Scientist
| B Sc | Osmania University |
| M Sc | Inorganic Chemistry, Osmania University |
| Ph D | ndian Institute of Chemical Technology (Osmania University) |
| E Mail | anand.narani@iip.res.in |
| Cell No. | 7702674452 |
| Telephone No. | 01352525941/824 |
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
- June 2015-May 2016: Post Doct with Prof. Gadi Rothenberg, Van’t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS)-Heterogeneous Catalysis and Sustainable Chemistry (HCSC), University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
- June 2014-May 2015 Postdoc with Prof. Katalin Barta, Department of Green Chemistry and Catalysis, University of Groningen, Netherlands
09/2017 – present: Scientist at CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun Thermo-catalytic process area, BioFuels Division
Postdoctoral Experience:
Awards and Honours
- Member of Winning Team for “Value-Creation” competition conducted by Catch-Bio held at Utrecht, January 2016.
- Junior Research Fellowship (JRF), 2008-2010, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, India.
- Qualified GATE in 2008 with 98.3% (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, A. Ray,
Indian Patent Application Number: 0055NF2018, Application Date: 13-Apr- 2018.
Selected Publications
- Dissolving Lignin in Water through Enzymatic Sulfation with Aryl Sulfotransferase,
P Prinsen, A. Narani, AF Hartog, R Wever, G Rothenberg,
ChemSusChem. 10 (2017), 2267–2273. - Fractionation by Solvated Electrons in Liquid Ammonia,
P Prinsen, A. Narani, G Rothenberg,
ChemSusChem. 10 (2017), 1022–1032. - Phenolic acetals from lignins of varying compositions via iron (III) triflate catalysed depolymerisation,
PJ Deuss, CS Lancefield, A. Narani, JG de Vries, NJ Westwood, 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, RK Chowdari, C Cannilla, G Bonura, F Frusteri, HJ Heeres, K Barta,
Green Chem. 17 (2015), 5046–5057. - Solvent freedepolymerization of Kraft lignin to alkyl-phenolics using supported NiMo and CoMo catalysts,
CR Kumar, A. Narani, A Kloekhorst, C Cannilla, G Bonura, F Frusteri, K Barta, HJ Heeres,
Green Chem. 17 (2015), 4921–4930.
