Background
Kadaba, Pankaja Kooveli was born on May 15, 1928 in Perumbavoor, Kerala, India. Daughter of Ananthasubramani Kooveli and Mangala Kooveli (Mangala) Subramanya Iyer. came to the United States, 1953.
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Pankaja Kooveli Kadaba, American Medicinal chemistry educator. Research grant National Institutes of Health, 1982-1991. Active Lexington Art League, 1976-1982, board directors 1980-1981; chairman Lexington Art League Critic Club, 1980-1981. Member American Chemical Society, International Society Heterocyclic Chemistry, India Chemists and Chemical Engineers Club (delegate 1982).
Education
Bachelor of Science, U. College, Trivandrum, India, 1947; Master of Science, U. College, Trivandrum, India, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Delhi, India, 1954; postgraduate, University of Wisconsin, 1953-1954.
Career
Lecturer in biochemistry, American Mission Medical College, Vellore, India, 1949-1950;
lecturer in chemistry, U. Delhi, 1950-1953;
research associate, Brown U., Providence, 1957-1960;
instructor in biochemistry, College Pharmacy, U. Kentucky, Lexington, 1965;
associate professor of chemistry, Morehead (Kentucky) State University, 1965-1966;
assistant professor of chemistry, Christian Brothers College, Memphis, 1966-1968;
research associate, U. Kentucky College Pharmacy, Lexington, 1968-1980;
assistant research professor medicinal chemistry and pharmaceuticals, U. Kentucky College Pharmacy, Lexington, 1980-1983;
associate research professor, U. Kentucky College Pharmacy, Lexington, 1983-1990;
research professor, U. Kentucky College Pharmacy, Lexington, since 1990;
graduate dissertation advisor, U. Kentucky College Pharmacy, Lexington, since 1989. Visiting associate professor of chemistry U. Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, 1973-1974. Researcher Antiepileptic Drug Development program National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., since 1976, Lederle laboratories, Pearl River, New York, since 1983, Central Nervous System Research Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1989.
Research board advisors American Biographical Institute. Member review committee for Small Business Improvement Research proposals National Institutes of Health, 1991.
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Membership
Active Lexington Art League, 1976-1982, board directors 1980-1981. Chairman Lexington Art League Critic Club, 1980-1981. Member American Chemical Society, International Society Heterocyclic Chemistry, India Chemists and Chemical Engineers Club (delegate 1982).
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Married Prasad Krishna Kadaba, June 30, 1954. 1 child, Lini S. Kadaba.
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