omar M. Yaghi made three breakthroughs that transformed the traditional coordination polymers into architecturally robust and permanently porous MOFs which are being widely used today: (1) crystallization of metal-organic structures where metal ions are joined by charged organic linkers as exemplified by carboxylates to form strong bonds (published in 1995);{{cite journal|author1=Yaghi, O. M. |author2=Li, G. |author3=Li, H. |title= Selective binding and removal of guests in a microporous metal–organic framework |journal=Nature|date=1995|volume=378|issue= 6558|pages= 703–706 |doi=10.1038/378703a0|bibcode=1995Natur.378..703Y }} (2) introduction of metal-carboxylate clusters as secondary building units (SBUs), which was the key to building architecturally robust frameworks exhibiting permanent porosity as he proved by measuring for the first time their gas adsorption isotherms (published in 1998);{{cite journal|author1=Li, H. |author2=Eddaoudi, M. |author3=Groy, T. L. |author4=Yaghi, O. M. |title=Establishing Microporosity in Open Metal-Organic Frameworks: Gas Sorption Isotherms for Zn (BDC)(BDC= 1,4-Benzenedicarboxylate)|journal=Journal of the American Chemical Society|date=1998|volume=120|issue=33|pages=8571–8572|doi=10.1021/ja981669x }} (3) realization of ultra-high porosity with MOF-5 (published in 1999).{{cite journal|author1=Li, H. |author2=Eddaoudi, M. |author3=O’Keeffee, M. |author4=Yaghi, O. M. |title=Design and synthesis of an exceptionally stable and highly porous metal-organic framework |journal=Nature|date=1999|volume=402|issue=6759|pages=276–279|doi=10.1038/46248 |bibcode=1999Natur.402..276L |hdl=2027.42/62847 |hdl-access=free }} In essence, the strong bonds holding the MOFs allow for their structural robustness, ultra-high porosity, and longevity in industrial applications.

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Omar M. Yaghi published the first paper of covalent organic frameworks (COFs) in 2005, reporting a series of 2D COFs.{{Cite journal | url= https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1120411 | title= Porous, Crystalline, Covalent Organic Frameworks | date=November 18, 2005| doi= 10.1126/science.1120411 | last1= CôTé | first1= Adrien P. | last2= Benin | first2= Annabelle I. | last3= Ockwig | first3= Nathan W. | last4= O'Keeffe | first4= Michael | last5= Matzger | first5= Adam J. | last6= Yaghi | first6= Omar M. | journal= Science | volume= 310 | issue= 5751 | pages= 1166–1170 | pmid= 16293756 | bibcode= 2005Sci...310.1166C }} He reported the design and successful synthesis of COFs by condensation reactions of phenyl diboronic acid (C₆H₄[B(OH)₂]₂) and hexahydroxytriphenylene (C₁₈H₆(OH)₆). Powder X-ray diffraction studies of the highly crystalline products having empirical formulas (C₃H₂BO)₆·(C₉H₁₂)₁ (COF-1) and C₉H₄BO₂ (COF-5) revealed 2-dimensional expanded porous graphitic layers that have either staggered conformation (COF-1) or eclipsed conformation (COF-5). Their crystal structures are entirely held by strong bonds between B, C, and O atoms to form rigid porous architectures with pore sizes ranging from 7 to 27 angstroms. COF-1 and COF-5 exhibit high thermal stability (to temperatures up to 500 to 600 °C), permanent porosity, and high surface areas (711 and 1590 square meters per gram, respectively).{{Cite journal | url= https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1120411 | title= Porous, Crystalline, Covalent Organic Frameworks | date=November 18, 2005| doi= 10.1126/science.1120411 | last1= CôTé | first1= Adrien P. | last2= Benin | first2= Annabelle I. | last3= Ockwig | first3= Nathan W. | last4= O'Keeffe | first4= Michael | last5= Matzger | first5= Adam J. | last6= Yaghi | first6= Omar M. | journal= Science | volume= 310 | issue= 5751 | pages= 1166–1170 | pmid= 16293756 | bibcode= 2005Sci...310.1166C }} The synthesis of 3D COFs has been hindered by longstanding practical and conceptual challenges until it was first achieved in 2007 by Omar M. Yaghi.{{Cite journal|doi = 10.1126/science.1139915|title = Designed Synthesis of 3D Covalent Organic Frameworks|year = 2007|last1 = El-Kaderi|first1 = H. M.|last2 = Hunt|first2 = J. R.|last3 = Mendoza-Cortes|first3 = J. L.|last4 = Cote|first4 = A. P.|last5 = Taylor|first5 = R. E.|last6 = O'Keeffe|first6 = M.|last7 = Yaghi|first7 = O. M.|journal = Science|volume = 316|issue = 5822|pages = 268–272|pmid = 17431178|bibcode = 2007Sci...316..268E|s2cid = 19555677| url=https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20130520-133655834 }}

