Rengan Kannabiran

Background

Kannabiran, Rengan was born on November 2, 1949 in Devakottai, Tamil Nadu, India. Son of S.P. and Rajalakshmi Rengan. came to the United States, 1977.

Education

Master of Science, Indian Institute Technology, Madras, 1971; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Pittsburgh, 1982.

Career

Science officer, Indian Atomic Energy Agency, Bombay, 1972-1977; graduate researcher, U. Pittsburgh, 1977-1981; senior research engineer, Gencorp, Akron, Ohio., 1981-1985; senior development scientist, Corning (New York) Inc., 1985-1991; technical manager, Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1991. Committee member Akron Polymer Lecture Group, 1984-1985.

Achievements

• Rengan Kannabiran has been listed as a noteworthy Chemist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Chemical Society (membership chairman Corning chapter since 1989), Society Plastics Engineers.

Interests

• Avocations: reading, tennis.

Connections

Married Padmavathi Seshan, June 4, 1980. Children: Dhivya, Vishnu.

Father:

S.P. Rengan

Mother:

Rajalakshmi Rengan

Spouse:

Padmavathi Seshan

child:

Vishnu Kannabiran

child:

Dhivya Kannabiran