Omar M. Yaghi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Omar M. Yaghi

American chemist

Date of Birth: 09-Feb-1965

Place of Birth: Amman, Amman Governorate, Jordan

Profession: chemist, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Omar M.
Yaghi (Arabic: ??? ????? ?????; born February 9, 1965) is the James and Neeltje Tretter Chair Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, and an elected member of the US National Academy of Sciences.
Yaghi is renowned for having pioneered reticular chemistry, which is a new field of chemistry that is concerned with stitching molecular building blocks together by strong bonds to make open frameworks.
His most recognizable work is in the design and production of new classes of compounds known as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs), and covalent organic frameworks (COFs).
MOFs are noted for their extremely high surface areas (5640 m2/g for MOF-177) and very low crystalline densities (0.17 g·cm-3 for COF-108).
Yaghi also pioneered molecular weaving, and synthesized the world’s first material woven at the atomic and molecular levels (COF-505).
He has developed these materials from basic science toward applications in clean energy technologies including hydrogen and methane storage, carbon dioxide capture and storage, as well as harvesting water from desert air.