Yaghi is also known for the design and production of a new class of compounds known as zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs). MOFs, COFs, ZIFs are noted for their extremely high surface areas ({{val|5640|u=m²/g}} for MOF-177)

{{cite journal|author1=A.G. Wong-Foy|author2=A.J. Matzger|author3=O.M. Yaghi|year=2006|title=Exceptional H₂ Saturation Uptake in Microporous Metal-Organic Frameworks|journal=Journal of the American Chemical Society|volume=128|issue=11|pages=3494–5|doi=10.1021/ja058213h|pmid=16536503}} and very low crystalline densities ({{val|0.17|u=g·cm⁻³}} for COF-108).

{{cite journal|author1=H.M. El-Kaderi|author2=J.R. Hunt|author3=J.L. Mendoza-Cortés|author4=A.P. Côté|author5=R.E. Taylor|author6=M. O'Keeffe|author7=O.M. Yaghi|year=2007|title=Designed Synthesis of 3D Covalent Organic Frameworks|url=https://authors.library.caltech.edu/38578/7/El-Kaderi.SOM.revised.pdf|journal=Science|volume=316|issue=5822|pages=268–72|bibcode=2007Sci...316..268E|doi=10.1126/science.1139915|pmid=17431178|s2cid=19555677}}

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Yaghi also pioneered molecular weaving, and synthesized the world's first material woven at the atomic and molecular levels (COF-505).[https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aad4011 " Weaving of organic threads into a crystalline covalent organic framework "], Science (journal), Retrieved on 16 June 2019.[https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/01/160121185624.htm " First materials woven at atomic and molecular levels: Weaving a new story for COFs and MOFs "], ScienceDaily, Retrieved on 16 June 2019.

He has been leading the effort in applying these materials in clean energy technologies including hydrogen and methane storage,[http://pubs.acs.org/cen/topstory/8003/8003notw1.html " Crystal Sponges "], Chemical & Engineering News , 21 January 2002. Retrieved on 12 March 2018.[http://pubs.acs.org/cen/topstory/8120/8120notw1.html " Porous Crystals Soak Up Hydrogen "], Chemical & Engineering News, 19 May 2003. Retrieved on 12 March 2018. carbon dioxide capture and storage,[https://www.technologyreview.com/s/409547/a-better-way-to-capture-carbon/ " A Better Way to Capture Carbon "], MIT Technology Review, 15 February 2008. Retrieved on 12 March 2018.[https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/super-sized-molecular-sponges-boost-carbon-capture/3003830.article " Super-sized molecular sponges boost carbon capture "], Chemistry World, 7 May 2008. Retrieved on 12 March 2018. as well as harvesting water from desert air.[https://www.science.org/content/article/new-solar-powered-device-can-pull-water-straight-desert-air " This new solar-powered device can pull water straight from the desert air "], Science Magazine, April 13, 2017. Retrieved on March 10, 2018.

