Dr. Omar Yaghi
Important experience / 重要經歷
Member, National Academy of Sciences
美國國家科學院院士
James and Neeltje Tretter Chair Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley
現任加州大學柏克萊分校James and Neeltje Tretter講座終身教授
Materials Research Society Medal (2007)
美國材料學會獎章
ACS award in the chemistry of material (2009)
美國化學學會材料化學獎
Albert Einstein World Award for Science (2017)
阿爾伯特·愛因斯坦世界科學獎
Wolf prize in chemistry (2018)
沃爾夫化學獎
Gregori Aminoff Prize (2019)
格雷戈里·阿米諾夫獎
Tang Prize (2024)
唐獎
Research Areas / 研究範疇
The chemistry of material
材料化學
Introduction / 簡介
Omar M. Yaghi is known for pioneering reticular chemistry, which is concerned with linking organic and inorganic molecules by strong bonds to make crystalline frameworks such as metal-organic frameworks and covalent organic frameworks. These structures exhibit exceptional porous properties useful in many applications such as carbon capture and conversion to fuels and water harvesting from desert air.
He was born in Amman, Jordan and received B.S. degree in chemistry from State University of New York, Albany in 1985, and Ph.D. degree in chemistry from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 1990. He was an NSF Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University in 1990. He has held professorial positions in chemistry at Arizona State University, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, and UCLA. Since 2012, he has been the James and Neeltje Tretter Chair Professor of Chemistry at UC Berkeley.
Among his awards and recognitions are the Materials Research Society Medal, American Chemical Society Award in Chemistry of Materials, King Faisal International Prize in Science, Albert Einstein World Award of Science, BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Basic Sciences, Eni Award for Excellence in Energy, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Aminoff Prize, National Academy of Sciences, and Wolf Prize in Chemistry.
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Omar M. Yaghi 因開創網狀化學（Reticular Chemistry）而聞名，該領域專注於通過強鍵將有機分子和無機分子連接起來，構建金屬有機框架（Metal-Organic Frameworks, MOFs）和共價有機框架（Covalent Organic Frameworks, COFs）等晶體結構。這些結構展現出卓越的多孔性能，廣泛應用於碳捕集與轉化為燃料、以及從沙漠空氣中提取水等領域。
他出生於約旦安曼，1985年獲得紐約州立大學奧爾巴尼分校化學學士學位，並於1990年在伊利諾伊大學厄巴納-香檳分校取得化學博士學位。同年，他以美國國家科學基金會（NSF）博士後研究員的身份進入哈佛大學深造。Yaghi 曾在亞利桑那州立大學、密歇根大學安娜堡分校和加州大學洛杉磯分校擔任化學系教授。自2012年起，他擔任加州大學伯克利分校James and Neeltje Tretter化學講座教授。
他曾榮獲多項重要獎項和榮譽，包括美國材料學會獎章（Materials Research Society Medal）、美國化學會材料化學獎（American Chemical Society Award in Chemistry of Materials）、費薩爾國王國際科學獎（King Faisal International Prize in Science）、阿爾伯特·愛因斯坦世界科學獎（Albert Einstein World Award of Science）、BBVA 基礎科學前沿知識獎（BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Basic Sciences）、埃尼能源卓越獎（Eni Award for Excellence in Energy）、瑞典皇家科學院阿米諾夫獎（Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Aminoff Prize）、美國國家科學院院士（National Academy of Sciences）及沃爾夫化學獎（Wolf Prize in Chemistry）。
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