Akira Yoshino vs Omar M. Yaghi
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Compare the life timelines of Akira Yoshino (1948–present) and Omar M. Yaghi (1965–present) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 61 years, from 1965 to 2026.
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Akira Yoshino (1948–present)
- — Born in Suita, Osaka Prefecture Verified
- — Graduated in engineering from Kyoto University Verified
- — Joined the Asahi Kasei Corporation Verified
- — Completed a master's degree at Kyoto University Verified
- — Built the first prototype of the modern lithium-ion battery Verified
- — Lithium-ion batteries entered commercial production Verified
- — Awarded a doctorate in engineering by Osaka University Verified
- — Received the Charles Stark Draper Prize Verified
- — Appointed professor at Meijo University in Nagoya Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 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