{"id":959,"date":"2026-10-14T14:09:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T03:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/?p=959"},"modified":"2026-10-14T16:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T05:07:08","slug":"australias-carbonauts-building-the-next-generation-of-carbon-capture-expertise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/australias-carbonauts-building-the-next-generation-of-carbon-capture-expertise\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia\u2019s future carbonauts: Building the next generation of carbon capture expertise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Curtin University students are working alongside CSIRO researchers at the Carbon Capture Materials Acceleration Centre (CCMAC) in Perth.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The future scientists are levelling up to help innovate technologies to remove CO\u2082 from the atmosphere, decarbonising the planet.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Be bold, go deep, be patient: Nobel chemistry laureate, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Omar_M._Yaghi\">Professor Omar Yaghi<\/a> shares insights for early career researchers.<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>By <a href=\"https:\/\/ruthdawkins.net\/\">Ruth Dawkins<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/people.csiro.au\/w\/s\/s-walker\">Scott Walker<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-medium nba-caption-filter transcript__wrapper\"><div class=\"transcript__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/CCMAC-student-group_cropped-B-300x264.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-965\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/CCMAC-student-group_cropped-B-300x264.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/CCMAC-student-group_cropped-B-1024x899.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/CCMAC-student-group_cropped-B-768x675.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/CCMAC-student-group_cropped-B-1536x1349.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/CCMAC-student-group_cropped-B-2048x1799.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/CCMAC-student-group_cropped-B-1230x1080.jpg 1230w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/CCMAC-student-group_cropped-B-600x527.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/CCMAC-student-group_cropped-B-250x220.jpg 250w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/CCMAC-student-group_cropped-B-450x395.jpg 450w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/CCMAC-student-group_cropped-B-750x659.jpg 750w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/CCMAC-student-group_cropped-B-291x256.jpg 291w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/CCMAC-student-group_cropped-B-437x384.jpg 437w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/CCMAC-student-group_cropped-B-583x512.jpg 583w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/CCMAC-student-group_cropped-B-874x768.jpg 874w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/CCMAC-student-group_cropped-B-114x100.jpg 114w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/CCMAC-student-group_cropped-B-150x132.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/CCMAC-student-group_cropped-B-350x307.jpg 350w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/CCMAC-student-group_cropped-B-342x300.jpg 342w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"transcript__info\"><div class=\"transcript__caption\"><div class=\"transcript__caption-text\"><p><em>Development pathways for early career candidates in direct air capture is a key ambition for Dr Colin Wood and the new Carbon Capture Materials Acceleration Centre his team is building in Perth<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Taj Baird was five years old, his brother broke an iPad, and Taj decided he would try to fix it. His tool of choice was a hammer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn retrospect, it probably wasn\u2019t the smartest idea,\u201d he laughs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the instinct behind that early experiment \u2013 wanting to pull things apart, understand how they work and put them back together \u2013 stuck. Encouraged by a grandfather who loved working on old cars and a dad who helped him work on his own, Taj eventually found his way to engineering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now in his first year at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/\">Curtin University<\/a>, Taj is putting that curiosity to work at CSIRO\u2019s Carbon Capture Materials Acceleration Centre (<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/csiros-push-to-fast-track-carbon-capture-materials\/\">CCMAC<\/a>) \u2013 gaining hands-on experience in a research environment at the beginning of his engineering career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI haven\u2019t even started my major yet, but I\u2019m planning on doing mechanical engineering with finance,\u201d Taj says. \u201cI got into CSIRO at the start of my second semester, so I was really happy with that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taj is one of several Curtin students and early career researchers working at CCMAC on solving the challenges of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csiro.au\/en\/news\/All\/Articles\/2023\/June\/Direct-air-capture\">direct-air-capture (DAC) of CO<sub>2<\/sub><\/a>, bringing together an unusually diverse mix of experience \u2013 from someone just beginning an engineering degree to PhD students with years of industry and life experience behind them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The different pathways reflect a foundational CCMAC ambition: to mature the next generation of chemists, engineers, data scientists \u2013 whatever is needed \u2013 to accelerate the DAC technologies needed to realise a cleaner, productive world.