Cafer T. Yavuz received his PhD from Rice University in 2008 with a Welch scholarship under the supervision of Vicki Colvin. He then worked as a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California, Santa Barbara, with Galen Stucky. He started his independent group in 2010 at KAIST, Korea. He is currently a professor of chemistry at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia. His research focuses on the design and synthesis of nanoscale and porous materials for applications in energy and the environment. He uses fine chemistry in confined spaces to enable rapid and targeted transformations of CO₂, methane, and water.

Cafer T. Yavuz在Vicki Colvin的指导下于2008年获得莱斯大学的博士学位，并获得了韦尔奇奖学金。然后，他在加伦·斯塔基（Galen Stucky）的加利福尼亚大学圣巴巴拉分校担任博士后研究员。他于2010年在韩国KAIST成立了自己的独立团队。他目前是沙特阿拉伯阿卜杜拉国王科技大学的化学教授。他的研究重点是用于能源和环境的纳米级和多孔材料的设计和合成。他在狭窄的空间中使用精细的化学物质，以实现有针对性的CO ₂，甲烷和水的转化。