According to a Thomson Reuters analysis, Yaghi was the second most cited chemist in the world from 2000 to 2010.{{Cite web|title=Top 100 Chemists, 2000–2010 – |url=http://archive.sciencewatch.com/dr/sci/misc/Top100Chemists2000-10/|access-date=2022-02-03|website=ScienceWatch.com}}

In 2020, Yaghi founded Atoco, a California-based startup,{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-01-12 |title=Founder, Prof. Omar Yaghi: "From Desert to Discovery: The Journey of Reticular Chemistry" |url=https://atoco.com/blogs/from-desert-to-discovery-the-journey-of-reticular-chemistry/ |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=Atoco }} aiming to commercialize the latest advancements and discoveries by Yaghi in MOFs and COFs technologies in the field of carbon capture and atmospheric water harvesting.{{Cite magazine |date=2023-09-08 |title=A World Renowned Chemist Wants to Suck Water, and Carbon, Out of the Air |url=https://time.com/6312091/chemist-omar-yaghi-is-on-a-quest-to-eliminate-water-scarcity/ |access-date=2024-04-29 |magazine=Time }}{{Cite book |last=Francaviglia |first=Richard |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/book63512 |title=Imagining the Atacama Desert: A Five-Hundred-Year Journey of Discovery |date=2018 |publisher=University of Utah Press |doi=10.1353/book63512 |isbn=978-1-60781-611-9}}

In 2021, Yaghi co-founded another startup called H2MOF, dedicated to solving the challenges associated with hydrogen storage by utilizing the latest discoveries by Yaghi in the field of reticular chemistry.{{Cite web |last=Meredith |first=Sam |date=2024-02-15 |title='The holy grail': Startup backed by a Nobel laureate vying for a breakthrough on hydrogen storage |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/15/nobel-laureate-hopes-startup-can-achieve-hydrogen-storage-breakthrough.html |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=CNBC }}{{Cite web |title=Our founders |url=https://h2mof.com/our-founders/ |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=H2MOF |date=8 June 2023 }}

Yaghi has received several global awards and medals throughout his career, including the Albert Einstein World Award of Science in 2017; the Wolf Prize in Chemistry in 2018; the Gregory Aminoff Prize in 2019; the VinFuture Prize in 2022, and the Science for the Future Ernest Solvay Prize in 2024. The following are among the key awards, medals and recognitions Yaghi received:

