About Professor Omar K. Farha

Prof. Omar K. Farha’s research seeks to solve exciting problems in chemistry and materials science ranging from energy and environment related applications to challenges in national defense by employing atomically precise functional materials.  By exploiting the modular nature of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) and porous organic polymers (POPs), we work to fundamentally understand the role of three-dimensional architecture in modifying a material’s function for applications in gas storage and separation, catalysis, water remediation and detoxification of chemical warfare agent simulants.

Education

Ph.D. in Chemistry – UCLA, 2006
Dissertation of the Year

B.S. in Chemistry – UCLA, 2002
University of California Highest Honors (Summa cum laude)
Departmental Highest Honors in Chemistry

A.A. in Chemistry – Fullerton College,1999
Highest Honors

Experience

Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professorship in Chemistry
2021 – Present
Department of Chemistry
Northwestern University

Dow Chemical Company Research Professorship in Chemistry
2020 – 2021
Department of Chemistry
Northwestern University

Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering (Courtesy Appointment)
2017 – Present
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Northwestern University

Professor of Chemistry
2020 – Present
Department of Chemistry
Northwestern University

Associate Editor, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
2016 – Present

Associate Professor
2017 – 2020
Department of Chemistry
Northwestern University

Research Professor
2013 – 2017
Department of Chemistry
Northwestern University

Research Associate Professor
2011 – 2013
Department of Chemistry
Northwestern University

Research Assistant Professor
2009 – 2011
Department of Chemistry
Northwestern University

Postdoctoral Fellow – Research in Porous Materials
2007 – 2008
Department of Chemistry
Northwestern University