# Neal Devaraj
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{{Short description|American Chemist}}
{{Infobox scientist
|name = Neal Devaraj
|image = Neal K Devaraj.jpg
|caption = Devaraj in 2018
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|9|7}}
|birth_place = [Manhattan Beach, California](/source/Manhattan_Beach%2C_California), U.S.
|field = [Chemical biology](/source/Chemical_biology)
[Biochemistry](/source/Biochemistry)
|work_institutions = [Harvard](/source/Harvard)
[University of California, San Diego](/source/University_of_California%2C_San_Diego)
|alma_mater = [MIT](/source/MIT)
[Stanford](/source/Stanford)
|doctoral_advisor = [James P. Collman](/source/James_P._Collman)
[Christopher Chidsey](/source/Christopher_Chidsey)
|academic_advisors = [Moungi Bawendi](/source/Moungi_Bawendi)
[Ralph Weissleder](/source/Ralph_Weissleder)
|known_for = Tetrazine bioorthogonal reactions; synthesis of artificial cells and membranes
|awards = [Guggenheim Fellowship](/source/Guggenheim_Fellowship) (2019)
[Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry](/source/Eli_Lilly_Award_in_Biological_Chemistry) (2019)
[ACS Award in Pure Chemistry](/source/ACS_Award_in_Pure_Chemistry) (2017)
[NSF CAREER Award](/source/NSF_CAREER_Award) (2013)}}
'''Neal K. Devaraj''' (born September 7, 1980) is an American [chemist](/source/chemist) and [professor](/source/professor) at the [University of California, San Diego](/source/University_of_California%2C_San_Diego) (UCSD).[{{cite web |title=Devaraj, Neal |url=https://www-chem.ucsd.edu/faculty/profiles/devaraj_neal_k.html |website=www-chem.ucsd.edu |access-date=18 October 2022}}] His research interests include [artificial cells](/source/artificial_cells), [lipid membranes](/source/lipid_membranes), and [bioconjugation](/source/bioconjugation).
==Education==
Devaraj attended college at the [Massachusetts Institute of Technology](/source/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology), where he performed research in the lab of Professor [Moungi Bawendi](/source/Moungi_Bawendi).[{{cite web |title=Professor Neal Deveraj Receives the North Jersey Section’s 2019 Leo Hendrik Baekeland Award |url=https://www.njacs.org/wp-content/uploads/Indicator-2019-09-pages1and5.pdf |website=www.njacs.org |publisher=The Indicator |access-date=18 October 2022}}] In 2007, Devaraj earned his PhD in chemistry from [Stanford University](/source/Stanford_University), where he worked in the labs of Professors [James P. Collman](/source/James_P._Collman) and Christopher Chidsey.[{{cite web |title=Guggenheim Fellows: Neal K. Devaraj |url=https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/neal-k-devaraj/ |website=www.gf.org |access-date=18 October 2022}}]
==Career and research==
From 2007-2011, Deveraj completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the [Harvard Medical School](/source/Harvard_Medical_School) in the lab of Professor [Ralph Weissleder](/source/Ralph_Weissleder).[{{cite web |title=Neal K. Devaraj |url=https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/node/3575 |website=jacobsschool.ucsd.edu |access-date=18 October 2022}}] 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.[{{cite web |title=Professor of Chemistry Neal Devaraj Named Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellow |url=https://today.ucsd.edu/story/professor-of-chemistry-neal-devaraj-named-vannevar-bush-faculty-fellow |website=today.ucsd.edu |access-date=18 October 2022}}]
===Selected publications===
*{{cite journal|pages=952–9|doi=10.1021/acscentsci.8b00251|doi-access=free|title=The Future of Bioorthogonal Chemistry|year=2018|journal=ACS Central Science|volume=4|issue=8|pmid= 30159392|pmc= 6107859|last1=Devaraj|first1=NK}}
*{{cite journal|pages=11429–32|doi=10.1021/jacs.6b01625|title=A Bioorthogonal Near-Infrared Fluorogenic Probe for mRNA Detection|year=2016|last1=Wu|first1=H|last2=Alexander|first2=SC|last3=Jin|first3=S|journal=Journal of the American Chemical Society|volume=138|issue=36|pmid= 27510580|last4=Devaraj|first4=NK}}
*{{cite journal|pages=5805–9|doi=10.1002/anie.201400135|title=In situ synthesis of alkenyl tetrazines for highly fluorogenic bioorthogonal live-cell imaging probes|year=2014|last1=Wu|first1=H|last2=Yang|first2=J|last3=Šečkutė|first3=J|journal= Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English|volume=53|issue=23|pmid= 24764312|pmc= 4104127|last4=Devaraj|first4=NK}}
*{{cite journal|pages=7476–9|doi=10.1002/ange.201202122|title=Live-Cell Imaging of Cyclopropene Tags with Fluorogenic Tetrazine Cycloadditions|year=2012|last1=Yang|first1=J|journal=Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English|volume=51|issue=30|pmid= 22696426 |pmc= 3431913 |last2=Devaraj|first2=NK}}
*{{cite journal|pages=5222–5|doi=10.1002/anie.201201117|title=Metal-catalyzed one-pot synthesis of tetrazines directly from aliphatic nitriles and hydrazine|year=2012|last1=Yang|first1=J|last2=Karver|first2=MR|last3=Li|first3=W|last4=Sahu|first4=S|journal=Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English|volume=51|issue=21|pmid= 22511586|pmc= 3434974|last5=Devaraj|first5=NK}}
===Awards and honors===
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