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India Times // World // Asia

Who is Omar Yaghi? Meet first Saudi national to win Nobel Prize

Wednesday 8th October 2025, 2:27PM

Omar Yaghi, born in 1965 in Amman to a refugee family, rose from humble beginnings to become a world-renowned chemist and the first Saudi Nobel laureate in Chemistry. Renowned for pioneering reticular chemistry, his groundbreaking work on metal–organic frameworks addresses global challenges like water scarcity and carbon capture, earning him over 300 publications and international acclaim.

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