Profs. Hoang Dung and Omar M. Yaghi Receive Prestigious Awards

At a ceremony to celebrate the 85th anniversary of the communitst party in Vietnam, Professor Hoang Dung was awarded the Badge of Ho Chi Minh City for his contributions to the construction and development  in the city, speficially in the fields of science and technology. He was commended on promoting scientific research and technology in higher education. Click here to find out more information on the ceremony. 

Professor Omar M. Yaghi is the winner of the 2015 King Faisal International Price for Science. He is recognized on his work in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). In the last two decades, he developed MOFs through innovative approaches to construct novel materials and explored their applications in various fields, including encapsulation of bio-molecules, and capturing of gases such as carbon dioxide and hydrogen.