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Researcher · Academic
Omar M. Yaghi
Tsinghua UniversityChair Professor
🇯🇴 JordanianBorn 1965–
Yaghi pioneered crystals filled with tiny, customizable spaces that can capture carbon dioxide, harvest water from desert air and store gases. The work earned him a share of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and now informs efforts to use AI to discover new materials.
Career & education
Current roleTsinghua UniversityJul 2026-presentChair Professor
Tsinghua UniversityJul 2026-presentPreviously
UC Berkeley2012-Jul 2026Professor
UCLA2007-2012Professor
University of Michigan1999-2006Professor
Arizona State University1992-1998Assistant Professor
UC Berkeley2012-Jul 2026UCLA2007-2012University of Michigan1999-2006Arizona State University1992-1998Work and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.
Citation Trend
Total citations to scholarly work, including research papers, technical reports, books and theses, as recorded by Google Scholar. Each point is a dated snapshot.
citations300,281As of Nov 1, '26
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