Omar Yaghi’s Accomplishments

Yaghi gives an overview of his career, showing how the development of reticular chemistry through his work on MOFs extended the chemistry of metal-complexes to infinite 2D and 3D with profound implications on how we view, make, and use materials.

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Omar Yaghi

Omar Yaghi is the James and Neeltje Tretter Chair Professor of Chemistry at University of California Berkeley, Founding Director of the Berkeley Global Science Institute, Co-Director of the Kavli Energy NanoSciences Institute (Kavli ENSI), Co-Director of California Research Alliance by BASF (CARA), Co-Director and Chief Scientist of the Bakar Institute of Digital Materials for the Planet (BIDMaP).

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Balzan Prize - 2024