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full nba-caption-filter transcript__wrapper\"><div class=\"transcript__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Tamil-and-Taj-reduced-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-961\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Tamil-and-Taj-reduced-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Tamil-and-Taj-reduced-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Tamil-and-Taj-reduced-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Tamil-and-Taj-reduced-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Tamil-and-Taj-reduced-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Tamil-and-Taj-reduced-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Tamil-and-Taj-reduced-1619x1080.jpg 1619w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Tamil-and-Taj-reduced-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Tamil-and-Taj-reduced-250x167.jpg 250w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Tamil-and-Taj-reduced-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Tamil-and-Taj-reduced-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Tamil-and-Taj-reduced-385x256.jpg 385w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Tamil-and-Taj-reduced-577x384.jpg 577w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Tamil-and-Taj-reduced-770x512.jpg 770w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Tamil-and-Taj-reduced-1152x768.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Tamil-and-Taj-reduced-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Tamil-and-Taj-reduced-350x233.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"transcript__info\"><div class=\"transcript__caption\"><div class=\"transcript__caption-text\"><p><em>Curtin University undergraduate engineering students, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tamilmasilamani\/\">Tamil Masilamani<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/taj-baird-803a31410\/\">Taj Baird<\/a> working in the new Carbon Capture Materials Acceleration Centre (CCMAC). Photo credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/catchcreate.com.au\/\">CatchCreate<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Different pathways, shared curiosity<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Taj is just beginning his time at Curtin University, Tamil Masilamani is nearing the end of his. Also studying mechanical engineering and finance, he is currently in his fifth and final year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Raised in Perth by first-generation Indian parents, Tamil was drawn to engineering through a love of maths and physics but also by a curiosity about the engineered world around him \u2013 from cars, trains and planes to skyscrapers and large infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEverything always comes back to engineering,\u201d he says. \u201cWhether it\u2019s breaking big rocks into smaller rocks or putting up buildings \u2013 we\u2019ve been doing that for decades, centuries and millennia .\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the time came to choose an honours project, he learned about an opportunity to work at CSIRO. Carbon capture immediately stood out from the other options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cClimate change is a big personal interest of mine,\u201d Tamil says. \u201cI see all the different ideas and solutions we\u2019re trying to come up with to combat climate change and find that really interesting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At CCMAC, Tamil is working with mass flow meters on bench-scale carbon capture units, running experiments to understand whether they are accurately measuring what is being captured and diagnosing and fixing problems when they arise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Taj, the work is similarly hands-on. He is building CO\u2082 sensor boxes that researchers can swap between systems to test different ranges of CO\u2082 concentrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt feels amazing to actually see my work help other people do theirs,\u201d he says. \u201cI never really wanted to be one of those engineers that just sits at a desk all day. I wanted to be able to build things.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bringing experience back to research<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For PhD students Hong Tran and Divya Iyer, the path to CCMAC has been considerably longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hong is in the second year of a PhD in chemical engineering, researching materials for direct air capture. But before beginning her PhD, she spent 15 years working in industry.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full nba-caption-filter transcript__wrapper\"><div class=\"transcript__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/10_CSIRO_Carbon_Capture_118-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-963\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/10_CSIRO_Carbon_Capture_118-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/10_CSIRO_Carbon_Capture_118-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/10_CSIRO_Carbon_Capture_118-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/10_CSIRO_Carbon_Capture_118-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/10_CSIRO_Carbon_Capture_118-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/10_CSIRO_Carbon_Capture_118-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/10_CSIRO_Carbon_Capture_118-1619x1080.jpg 1619w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/10_CSIRO_Carbon_Capture_118-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/10_CSIRO_Carbon_Capture_118-250x167.jpg 250w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/10_CSIRO_Carbon_Capture_118-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/10_CSIRO_Carbon_Capture_118-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/10_CSIRO_Carbon_Capture_118-385x256.jpg 385w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/10_CSIRO_Carbon_Capture_118-577x384.jpg 577w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/10_CSIRO_Carbon_Capture_118-770x512.jpg 770w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/10_CSIRO_Carbon_Capture_118-1152x768.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/10_CSIRO_Carbon_Capture_118-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/10_CSIRO_Carbon_Capture_118-350x233.