Biography

H-Index: 143, Listed among "Highly Cited Researchers" by Clarivate Analytics (formerly Thomson Reuters), Nov. 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022; Publons Review Awardee -Top 1% of reviewers in Chemistry 2018, 2019.
Retired Senior Scientist, Water Systems Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 26 West Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45268, USA;
Advisory Board Member and Visiting Professor, Centre of Excellence for Research in Sustainable Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Federal University of São Carlos, 13565-905 São Carlos – SP, Brazil

E-mail: rajvarma@hotmail.com

URL’s: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=bZrrINgAAAAJ&hl=en

Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rajender_Varma/info

Formerly: Chemistry Research Professor, Sam Houston State University, Texas, USA
–Project Manager, Texas Research Institute for Environmental Studies (TRIES), Texas
–Senior Scientist, Houston Advanced Research Center, The Woodlands, Texas, USA

PATENTS AND PUBLICATIONS: -17 US Patents awarded some others pending.
~1000 peer-reviewed papers, 9 books, 27 book chapters & 3 encyclopedia contributions with >85,500 Citations.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE: Development of Environmentally Benign Synthetic Methods and Chemical Protocols, Greener Synthesis of Nanomaterials and Nanocomposites and their Applications in Nano-catalysis (magnetically retrievable nano-catalysts) and Sustainable Remediation of Hazardous Pollutants [e.g. contaminated sites and streams using nanoscale iron, mercury capture from coal-fired power plants, removal of sulfur (deep desulfurization) from diesel oil etc.], Natural Products; Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Methods for Immobilization of Biomolecules on Support Surfaces; Design & Synthesis of Chemopreventive anti-cancer Agents.

ABOUT RESEARCH: Over 50 years of research experience in management of multi-disciplinary technical programs. Extensively involved in broader aspects of chemistry that includes development of eco-friendly synthetic methods using alternate energy input (microwave, ultrasound & mechanochemical). Long term goals are to contribute broad expertise in chemistry to evaluate novel and safer environmental protocols in industrial chemistry and its impact in human health and environmental sciences. Mentor for high school, college and university students.