Meeting/Event Information
"Smart and Programmable Crystalline Sponges" - Prof. Omar Farha of Northwestern University (Hybrid)
January 16, 2025
5:45 PM - 8:30 PM
Add to Calendar
Matthew Bieszczad Volunteer Resource Center (VRC)
6100 N. Central Ave
Chicago, IL 60646
https://www.forestpreserveevents.com/resource-center
Directions
Hybrid Joint Meeting with Chicago AlChE
Prof. Omar Farha
- Northwestern University -
Department of Chemistry
"Smart and programmable Crystalline Sponges"
ABSTRACT
Eighty years ago, few people in the world had heard of polymers. But in the late 1930s, one polymer nylon became a household word in just a few months. While nylon took the women’s hosiery market by storm, the progression toward polymers becoming ubiquitous in clothing and beyond in kitchenware, electronics, building materials, medicine, and more took decades. We now know polymers as one of the materials that characterized the 20th century. Looking ahead, porous metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), or smart and programmable sponges, are poised to be a defining material of the 21st century. Although this class of multidimensional crystalline materials is still in its early stages, 50 years from now they will be an ever-present part of human life just as polymers are today. We can think of MOFs as nano-sized Tinker Toy assemblies that repeat in periodic arrays. Researchers around the world have explored the relevance of MOFs for applications including, but not limited to, drug delivery, water harvesting, gas storage, separations, and destruction of nerve agents. Importantly, start-up companies have recently undertaken MOF commercialization. This talk will focus on metal-organic frameworks as the enabling materials for environmental applications from Basic Science to Implementation and Commercialization.
PROGRAM
• 8:30 - 8:35 Closing Remarks.
Buffet Menu:
QUESTIONS?
QUESTIONS? Please contact the Section Office via phone (847-391-9091) or email ([email protected]). DEADLINE TO REGISTER SUNDAY, JANUARY 12TH.
BIOGRAPHY
Omar K. Farha is the Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor in Chemistry at Northwestern University, an Executive Editor for ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, and President of Numat Technologies. His current research spans diverse areas of chemistry and materials science ranging from energy to defense-related challenges. His group focuses on the rational design of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for applications in sensing, catalysis, storage, separations, and water purification. His research accomplishments have been recognized by several awards and honors including the Herman Pines Award, Fellowship of the European Academy of Sciences, the Kuwait Prize, the Japanese Society of Coordination Chemistry International Award for Creative Work, the Environment, Sustainability and Energy Division Early Career Award of the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Satinder Ahuja Award for Young Investigators in Separation Science of the American Chemical Society (ACS), and the Emerging Researcher Award of the ACS ENFL Division,. In addition, a special award was established by the Department of Chemistry at Northwestern in his honor: the Omar Farha Award for Research Leadership which is “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. Prof. Farha has more than 670 peer-reviewed publications, holds 17 patents, has 108,000 citations, an h-index of 164 (Google Scholar), and has been named a “Highly Cited Researcher” from 2014 to 2024 by Clarivate Analytics.
Tickets
$0.00 Individual Donation (flexible amount)
$0.00 Company Sponsorship (flexible amount)
$0.00 Donation to Project SEED (flexible amount)
$35.00 REGISTRATION: Chicago ACS member
$40.00 REGISTRATION: Guest and Non-Chicago ACS member
$20.00 Students/Postsdocs
$0.00 Member Virtual-Only
$0.00 Non-Member Virtual-Only Ticket
