Dr Xian Jun Loh

Fellow

Subject: Chemistry
Department: Chemistry

Email: xjl21@cam.ac.uk
Phone: (+44 1223 7) 68458

Xian Jun Loh is currently a visiting academic at the Department of Chemistry, supported by the Agency of Science, Technology and Research, Singapore (A*STAR) Fellowship. He graduated with a PhD from the National University of Singapore (NUS). He was awarded the Singapore National Science Talent Search Award in 1999, A*STAR National Science Scholarship in 2002 (undergraduate studies) and A*STAR Graduate Scholarship in 2007 (postgraduate studies). His main research interests are in the design of stimuli-responsive polymers for biomedical applications and in chemical education to motivate and nurture aspiring young researchers.

Recent publications: - D. C. Wu, X. J. Loh*, W. L. Wu, C. L. Lay, Y. Liu "'Living' Controlled in situ gelling systems: Thiol-disulfide exchange method toward tailor-made biodegradable hydrogels" Journal of the American Chemical Society 2010, 132, 15140-15143. - X. J. Loh*, Z. X. Zhang, K. Y. Mya, Y. L. Wu, C. B. He, J. Li "Efficient gene delivery with paclitaxel-loaded DNA-hybrid polyplexes based on cationic polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes", Journal of Materials Chemistry, 20, 2010, 10634-10642. - V. P. N. Nguyen, N. Kuo, X.J. Loh* "New biocompatible thermogelling copolymers containing ethylene-butylene segments exhibiting very low gelation concentrations", Soft Matter, 7, 2011, 2150-2159. - X. J. Loh*, V. P. N. Nguyen, N. Kuo, J. Li "Encapsulation of basic fibroblast growth factor in thermogelling copolymers preserves its bioactivity" Journal of Materials Chemistry, 21, 2011, 2246-2254.