Saudi-American Scientist Omar Yaghi Wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Born in Jordan to a Palestinian family, the chemist has become the first Saudi national, and the second Arab born laureate, to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Saudi-American chemist Omar M. Yaghi has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, becoming the first Saudi national to receive the honour. The award was presented by King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Nobel ceremony in Stockholm.
Yaghi shares the prize with British-Australian scientist Richard Robson and Japanese chemist Susumu Kitagawa for their development of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) — sponge-like structures with large internal surfaces that can capture carbon dioxide, store gases, or even extract water from desert air.
Born in Jordan to a Palestinian family and currently a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, Yaghi was granted Saudi citizenship in 2021. His work over the past five decades on scalable, reliable MOF models has applications in addressing climate-related challenges, including clean air and water.
The three laureates will share a total award of USD 1.2 million. The Nobel Foundation highlighted the broad potential of MOFs for industrial use in carbon capture, water harvesting and other environmental technologies.
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