Ai Weiwei vs Omar M. Yaghi
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Compare the life timelines of Ai Weiwei (1957–present) and Omar M. Yaghi (1965–present) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 61 years, from 1965 to 2026.
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Ai Weiwei (1957–present)
- — Born in Beijing, China Verified
- — Family sent into internal exile Verified
- — Enrolled at the Beijing Film Academy Verified
- — Co-founded the Stars art group Verified
- — Moved to New York City Verified
- — Returned to China Verified
- — Artistic consultant for the Beijing National Stadium Verified
- — Sunflower Seeds installed at Tate Modern Verified
- — Detained by Chinese authorities Verified
- — Left China for Berlin Verified
Omar M. Yaghi (1965–present)
- — Born in Amman, Jordan Verified
- — Moved to the United States as a teenager Verified
- — Received a BS from the State University of New York at Albany Verified
- — Completed a PhD at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Verified
- — Began his independent academic career at Arizona State University Verified
- — Reported the highly porous framework MOF-5 Verified
- — Moved to the University of California, Los Angeles Verified
- — Joined the University of California, Berkeley Verified
- — Awarded the Wolf Prize in Chemistry Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Verified