Omar Farha

Omar Farha is an American Associate Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University and an Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

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.

• 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.