Dr. Raju Bej

Profile

Academic position	Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fields	Biomaterials,Polymer Materials
Keywords	Mucin inspired block copolymers, Mucus mimetic dynamic hydrogels, Multivalent virus inhibition, Controlled polymerization, Modification of macromolecules

Current contact address

Country	India
City	Guwahati
Institution	Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati
Institute	Jyoti and Bhupat Metha School of Health Sciences and Technology

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Rainer Haag	Institut für Chemie und Biochemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin
Start of initial sponsorship	01/03/2022

Programme(s)

2021	Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2024	Raju Bej, Corey Alfred Stevens, Chuanxiong Nie, Kai Ludwig, George D. Degen, Yannic Kerkhoff, Marina Pigaleva, Julia M. Adler, Nicole A. Bustos, Taylor M. Page, Jakob Trimpert, Stephan Block, Benedikt B. Kaufer, Katharina Ribbeck, Rainer Haag: Mucus-Inspired Self-Healing Hydrogels: A Protective Barrier for Cells against Viral Infection. In: Advanced Materials, 2024, 2401745
2023	Raju Bej, Chuanxiong Nie, Kai Ludwig, Vahid Ahmadi, Jakob Trimpert, Julia M Adler, Tatyana L Povolotsky, Katharina Achazi, Marten Kagelmacher, Ricardo Martin Vidal, Jens Dernedde, Benedikt B Kaufer, Rainer Haag: Mucin‐Inspired Single‐Chain Polymer (MIP) Fibers as Potent SARS‐CoV‐2 Inhibitors. In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202304010, 2023,
2022	Raju Bej and Rainer Haag: Mucus-Inspired Dynamic Hydrogels: Synthesis and Future Perspectives. In: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 144, 2022, 20137-20152