Neal Devaraj

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

Education
Devaraj attended college at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he performed research in the lab of Professor Moungi Bawendi. 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.

Career and research
From 2007-2011, Deveraj completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Harvard Medical School in the lab of Professor Ralph Weissleder. 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.

Awards and honors

 * 2022 - Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship
 * 2022 - Bioconjugate Chemistry Lectureship Award
 * 2021 - Tetrahedron Young Investigator Award
 * 2019 - Leo Hendrik Baekeland Award
 * 2019 - Guggenheim Fellowship
 * 2019 - Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry
 * 2018 - Blavatnik National Laureate in Chemistry
 * 2018 - Magomedov-Shcherbinina Memorial Prize
 * 2017 - ACS Award in Pure Chemistry
 * 2016 - National Fresenius Award
 * 2016 - Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award
 * 2016 - NIH T1D Pathfinder Award
 * 2013 - NSF CAREER Award