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Saudi-American Scientist Wins The 2025 Nobel Prize In Chemistry
Saudi Arabia is celebrating big time as Omar M. Yaghi, a Saudi-American scientist, just snagged the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry! His groundbreaking work on metal-organic frameworks is making waves in the science world and putting Saudi talent on the global map.
Omar officially joined the Nobel club
Honored alongside Susumu Kitagawa from Kyoto University and Richard Robson from the University of Melbourne, Omar M. Yaghi from the University of California, Berkeley, was recognized for developing metal-organic frameworks. This discovery is a total game-changer in materials science, opening up new possibilities for everything from clean energy to tackling climate change.
Awarded Saudi citizenship in 2021, Yaghi’s win is a proud moment for the Kingdom and fits right in with Vision 2030
The Nobel Committee praised the trio’s work for giving chemists powerful new tools to solve some of the world’s biggest challenges. It’s another shining example of Saudi excellence in science!
With this Nobel win, Saudi Arabia is showing the world that it’s not just about oil and skyscrapers—it’s also a hub for scientific innovation. Hats off to Omar M. Yaghi and his fellow Nobel laureates for making history and inspiring the next generation of scientists!
This year’s chemistry laureate Omar Yaghi was born in Amman, Jordan, in 1965 to parents who were refugees from Palestine. When we spoke to him he shared his story:
“I grew up in a very humble home, we were a dozen of us in one room, sharing it with the cattle that we used to… pic.twitter.com/R33AGezHVx
— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 8, 2025
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