• 1998 Solid State Chemistry Award of the American Chemical Society and Exxon Co.{{Cite web |title=The ExxonMobil Award Faculty Fellowship in Solid State Chemistry |url=https://acsdic.org/awards/the-exxonmobil-award-faculty-fellowship-in-solid-state-chemistry/ |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=Division of Inorganic Chemistry }} for his accomplishments in the design and synthesis of new materials
• 2004 Sacconi Medal of the Italian Chemical Society{{Cite web |title=Sacconi Medal |url=https://www.cerm.unifi.it/sacconi-medal |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=www.cerm.unifi.it}}
• 2007 US Department of Energy Hydrogen Program Award for his work on hydrogen storage{{Cite web |title=2007 Annual Merit Review Awards {{!}} Hydrogen Program |url=https://www.hydrogen.energy.gov/library/annual-review/annual_review07_awards |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=www.hydrogen.energy.gov}}
• 2007 Materials Research Society Medal for his work in the theory, design, synthesis and applications of metal-organic frameworks{{Cite web |title=MRS Medal {{!}} Materials Research Society Awards |url=https://www.mrs.org/careers-advancement/awards/fall-awards/mrs-medal |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=www.mrs.org}}
• 2007 Newcomb Cleveland Prize of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for the best paper published in Science{{Cite web |title=2007 Newcomb Cleveland Prize Recipients |url=https://www.aaas.org/awards/newcomb-cleveland-prize/2007 |website=American Association for the Advancement of Science |date=2007}}
• 2009 American Chemical Society Chemistry of Materials Award{{Cite web |title=Past Recipients |url=https://www.acs.org/funding/awards/acs-award-in-the-chemistry-of-materials/past-recipients.html |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=American Chemical Society }}
• 2009 Izatt-Christensen International Award{{Cite web |title=Omar Yaghi Is Izatt-Christensen Awardee |url=https://cen.acs.org/articles/87/i37/Omar-Yaghi-Izatt-Christensen-Awardee.html |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=Chemical & Engineering News }}  
• 2010 Royal Society of Chemistry Centenary Prize{{Cite web |title=Centenary Prizes for Chemistry and Communication - previous winners |url=https://www.rsc.org/prizes-funding/prizes/find-a-prize/centenary-prizes/previous-winners/ |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=Royal Society of Chemistry }}
• 2013 China Nano Award{{Cite web |date=2024-05-10 |title=IEEE Nanotechnology Council Advancing Nanotech for Humanity |url=https://ieeenano.org/awards/2013-awardees}}  
• 2015 King Faisal International Prize in Chemistry{{Cite web |title=Yaghi wins Faisal Prize for Science {{!}} College of Chemistry |url=https://chemistry.berkeley.edu/news/yaghi-wins-faisal-prize-for-science |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=chemistry.berkeley.edu}}
• 2015 Mustafa Prize in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology{{Cite web |title=The Mustafa Prize |url=https://mustafaprize.org/en/laureates/2015 |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=mustafaprize.org}}
• 2016 TÜBA Academy Prize in Basic and Engineering Sciences for establishing Reticular Chemistry{{Cite web |title=2016 Academy Prize Laureates {{!}} Turkish Academy of Sciences |url=https://www.tuba.gov.tr/en/tuba-awards/tuba-academy-prizes/2016-academy-prize-laureates |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=www.tuba.gov.tr}}
• 2017 Spiers Memorial Award from the Royal Society of Chemistry{{Cite web |date=2017-05-09 |title=Prizes and awards 2017 |url=https://www.rsc.org/news-events/articles/2017/may/awards-and-prizes-2017/ |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=Royal Society of Chemistry }}  
• 2017 Medal of Excellence of the First Order bestowed by King Abdullah II{{Cite web |title=Prof. Yaghi receives the King Abdullah II Ibn Al Hussein Order of Distinction, First Class {{!}} Berkeley Global Science Institute |url=https://globalscience.berkeley.edu/news/prof-yaghi-receives-king-abdullah-ii-ibn-al-hussein-order-distinction-first-class |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=globalscience.berkeley.edu}}  
• 2017 Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry International Award{{Cite web |title=Professor Omar M. Yaghi wins 2017 Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry International Award {{!}} College of Chemistry |url=https://chemistry.berkeley.edu/news/yaghi-wins-2017-japan-society-award#:~:text=Yaghi%20wins%202017%20Japan%20Society%20of%20Coordination%20Chemistry%20International%20Award,-September%2012,%202017&text=UC%20Berkeley's%20College%20of%20Chemistry,Chemistry%20(JSCC)%20International%20Award. |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=chemistry.berkeley.edu}}  
