Science should be developed away from being 'exclusive club' - Nobel prize winner to F24
Summary
Omar M. Yaghi, a chemist born in Amman and educated in the United States, won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on metal-organic frameworks. He will join Tsinghua University in Beijing to lead a new research center using artificial intelligence (AI).Key Facts
- Omar M. Yaghi grew up in Amman, Jordan, in a family of Palestinian refugees.
- He moved to the US at age 15 and earned a PhD in chemistry in 1990.
- Yaghi has been a professor at the University of Michigan, UCLA, and UC Berkeley.
- In 2025, he won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with two other scientists.
- Their award was for developing metal-organic frameworks, a type of chemical structure.
- Yaghi will now lead a new AI-driven research center at Tsinghua University in Beijing.
- The article emphasizes making science more open and accessible.
- Keywords related to the article include the Nobel Prize and science innovation.
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