Dr Anand Narani

Research Interest

• Catalytic and Thermo Chemical conversion of Lignin to value added chemicals and fuels
• Conversion of C5 & C6 sugars to chemicals and fuels
• Biomass/bio char derived carbon materials for catalytic/energy/environmental applications
• Heterogeneous catalysis
• Mesoporous Material synthesis and applications

Work Experience

Awards and Honours

•   Member, Winning Team for “Value-Creation” competition conducted by Catch-Bio held at Utrecht, Netherlands, 2016  
•   Qualified GATE, 2008 (Rank: 106)  

Patents

• Hydrothermal liquefaction for production of acetosyringone and alkylphenolics from Lignin
  T Bhaskar, A Prakash, K Natte, J Kumar, A Narani, S Yenumala and A Ray
  Indian Patent Application Number: 0055NF2018

Selected Publications

• Dissolving Lignin in Water through Enzymatic Sulfation with Aryl Sulfotransferase
  P Prinsen, A Narani, A F Hartog, R Wever and G Rothenberg
  ChemSusChem., 10 (2017), 2267–2273
• Fractionation by Solvated Electrons in Liquid Ammonia
  P Prinsen, A Narani and G Rothenberg
  ChemSusChem., 10 (2017), 1022–1032
• Phenolic acetals from lignins of varying compositions via iron (III) triflate catalysed depolymerisation
  P J Deuss, C S Lancefield, A Narani J G de Vries, N J Westwood and K Barta
  Green Chem., 19 (2017) 2774-2782
• Efficient catalytic hydrotreatment of Kraft lignin to alkylphenolics using supported NiW and NiMo catalysts in supercritical methanol
  A Narani, R K Chowdari, C Cannilla, G Bonura, F Frusteri, H J Heeres and K Barta
  Green Chem., 17 (2015), 5046–5057
• Solvent freedepolymerization of Kraft lignin to alkyl-phenolics using supported NiMo and CoMo catalysts
  C R Kumar, A Narani, A Kloekhorst, C Cannilla, G Bonura, F Frusteri, K Barta and H J Heeres
  Green Chem., 17 (2015), 4921–4930