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Field of research : Chemical Ecology
Address: Vice-chancellor, Amity University Punjab, Mohali 140306
E-mail: rkkohli[at]pb.amity.edu, rkkohli45[at]yahoo.com
Website: www.rkkohli.com
Profile
Dr Kohli is a Certified Emeritus Senior Ecologist of ESA, decorated with several awards. He is currently the former Vice-chancellor of the Central University of Punjab for 6 years. Earlier, he was the Dean University Instructions, Dean Research, and Chairman Botany department and Environment Science at Panjab University Chandigarh.
He is a Fellow of all four official National Science Academies (INSA, IAS, NASI, and NAAC) and has been the JC Bose National Fellow for the 2nd. He has successfully guided 53 PhD theses.
Per the Stanford University database, he is among the top 2% of scientists worldwide. In Plant Sciences and Agronomy, as per research.com, he ranks 470th globally and 8th in India.
He served for 10 years as Leader of the IUFRO’s Working Group on Ecology of Invasives and had been on its 18-member IUFRO Task Force on Biological Invasion. He had held SAARC Chair in Bangladesh and been an Adjunct Professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences for 2 years.
Haryana Government recognised him with the state’s highest Best Scientist Award. Likewise, Chandigarh Administration honoured him as the best Environmentalist during Independence Day celebrations. He also won the Punjab Rattan Award.
Apart from 2 patents to his credit, he has published 333 research papers, authored 5, compiled 1, and edited 12 books, of which 6 were published in the USA & 1 from the UK. His research has an h-index of 61 with total citations of about 15000.