He earned a MPhil in physics, cum laude, from the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) in October 1985.
Blaes was the Chaim Weizmann Research Fellow in Theoretical Physics at California Institute of Technology from October 1, 1986, to September 30, 1989.
[1] On September 1, 1993, Blaes became an assistant professor in the department of physics at University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB).
[1] His research focuses on theoretical astrophysics (X- and gamma-ray astronomy) and compact objects (white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes).
[2] Omer oversees the outlist of the committee for sexual-orientation and gender minorities in astronomy in the American Astronomical Society.