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"transcript__info\"><div class=\"transcript__caption\"><div class=\"transcript__caption-text\"><p><em>Curtin University chemistry PhD students <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/divya-iyer-a9138113\/\">Divya Iyer<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/thi-hong-tran-26092b101\/\">Hong Tran<\/a> in the new CCMAC facility. Photo credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/catchcreate.com.au\/\">CatchCreate<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After completing a chemical engineering degree in Vietnam, specialising in polymer science and technology, Hong built a career spanning sustainability, resource efficiency, waste management and plastics recycling. She later completed a Master of Environmental Management in Australia before returning to her original interest in materials science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI value the strong research foundations and expertise within academia, and I particularly enjoy how working with CSIRO complements that experience through its focus on practical applications and industry needs,\u201d says Hong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m very practical myself,\u201d she says. \u201cI need to focus on finding solutions to real problems.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That potential for real-world impact attracted her to CCMAC. She is interested in how materials can be tested, optimised and eventually scaled towards something industry could use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hong is particularly excited about the potential to combine mineral carbonation with DAC to lock captured CO<sub>2<\/sub> away permanently, turning mine tailings and mine wastes from an environmental liability into a valuable asset for carbon removal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Divya is also a second-year chemical engineering PhD student. Before starting at Curtin, she completed postgraduate chemistry studies in India and at Texas Tech University in the United States. She also held roles in pharmaceuticals, chemicals manufacturing and water treatment, and spent several years teaching high school before returning to university for a PhD.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large nba-caption-filter transcript__wrapper\"><div class=\"transcript__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Divya-Iyer-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Divya-Iyer-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Divya-Iyer-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Divya-Iyer-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Divya-Iyer-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Divya-Iyer-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Divya-Iyer-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Divya-Iyer-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Divya-Iyer-167x250.jpg 167w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Divya-Iyer-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Divya-Iyer-500x750.jpg 500w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Divya-Iyer-171x256.jpg 171w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Divya-Iyer-256x384.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Divya-Iyer-341x512.jpg 341w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Divya-Iyer-512x768.jpg 512w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Divya-Iyer-67x100.jpg 67w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Divya-Iyer-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Divya-Iyer-233x350.jpg 233w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Divya-Iyer-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"transcript__info\"><div class=\"transcript__caption\"><div class=\"transcript__caption-text\"><p><em>Divya Iyer will work at CCMAC over several years and is excited to be part of the lab\u2019s early days and the discoveries ahead.<\/em>  <em>Photo credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/catchcreate.com.au\/\">CatchCreate<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her research focuses on advanced adsorbent materials for carbon capture and gas separation under industrially relevant conditions. Working with CCMAC allows her to explore beyond the materials at the centre of her PhD and investigate new possibilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Divya, joining a research centre at such a nascent stage is part of the appeal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBeing part of the lab\u2019s early days is the most exciting part here,\u201d she says. \u201cIt gives me a lot of flexibility to try different things.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With her work at CCMAC extending over several years rather than a short internship, Divya can think bigger \u2013 potentially working towards outcomes such as a publication or patent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Seeing where engineering can lead<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Across very different career stages, all four students describe the value of working alongside CSIRO researchers with expertise spanning different disciplines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s amazing to collaborate with them because you get to learn something new each and every day with every conversation,\u201d Divya says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Taj, conversations with researchers and engineers across CSIRO are helping him explore possibilities for the future \u2013 including his interests in aerodynamics and space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tamil has experienced a similar shift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He had expected mining to be the obvious destination after graduation. But working at CCMAC has introduced him to career options he had not seriously considered before. Research and design are now firmly among them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hong and Divya, meanwhile, both see industry in their futures \u2013 but with a stronger understanding of how research and practical application can intersect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Collectively, their experience confirms there is no single pathway into CCMAC \u2013 and no single destination emerging from it. It\u2019s a view shared by those at the global leading edge of science and research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Insights from the Nobel Prize in chemistry<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Professor Omar Yaghi, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsinghua.edu.cn\/en\/info\/1244\/14984.htm\">now leads<\/a> the new AI Chemistry and Materials Research Institute (AIMATRY) at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsinghua.edu.cn\/en\/index.htm\">Tsinghua University<\/a>, was awarded the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/prizes\/chemistry\/2025\/summary\/\">2025 Nobel Prize for Chemistry<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Together with \u00a0Professors Susumu Kitagawa and Richard Robson, they pioneered the development of metal\u2013organic frameworks (MOFs).