Omar M. Yaghi
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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]
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Omar Mwannes Yaghi | |
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عمر مونّس ياغي | |
Born | (1965-02-09) February 9, 1965 (age 59) |
Citizenship | Jordanian, Saudi, American |
Alma mater | University at Albany, SUNY University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |
Awards | AAAS 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) Tang Prize (2024) |
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Fields | Reticular Chemistry |
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Thesis | Synthesis, structure, and reactivity of polyoxovanadates in nonaqueous media (1990) |
Doctoral advisor | Walter G. Klemperer |
Other academic advisors | Post-doctoral advisor: |
Website | yaghi |
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