Neal Devaraj

Neal K. Devaraj (born September 7, 1980) is an American chemist and professor at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD).[1] His research interests include artificial cells, lipid membranes, and bioconjugation.

Neal Devaraj
Devaraj in 2018
Born (1980-09-07) September 7, 1980
Manhattan Beach, California, U.S.
Alma materMIT
Stanford
Known forTetrazine bioorthogonal reactions; synthesis of artificial cells and membranes
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship (2019)
Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry (2019)
ACS Award in Pure Chemistry (2017)
NSF CAREER Award (2013)
Scientific career
FieldsChemical biology
Biochemistry
InstitutionsHarvard
University of California, San Diego
Doctoral advisorJames P. Collman
Christopher Chidsey
Other academic advisorsMoungi Bawendi
Ralph Weissleder

Education

Devaraj attended college at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he performed research in the lab of Professor Moungi Bawendi.[2] In 2007, Devaraj earned his PhD in chemistry from Stanford University, where he worked in the labs of Professors James P. Collman and Christopher Chidsey.[3]

Career and research

From 2007-2011, Deveraj completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Harvard Medical School in the lab of Professor Ralph Weissleder.[4] In 2011, Devaraj became a faculty member in the department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UCSD, where he is currently the Murray Goodman Endowed Chair in Chemistry and Biochemistry.[5]

Selected publications

Awards and honors[1]

References
  1. "Devaraj, Neal". www-chem.ucsd.edu. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  2. "Professor Neal Deveraj Receives the North Jersey Section's 2019 Leo Hendrik Baekeland Award" (PDF). www.njacs.org. The Indicator. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  3. "Guggenheim Fellows: Neal K. Devaraj". www.gf.org. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  4. "Neal K. Devaraj". jacobsschool.ucsd.edu. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  5. "Professor of Chemistry Neal Devaraj Named Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellow". today.ucsd.edu. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
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