<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large nba-caption-filter transcript__wrapper\"><div class=\"transcript__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"731\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Omar-M.-Yaghi-by-Christopher-Michel-172025-731x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Omar-M.-Yaghi-by-Christopher-Michel-172025-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Omar-M.-Yaghi-by-Christopher-Michel-172025-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Omar-M.-Yaghi-by-Christopher-Michel-172025-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Omar-M.-Yaghi-by-Christopher-Michel-172025-1097x1536.jpg 1097w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Omar-M.-Yaghi-by-Christopher-Michel-172025-1463x2048.jpg 1463w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Omar-M.-Yaghi-by-Christopher-Michel-172025-771x1080.jpg 771w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Omar-M.-Yaghi-by-Christopher-Michel-172025-429x600.jpg 429w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Omar-M.-Yaghi-by-Christopher-Michel-172025-179x250.jpg 179w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Omar-M.-Yaghi-by-Christopher-Michel-172025-321x450.jpg 321w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Omar-M.-Yaghi-by-Christopher-Michel-172025-536x750.jpg 536w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Omar-M.-Yaghi-by-Christopher-Michel-172025-183x256.jpg 183w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Omar-M.-Yaghi-by-Christopher-Michel-172025-274x384.jpg 274w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Omar-M.-Yaghi-by-Christopher-Michel-172025-366x512.jpg 366w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Omar-M.-Yaghi-by-Christopher-Michel-172025-549x768.jpg 549w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Omar-M.-Yaghi-by-Christopher-Michel-172025-71x100.jpg 71w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Omar-M.-Yaghi-by-Christopher-Michel-172025-107x150.jpg 107w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Omar-M.-Yaghi-by-Christopher-Michel-172025-250x350.jpg 250w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/10\/Omar-M.-Yaghi-by-Christopher-Michel-172025-scaled.jpg 1829w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"transcript__info\"><div class=\"transcript__caption\"><div class=\"transcript__caption-text\"><p><em>2025 Nobel Prize for chemistry awardee, Professor Omar Yaghi: Choose what is most meaningful to pursue, guided by scientific understanding, experiment, and ultimately societal purpose.<\/em> <em>Photo credit: Christopher Michel.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These highly porous materials can be designed to capture and store specific substances, with potential applications ranging from harvesting water from desert air to capturing CO\u2082 directly from the air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/omar-yaghi\/\">Professor Yaghi<\/a>, who has read these early experiences of Divya, Hong, Taj and Tamil, direct air capture offers young scientists an opportunity to work across traditional disciplinary boundaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDirect air capture is one of the most demanding separation problems we have chosen to tackle because carbon dioxide is present in air at such low concentration. That difficulty is precisely why the field is so important for young scientists,\u201d Professor Yaghi said to CSIRO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt sits at the intersection of chemistry, materials science, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, AI, and ultimately deployment at scale. Progress will not come from one discipline alone. It will come from scientists and engineers who are willing to work across boundaries and who understand that the path from a molecule to a functioning system is as intellectually rich as the discovery itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDAC will also be important in closing the last gap to net zero\u2014the residual emissions that remain even after deep reductions elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy message to students entering this field is to begin with fundamentals and resist the temptation to think only in terms of the immediate application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMany of the most transformative technologies arise from basic questions that at first seem disconnected from societal needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn my own work, we did not begin by asking how to capture carbon dioxide from air; we asked whether molecular building blocks could be linked together with precision to create extended structures. That fundamental question led to reticular chemistry and, much later, to materials with extraordinary promise for carbon capture and many other applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cToday, AI is moving materials discovery from scarcity to abundance: we can imagine and generate far more possibilities than we could ever make and test. The challenge is therefore increasingly one of selection \u2013 choosing what is most meaningful to pursue, guided by scientific understanding, experiment, and ultimately societal purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI would encourage young scientists to be ambitious, master the fundamentals, and learn how to make good scientific choices in this new landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDirect air capture needs exactly that combination of deep science, AI, bold engineering, and patience,\u201d Professor Yaghi says.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-9 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large nba-caption-filter transcript__wrapper\"><div class=\"transcript__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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