Professional Positions

2021- present, Emory University, GA, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry
2020- present, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Secondary Appointment
2020-2021, Emory University, GA, Acting Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry
2017-2020, Auburn University, GA, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry
2014-2017, Seton Hall University, GA, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry

Education

2010-2014, New York University, Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. Paramjit Arora
2009-2010, University of Pennsylvania, Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. Barry Cooperman
2004-2009, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Ph.D. 2009, Graduate Fellow with Prof. Vinod K. Singh
1999-2004, Panjab University, M.Sc. 2004, Research Assistant

APS Service

Co-chair of Student Activity Committee (SAC)

Awards & Honors

2021, Thieme Chemistry Journals Award
2020, Sloan Research Fellow, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
2019-2020, James E. Land Professorship
2019-2024, NIH Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (R35 MIRA)
2019, Georgina Sweet Award (Australian Research Council)
2019, Early Career Lectureship, Japan Peptide Society (JPS)
2019, Early Career Lectureship, American Peptide Society (APS)
2019, Rising Star Award, Chemical Protein Synthesis (CPS) (German Science Foundation)
2018, NSF CAREER Award

Monika Raj
Councilor
Associate Professor
Emory University