Omar M. Yaghi

Wednesday, January 01, 2025

Omar M. Yaghi was born in Jordan in 1965 and immigrated to the United States when he was 15 years old to study. Yaghi is a chemist who was a leader in the development of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) and covalent organic frameworks (COFs). Yaghi won the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 2025.