Perspectives on the Pandemic: A Chemist's View
Omar K. Farha is an associate professor of chemistry at Northwestern University and 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. His research accomplishments have been recognized by several awards and honors including an award established by the Department of Chemistry at Northwestern University in his honor: the Omar Farha Award for Research Leadership given annually to an outstanding research scientist working in the department. Prof. Farha has been named a “Highly Cited Researcher” in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. Omar is the co-founder of NuMat Technologies, the first company to commercialized an engineered system-level product enabled by Metal-Organic Framework Materials.
Adrian Randolph is dean of the Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and Henry Wade Rogers Professor of the Humanities. Dean Randolph's research focuses on the art and architecture of the medieval Renaissance Italy. He joined Northwestern in 2015 from Dartmouth College. There, he served as the associate dean of the faculty for the Arts and Humanities, chair of the Department of Art History, and director of the college’s Leslie Center for the Humanities.