In selecting Harazi for the prize, the selection committee noted that it was very impressed with Hazari’s productivity at Yale, which includes research appearing in the top chemistry journals. The committee cited several of his research findings for special praise, including his “notable advance in the development of catalysts that enable the efficient and reversible inter-conversion of formic acid and CO2/H2.” According to the committee, “this transformation is of practical importance and considerable interest because formic acid is seriously being considered for the storage and transportation of hydrogen for use as fuel.”