Dr. Khanna is a Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She received her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees at the University of California, Berkeley. Her research specialties include technology adoption and voluntary approaches to pollution control; welfare analysis of alternative policy instruments for environmental protection; economic, land use and environmental implications of biofuels; and policies for carbon sequestration.

Her honors have included the Arnold O. Beckman Research Award of the UIUC Research Board, and the Hughes Teaching Enhancement Award. She is a member of the Academy of Teaching Excellence at UIUC, Teacher Fellow of the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture, and University Scholar at the University of Illinois. Dr. Khanna is also a member of the Science Advisory Board Environmental Economics Committee for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.