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Omar M. Yaghi is the James and Neeltje Tretter Chair Professor of Chemistry at University of California, Berkeley. He is widely known for pioneering several extensive classes of new materials: Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs), Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs), and Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks (ZIFs). These materials have the highest surface areas known to date, making them useful for gas sensors, hydrogen and methane storage, carbon capture and conversion, water harvesting from desert air, and catalysis, to mention a few. Professor Yaghi received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, and was an NSF Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, and has been honored with many awards for his scientific accomplishments. He has published over 300 articles and is listed among the most highly cited chemists worldwide.