• 2017 Bailar Medal in Inorganic Chemistry{{Cite web |title=Bailar Medalists (Lecturers) {{!}} Chemistry at Illinois |url=https://chemistry.illinois.edu/newsroom/events/lectures/john-c-bailar-jr-lectures-inorganic-chemistry/bailar-medalists-lecturers |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=chemistry.illinois.edu}}
• 2017 Kuwait Prize in Fundamental Sciences{{Cite web |title=Laureates |url=https://www.kfas.org/Offerings/Scientist-or-Researcher/Prizes/Laureates |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=www.kfas.org}}  
• 2017 Albert Einstein World Award of Science conferred by the World Cultural Council{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2017-05-30 |title=Prof. Omar M. Yaghi |url=https://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners/winner-science/prof-omar-m-yaghi/ |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=World Cultural Council }}  File:2017 Albert Einstein World Award of Science.jpg
• 2018 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Basic Sciences for pioneering Reticular Chemistry{{Cite web |title=The BBVA Foundation distinguishes Omar Yaghi, leader of a chemistry producing new materials with the ability to capture CO2 or harvest water from the air |url=https://www.frontiersofknowledgeawards-fbbva.es/notas-prensa/bbva-foundation-frontiers-knowledge-distinguishes-omar-yaghi-chemistry-new-materials-water-air/ |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=Premios Fronteras }}  
• 2018 Wolf Prize in Chemistry for pioneering reticular chemistry via metal-organic frameworks and covalent organic frameworks{{Cite web |title=Omar Yaghi awarded 2018 Wolf Prize {{!}} College of Chemistry |url=https://chemistry.berkeley.edu/news/omar-yaghi-awarded-2018-wolf-prize#:~:text=Yaghi,%20University%20of%20California,%20Berkeley,metal-directed%20assembly%20of%20large |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=chemistry.berkeley.edu}}
• 2018 his work on water harvesting from desert air using metal-organic frameworks showcased by the World Economic Forum in Switzerland as one of the top 10 emerging technologies{{Cite web |date=2024-05-10 |title=World Economic Forum |url=https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/06/the-solar-powered-tech-that-generates-water-out-of-desert-air/}}  
• 2018 Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water{{Cite web |title=PSIPW Announces Winners for 8th Award at UNISPACE+50 |url=https://www.psipw.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=406:psipw-announces-winners-for-8th-award-at-unispace-50&catid=43&lang=en&Itemid=157 |website=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{{Cite web |title=Omar Yaghi wins 2018 Eni Energy Transition Award {{!}} College of Chemistry |url=https://chemistry.berkeley.edu/news/omar-yaghi-wins-2018-eni-energy-transition-award |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=chemistry.berkeley.edu}}  
• 2019 Gregori Aminoff Prize by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for the development of reticular chemistry{{Cite web |title=Gregori Aminoff Prize symposium 2019 |url=https://www.kva.se/en/event/gregori-aminoff-prissymposium-2019/ |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien }}  
• File:2019 Aminoff Prize.jpg2019 MBR Medal for Scientific Excellence of the United Arab Emirates{{Cite web |title=Winners of 'MBR Medal for Scientific Excellence' Honoured |url=https://mbrf.ae/ar/read/exploring-the-world-of-literature/2 |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=mbrf.ae}}  
• 2019 Nano Research Award{{Cite web |title=Sixth Nano Research Award presented to Xinhe Bao and Omar M. Yaghi {{!}} College of Chemistry |url=https://chemistry.berkeley.edu/news/sixth-nano-research-award-presented-xinhe-bao-and-omar-m-yaghi |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=chemistry.berkeley.edu}}  
• 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{{Cite web |title=August Wilhelm von Hofmann Commemorative Coin {{!}} Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker e.V. |url=https://en.gdch.de/gdch/prizes-and-awards/gdch-awards/august-wilhelm-von-hofmann-commemorative-medal.html |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=en.gdch.de }}  
