XIAN JUN LOH
Executive Director, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research)
Director (Graduate Affairs), Science and Engineering Council, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research)
Associate Professor (Adj), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore
Associate Professor (Adj), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
Vice President, Singapore National Institute of Chemistry
Associate Editor, RSC Advances (RSC)
Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports (Nature)
Editorial Board Member, Gels (MDPI)
Editorial Board Member, Heliyon (Elsevier)
Editorial Advisory Board, Materials Chemistry Frontiers (RSC)
Editorial Advisory Board, Biomacromolecules (ACS)
Academic Editor, PLOS ONE
Awards
Selected Patents
Selected Books
Executive Director, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research)
Director (Graduate Affairs), Science and Engineering Council, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research)
Associate Professor (Adj), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore
Associate Professor (Adj), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
Vice President, Singapore National Institute of Chemistry
Associate Editor, RSC Advances (RSC)
Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports (Nature)
Editorial Board Member, Gels (MDPI)
Editorial Board Member, Heliyon (Elsevier)
Editorial Advisory Board, Materials Chemistry Frontiers (RSC)
Editorial Advisory Board, Biomacromolecules (ACS)
Academic Editor, PLOS ONE
Awards
- 1998 - National Science Talent Search Award Winner
- 1999 – Finalist in Science Student of the Year organized by the Ministry of Education
- 2002-2006 - National Science Scholarship, A*STAR
- 2002-2006 – National University of Singapore, Faculty of Science, Dean’s List
- 2003 – Singapore National Institute of Chemistry (SNIC) Book Prize
- 2004 – Singapore National Institute of Chemistry (SNIC) Book Prize
- 2004 - CRISP Award for Best Undergraduate Research Project in Science
- 2005 – Schering Plough Medal for Best Undergraduate Research Project in Chemistry
- 2005 – GlaxoSmithKline Gold Medal
- 2006 – Lijen Industrial Medal for Best Honours Project in Chemistry
- 2006 – Singapore National Institute of Chemistry (SNIC) Gold Medal
- 2007 – Tan Kah Kee Young Inventors’ Award – Commendation
- 2007-2009 - A*STAR Graduate Scholarship, A*STAR
- 2010 – Pacifichem 2010 Young Scholar Award
- 2010 – A*STAR Post-Doctoral Fellowship
- 2011 – Fitzwilliam College (University of Cambridge) Fellowship
- 2013 – Tan Kah Kee Young Inventors’ Award – Commendation
- 2013 – Top 100 of TR35 (MIT)
- 2014 - Elsevier Materials Science and Engineering C Young Researcher Award
- 2015 - Golden Jubilee Lectureship (Golden Jubilee Chemical Conference)
- 2016 - A*STAR Most Inspiring Mentor Award
- 2016 - Symposium on Innovative Polymers for Controlled Delivery (SIPCD) 2016 Rising Star Award
- 2017 - PS21 (Public Service for the 21st Century) Star Manager Award
- 2018 - Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry
- 2018 - Emerging Investigator, Chemical Society Reviews (RSC)
- 2018 - Shimadzu-SNIC Industry Award in Applied and Translational Chemistry
- 2019 - Highly Cited Researcher (Web of Science/Clarivate Analytics)
Selected Patents
- US20150110772, WO/2014/185863 A REVERSIBLE THERMO-INITIATED SYSTEM
- EP2817359, WO/2013/124654 CUCURBITURIL-BASED HYDROGELS
- SG189650, US20130095054 COPOLYMERS
- US20130018111, SG184102, WO/2011/115582 BIODEGRADABLE AND BIOCOMPATIBLE SHAPE MEMORY POLYMERS
- US20100080795, SG146835, PCT/SG2007/000097, WO/2007/117222 BIODEGRADABLE THERMOGELLING POLYMER
- SG Patent Application No. 10201501261Q, Mechano-reponsive and self-healing lignin hydrogels and their preparation method
- SG Patent Application No. 10201501188U, The Synthesis of Multiarm Poly[(R)-3-hydroxybutyrate] (PHB) and Its Derivatives
- SG Patent Application No. 10201500081S, A Method of Ambient Temperature Hybrid Atomic Layer Deposition for Encapsulation Layers on Polymeric and Biopolymeric Materials
- SG Patent Application 10201403499U Ionic Polymer Grafted Hollow silica for Temperature and CO2 responsive delivery of active compounds
- SG Patent Application No. 10201407256S, Method of removing heat energy from an object
- SG Patent Application No. 10201508689X, A-coat: a sub-nanometer surface molecular assembly process to produce multifunctional superhydrophobic fabrics
- SG Application No. 10201508137R, Novel Method For Chemical Modification Of Polyglycerol Sebacate (PGS) To Produce Multi-Armed Brush Polymers
- SG Patent Application No. 10201602459U, Free-standing alkaline polymer gel electrolyte and method of making the same
- SG Patent Application 11201509409Y, Method of laser triggered reversible gelation of an aqueous polymer solution
Selected Books
- Xian Jun Loh, "Smart" Biomaterials, Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, ISBN: 9783844397048
- Xian Jun Loh, Oren A. Scherman (Eds.), Polymeric and Self Assembled Hydrogels : From Fundamental Understanding to Applications, Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry, Copyright: 2013, Print ISBN: 978-1-84973-561-2, PDF eISBN: 978-1-84973-562-9, DOI:10.1039/9781849735629 (http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/ebook/9781849735612#!divbookcontent)
- Xian Jun Loh (Ed.), In-Situ Gelling Polymers For Biomedical Applications, Publisher: Springer, Copyright: 2015, ISBN-10: 9812871519, ISBN-13: 978-9812871510 (http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-287-152-7)
- Xian Jun Loh (Ed.), Polymers for Personal Care Products and Cosmetics, Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry, Copyright: 2016, Print ISBN: 978-1-78262-295-6, DOI:10.1039/9781849735629 (http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/ebook/978-1-78262-295-6#!divbookcontent)
- Xian Jun Loh, David James Young (Eds.), Biodegradable Thermogels, Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry, Copyright: 2019, Print ISBN: 978-1-78262-940-5 (http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/ebook/978-1-78262-940-5)
- Xian Jun Loh, Dan Kai, Zibiao Li (Eds.), Functional Materials from Lignin: Methods and Advances, Publisher: World Scientific, Copyright: 2019, ISBN: 978-1-78634-520-2 (hardcover), ISBN: 978-1-78634-522-6 (ebook) (https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/q0153)