Omar Farha

Omar K. Farha is a professor of chemistry at Northwestern University and an Associate Editor for ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. His current research spans diverse areas of chemistry and materials science ranging from energy to defense-related challenges. Specifically, his research focuses on the rational design of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for applications sensing, catalysis, storage, separations, and water purification. His research accomplishments have been recognized by several awards and honors including a fellow of the European Academy of Sciences, Kuwait Prize, Japanese Society of Coordination Chemistry “International award for creative work”; the Royal Society of Chemistry “Environment, Sustainability and Energy Division Early Career” Award; the American Chemical Society “The Satinder Ahuja Award for Young Investigators in Separation Science; and an award established by the Department of Chemistry at Northwestern University in his honor: the Omar Farha Award for Research Leadership “awarded for stewardship, cooperation and leadership in the finest pursuit of research in chemistry” and given annually to an outstanding research scientist working in the department. Omar K. Farha is the co-founder of NuMat Technologies, the first company to commercialized an engineered system-level product enabled by Metal-Organic Framework Materials.

Education

Farha earned his A.A. at Fullerton College in 1999, his B.S. in Chemistry at University of California, Los Angeles in 2002 and his Ph.D. in 2006 under the advisement of M. Frederick Hawthorne.[1] He subsequently trained as a post-doc with Joseph T. Hupp at Northwestern.[2]

Publications
  • C. J. Stephenson, M. H. Beyzavi, R. C. Klet, J. T. Hupp and O. K. Farha, “Pt@ZIF-8 composite for the regioselective hydrogenation of terminal unsaturations in 1,3-dienes and alkynes,” Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 2015, DOI: 10.1039/c5qi00010f. Special Topic: Crystal Engineering for Molecular Materials
  • M. C. So, G. P. Wiederrecht, J. E. Mondloch, J. T. Hupp and O. K. Farha, “Metal-organic Framework Materials for Light-Harvesting and Energy Transfer,” Chem. Commu. 2015, 51, 3501-3510
  • M. H. Beyzavi, C. J. Stephenson,Y. Liu, O. Karagiaridi, J. T. Hupp and O. K. Farha, “Metal–Organic Framework-based Catalysts: Chemical Fixation of CO2 with Epoxides Leading to Cyclic Organic Carbonates,” Frontiers in Energy Research, section Carbon Capture, Storage, and Utilization, 2015, 2:63
  • E. Auyeung, W. Morris, J. E. Mondloch, J. T. Hupp, O. K. Farha, C. A. Mirkin, “Controlling Structure and Porosity in Catalytic Nanoparticle Super-lattices with DNA,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 1658-1662.

References
  1. "Omar Farha". Northwestern University. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
  2. https://academictree.org/chemistry/peopleinfo.php?pid=95043


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