Raja Gabriel Khalifah

Background

Khalifah, Raja Gabriel was born on May 5, 1942 in Tripoli, Lebanon. Son of Gabriel and Mona Khalifeh.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, American University Beirut, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy in Physical Chemistry, Princeton University, 1969.

Career

Assistant professor chemistry University Virginia, Charlottesville, 1973—1979. Director magnetic resonance laboratory Kansas City Veterans Administration Medical Center, Missouri, 1980—1993. Research professor biochemistry University Kansas Medical School, 1993—2000.

Director research BioStratum Inc., Durham, North Carolina, 2000—2007. Vice president, research & chemistry NephroGenex Inc., Princeton, New Jersey, 2008—2009. Principal Raja G Khalifah Consulting LLC, since 2009.

Postdoctoral fellow in biochemistry Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1968—1970. Research associate in pharmacology Stanford University Medical Center, California, 1970—1973.

Achievements

• Raja Gabriel Khalifah has been listed as a noteworthy pharmaceutical executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Founding member, secretary North Carolina Alumni Chapter American University Beirut, since 2010. Former member National Team Lebanon. Member of American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, American Chemical Society.

Interests

• Tennis.

Connections

Married Lilla Ilona Csonka, July 31, 1971. Children: Peter Gabriel, Anthony Paul.

Father:

Gabriel Khalifeh

Mother:

Mona Khalifeh

Spouse:

Lilla Ilona Csonka

child:

Anthony Paul Khalifah

child:

Peter Gabriel Khalifah