Omar Yaghi, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025: Official interview

Interview with the 2025 Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry Omar Yaghi on 6 December 2025 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. 0:00 Omar Yaghi, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 0:13 Can you tell us about your childhood? 2:52 What type of child were you? 4:41 What influence did school and teachers have on you? 6:02 Why did you move to the US? 7:47 What does science mean to you? 9:50 What motivates you? 10:55 Do you still feel the thrill of discovery? 11:30 What responsibilities do researchers have towards society? 13:06 How important is it to solve problems like climate change? 14:26 Does science offer us hope for the future? 15:24 What advice do you have for young researchers? 18:03 What qualities do you need to be a good scientist? 21:01 What role does creativity play in science? 22:38 How did it feel when you made your Nobel Prize-awarded discovery? 25:24 Do you think AI is a help to science? 28:47 How did you find out about your Nobel Prize? © Nobel Prize Outreach.