Prof. Dr. Omar M. Yaghi

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsSolid State Chemistry and Surface Chemistry, Material Synthesis
KeywordsMetal-Organic Frameworks, water harvesting from air, hydrogen storage, covalent organic frameworks, Reticular chemistry

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityBerkeley
InstitutionUniversity of California, Berkeley
InstituteDepartment of Chemistry

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Matthias DriessArbeitsgruppe Anorganische Chemie/ Metallorganische Chemie und Anorganische Materialien, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin
Start of initial sponsorship01/11/2023

Programme(s)

2022Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Yaghi is the worldwide leading chemist working in ultra-porous materials consisting of metal ions and organic frameworks, so-called MOFs. They span two- or three-dimensional networks which, through artful synthesis design, enable the storage of a large variety of important gaseous molecules such as water, hydrogen, methane, and carbon dioxide. His ground-breaking discoveries on MOFs as storage materials allow inter alia to capture liquid water from the atmosphere of a desert. In Germany, he will extend his research in synthesizing novel metal-free covalent networks probing them not only for gas storage but also as nano- and mesoscopic reaction vessel towards coupling of small molecules. Professor Yaghi is hosted by Professor Matthias Driess at the Technical University Berlin.