VinFuture Prize winner receives 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

According to the announcement of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry, Professor Omar M. Yaghi, along with Professor Susumu Kitagawa and Richard Robson, were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work in developing a completely new form of molecular architecture.

In these structures, metal ions act as “building blocks,” linked by long organic (carbon-based) molecules. The combination forms crystals that contain large cavities. These porous materials are called metal-organic frameworks (MOFs).

By changing the “building blocks” that make up MOFs, chemists can engineer the materials to absorb and store specific substances. MOFs can also promote chemical reactions or conduct electricity.

“Metal-organic frameworks have enormous potential, offering unprecedented opportunities for creating custom materials with new functions,” said Heiner Linke, Chair of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry.

Professor Omar M. Yaghi was honored with the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. (Source: Guardian)

Previously, Professor Yaghi was honored at the first VinFuture Prize (2021) for his pioneering work in discovering metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), in the Special Prize category for " Scientists researching new fields."

According to the assessment of the VinFuture Prize Council in 2021, the new MOFs material can change the lives of millions of people living in places where clean water is scarce, helping them become self-sufficient in water resources and improve the quality of daily life.

Professor Yaghi's continued awarding of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry is not only a source of pride for the global scientific community but also affirms the strategic vision and ability to identify groundbreaking inventions of the VinFuture Prize.

Notably, Professor Susumu Kitagawa, co-recipient of this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry, is also a scientist who has accompanied and actively contributed to the development of the VinFuture Prize. This once again affirms that VinFuture is the link connecting and promoting Vietnamese scientists with the international scientific community.

Initiated and held annually in Vietnam, the VinFuture Prize has quickly affirmed its position as one of the world's leading science and technology awards, honoring works that are not only academically excellent but also have profound humanistic values and positive impacts on human life.

Currently, VinFuture's network of nomination partners has expanded to nearly 14,800 scientists from 90 countries and territories on 5 continents, consolidating Vietnam's position on the global science map.

After only 5 years of establishment, VinFuture has continuously made its mark when many Award winners continue to be honored with prestigious international awards, including the Nobel Prize, consecutively from 2023 to present.

A typical example is the group of VinFuture 2021 Main Prize Winners, Dr. Katalin Karikó and Professor Drew Weissma, who were honored with the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2023.

In 2024, Dr. John Jumper, Winner of the 2022 VinFuture Special Prize for Research in Emerging Fields, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, while Professor Geoffrey Hinton, co-Winner of the 2024 VinFuture Main Prize, was honored with the Nobel Prize in Physics.

The consecutive Nobel honors are convincing proof of the VinFuture Prize's ability to early identify globally influential inventions, and at the same time affirm that VinFuture's strategic vision always closely follows the development trends of world science and technology./.

(Vietnam+)

Source: https://www.vietnamplus.vn/vinfuture-award-recipient-2025-nobel-of-chemistry-post1069059.vnp