Susumu Kitagawa is a Japanese Nobel Prize-winning chemist specializing in coordination chemistry, with a focus on organic–inorganic hybrid compounds and the chemical and physical properties of porous coordination polymers, particularly metal-organic frameworks. He is Distinguished Professor at Kyoto University's Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS), which he co-founded. In 2025, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry jointly with Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025, announced October 8, 2025. Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M. Yaghi, “for the development of metal–organic frameworks”. Susumu Kitagawa: born 1951, Kyoto, Japan. Richard Robson: born 1937, Glusburn, United Kingdom. Omar M. Yaghi: born 1965, Amman, Jordan. Wiki link Wiki link Wiki link Data: the Nobel Foundation (CC0).