Rajive Kumar Khanna

Background

Khanna, Rajive Kumar was born on October 28, 1954 in Meerut, India. Son of Jai K. and Rma (Kapoor) Khanna. came to the United States, 1983.

Education

School certified, U. Cambridge, 1970; Bachelor of Science in Chemistry with honors, U. Delhi, 1974; Master of Science in Biochemisty and Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute Technology, 1976; Doctor of Philosophy in Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute Technology, 1983.

Career

Senior research assistantship, Indian Institute Technology, Kanpur, 1981-*83; research associate, Iowa State University, Ames, 1983-1986; postdoctoral fellow, Georgia Institute Technology, 1986-1988; assistant professor of chemistry, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, 1988-1994; associate professor of chemistry, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, since 1994. Instructor Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, 1981-1983. Lecturer International Gordon Research Conference on Free Radical Reactions, Plymouth, N.H., 1993;chair 205th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Denver, Colorado, 1993.

Achievements

• Rajive Kumar Khanna has been listed as a noteworthy Chemistry educator, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Chemical Society, International Union Pure and Applied Chemistry, Mississippi Academy of Sciences.

Connections

Married Bhawna Rawat, February 15, 1978 (divorced March 1990). 1 child, Pooja; married Dipti Vajpayee, July 10, 1990.

Father:

Jai K. Khanna

Mother:

Rma (Kapoor) Khanna

Spouse:

Dipti Vajpayee

Spouse:

Bhawna Rawat

child:

Pooja Khanna