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Omar M. Yaghi

1965 - Today

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Omar M. Yaghi (Arabic: عمر مونّس ياغي; born February 9, 1965) holds the title of University Professor, the highest academic rank, along with the James and Neeltje Tretter Endowed Chair in Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also an affiliate scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the founding director of the Berkeley Global Science Institute, and an elected member of the US National Academy of Sciences as well as the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Omar M. Yaghi is the 594th most popular chemist (down from 589th in 2019), the 42nd most popular biography from Jordan and the most popular Jordanian Chemist. Learn more about Omar M. Yaghi's academic impact at Rankless.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Omar M. Yaghi ranks 594 out of 602. Before him are Richard Lerner, Ruth R. Benerito, Donald Howard Menzel, Sam Ruben, Jacqueline Barton, and Percy Lavon Julian. After him are Charles M. Lieber, Harry B. Gray, George M. Whitesides, Bonnie Bassler, Darshan Ranganathan, and Shahram Amiri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Omar M. Yaghi ranks 601. Before him are José Oscar Herrera, Mitch Richmond, Sooraj Barjatya, Ekaterina Andreeva, Anna Levandi, and Marjo Matikainen-Kallström. After him are Thomas Schönlebe, Erik Johnsen, Paul Ben-Victor, Ramdev, Ginger Fish, and Andy Buckley.

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In Jordan

Among people born in Jordan, Omar M. Yaghi ranks 42 out of 59. Before him are Prince Faisal bin Hussein (1963), Omar Razzaz (1961), Fayez Tarawneh (1949), Princess Alia bint Hussein (1956), Muath Al-Kasasbeh (1988), and Samir Rifai (1966). After him are Hamzah bin Hussein (1980), Princess Iman bint Abdullah (1996), Nahed Hattar (1960), Mai Masri (1959), Musa Al-Taamari (1997), and Amer Shafi (1982).

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Among CHEMISTS In Jordan

Among chemists born in Jordan, Omar M. Yaghi ranks 1. 

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