• 2020 Royal Society of Chemistry Sustainable Water Award for his impactful development of water harvesting from desert air using metal–organic frameworks{{Cite web |title=Omar Yaghi receives 2020 Royal Society of Chemistry award {{!}} College of Chemistry |url=https://chemistry.berkeley.edu/news/omar-yaghi-receives-2020-royal-society-chemistry-award#:~:text=The%20College%20of%20Chemistry%20at,of%20chemistry%20around%20the%20world. |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=chemistry.berkeley.edu}}  
• 2021 Belgium's International Solvay Chair in Chemistry{{Cite web |title=Solvay Institutes |url=http://www.solvayinstitutes.be/html/chair.html |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=www.solvayinstitutes.be}}  
• 2021 Ertl Lecture Award by the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society and Berlin universities{{Cite web |title=Gerhard Ertl Lecture |url=https://www.fhi.mpg.de/gerhard-ertl-lecture-award |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=www.fhi.mpg.de }}
• 2022 VinFuture Prize for Outstanding Achievements in Emerging Fields in recognition of his pioneering Reticular Chemistry{{Cite web |title=Professor Omar M. Yaghi |url=https://vinfutureprize.org/laureates/professor-omar-m-yaghi/ |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=VinFuture Prize }}
• 2023 Wilhelm Exner Medal of Austria for his direct impact on business and industry through his scientific achievements{{Cite web |title=Omar Yaghi awarded the Wilhelm Exner medal {{!}} College of Chemistry |url=https://chemistry.berkeley.edu/news/omar-yaghi-awarded-wilhelm-exner-medal |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=chemistry.berkeley.edu}}
• 2024 Science for the Future Ernest Solvay Prize of Belgium in recognition of his pioneering work in reticular chemistry{{Cite web |date=2024-01-19 |title=Syensqo awards its €300k Ernest Solvay Prize to Omar Yaghi |url=https://www.syensqo.com/en/press-release/syensqo-awards-its-eu300k-ernest-solvay-prize-omar-yaghi |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=Syensqo }}
• 2024 Tang Prize in sustainable development for his work in reticular chemistry{{cite web |last1=Shan |first1=Shelley |title=Omar Yanghi named Tang Prize winner |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2024/06/19/2003819579 |work=Taipei Times |access-date=18 June 2024}}{{cite news |last1=Chang |first1=Hsin-yu |last2=Hsiao |first2=Alison |title=TANG PRIZE/Pioneering chemist contributes to sustainability with 'Lego building' |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/sci-tech/202406180015 |access-date=18 June 2024 |agency=Central News Agency |date=18 June 2024}}
• 2024 Ullyot Public Affairs Lecture and Award of the Science History Institute{{Cite web |title=2024 Ullyot Public Affairs Lecturer: Omar Yaghi {{!}} Science History Institute |url= https://www.sciencehistory.org/about/awards-program/ullyot-public-affairs-lecture-and-award/?_gl=1*j6rjuc*_ga*MTMzNDA0NDc2NC4xNzIyNTcxOTg3*_ga_8S7JS8XGK7*MTcyNTk0MDgyOC4yOS4xLjE3MjU5NDExMjIuMC4wLjA. |access-date=2024-09-09 |website= sciencehistory.org }}
• 2024 Balzan Prize for Nanoporous Materials for Environmental Applications for his pioneering MOFs and COFs{{Cite web |title=THE 2024 BALZAN PRIZEWINNERS {{!}} International Balzan Prize Foundation |url=https://www.balzan.org/en/updates/news/the-2024-balzan-prizewinners |access-date=2024-09-09 |website=balzan.org|date=9 September 2024 }}
• 2024 The Great Arab Minds Award{{Cite web |title=Jordanian scientist Omar Yaghi named 'Great Arab Minds' winner in natural sciences {{!}} GULF NEWS |date=23 December 2024 |url=https://gulfnews.com/uae/science/jordanian-scientist-omar-yaghi-named-great-arab-minds-winner-in-natural-sciences-1.104979669 |access-date=2024-12-24}}
• 2025 IUPAC-Soong Prize for Sustainable Chemistry{{Cite web |title=Omar M. Yaghi Receives the 2025 IUPAC-Soong Prize {{!}} The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) |url=https://iupac.org/omar-m-yaghi-receives-the-2025-iupac-soong-prize/ |access-date=2025-04-07}}

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• [http://yaghi.berkeley.edu/ The Yaghi Group website.]
• [http://yaghi.berkeley.edu/cv/Yaghi_CV_Full_2020%20.pdf Yaghi CV]
• [http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Sczy43gAAAAJ&hl=en/ Omar M. Yaghi – Google Scholar Citations.]
• [http://www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/omar-yaghi-mofs-are-the-most-beautiful-compounds-ever-made/3010252.article MOFs are the most beautiful compounds ever made]
• [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS_VI-8sMF0 Omar M. Yaghi Lecture – Reticular Chemistry]
• [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOOVBKWRLxk Omar M. Yaghi Lecture – Harvesting water from desert air]

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