Omar M. Yaghi American chemist Actions Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/biography/Omar-M-Yaghi Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/biography/Omar-M-Yaghi Written by Erik Gregersen Erik Gregersen is a senior editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica, specializing in the physical sciences and technology. Before joining Britannica in 2007, he worked at the University of Chicago Press on the... Erik Gregersen Fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Last Updated: Sep 10, 2024 • Article History Table of Contents Born: February 9, 1965, Amman, Jordan (Show more) Omar M. Yaghi (born February 9, 1965, Amman, Jordan) is an American chemist known for his work in developing reticular chemistry, in which materials are created in the form of large frameworks containing many molecules. Yaghi grew up in Amman, Jordan, and went to the United States when he was 15 for his education. He received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the State University of New York at Albany (now University at Albany) in 1985 and then a doctorate in the same subject from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1990. He was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard ...(100 of 440 words)

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