Editing Omar M. Yaghi (section)

== Early Life and Education ==
Omar M. Yaghi was born in '''Amman, Jordan, in 1965''', and moved to the United States as a young man to pursue his passion for chemistry.

He earned his '''bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the State University of New York at Albany''' in 1985 and completed his '''Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign''' in 1990 under the mentorship of '''Professor Walter G. Klemperer'''. ''(source: BBC)''

Yaghi’s academic journey is a remarkable story of perseverance and vision. Coming from modest beginnings, he often described chemistry as “a language that builds worlds out of atoms.”

After postdoctoral work at '''Harvard University''', he began his independent research career at '''Arizona State University''', later joining '''UCLA''', and finally the '''University of California, Berkeley''', where he currently serves as '''James and Neeltje Tretter Chair Professor of Chemistry'''. ''(source: AP)''
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