Debanjan Rana, M.Sc.
Curriculum Vitae
since 12/2021 PhD thesis in the group of Prof. Dr. Frank Glorius, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster 2016 - 2021 BS-MS Dual degree from IISER Bhopal, major in Chemistry and minor in Engineering science; Master’s thesis in the group of Dr. Sachin Dev Verma, IISER Bhopal, India 05/2019 - 07/2019 Summer Internship at IIT Bombay, India; Supervisor: Prof. Debabrata Maiti 06/2018 - 07/2018 Research Internship in the group of Prof. Eiichi Nakamura, University of Tokyo, Japan 05/2017 - 07/2017 Summer Internship at IACS Kolkata, India; Supervisor: Prof. Abhishek Dey 2016 12th, Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith Deoghar, India, AISSCE (CBSE): 97% 2014 10th, Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith Deoghar, India, AISSE (CBSE): 10 CGPA Awards and Scholarships
2016 - 2021 Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) Fellowship 2018 University of Tokyo Research Internship Program Fellowship Publications
C. Hümpel,§ D. Rana,§ S. Korgitzsch, K. Fischer, C. G. Daniliuc, F. Glorius,*
Accessing Medium-Sized Bridged Heterocycles via EnT-catalyzed Intermolecular Dearomative (5+4) Cycloaddition of Furans and Oxazoles,
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2026, 148, asap.
§ These authors contributed equally.D. Rana, C. Hümpel, R. Laskar, L. Schlosser, S. Korgitzsch, S. Dutta, C. G. Daniliuc, F. Glorius,
Accelerated Discovery of Energy Transfer-Catalyzed Dearomative Cycloadditions through a Data-Driven Three-Layer Screening Strategy,
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 28359-2836.D. Rana, C. Hümpel, R. Laskar, L. Schlosser, S. Korgitzsch, S. Dutta, C. G. Daniliuc, F. Glorius,*
Accelerated Discovery of Energy Transfer-Catalyzed Dearomative Cycloadditions through a Data-Driven Three-Layer Screening Strategy,
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 28359-28369.F. Paulus, C. Heusel, M. Jaspers, L. M. Amrehn, F. Schreiner, D. Rana, C. G. Daniliuc, M. R. Hansen, F. Glorius,*
closo-Carboranyl Analogs of β-Arylethylamines: Direct Synthesis from Alkenes via EnT-Catalysis,
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202504793; Angew. Chem. 2025, 137, e202504793.F. Zhang, S. Dutta, A. Petti, D. Rana, C. G. Daniliuc, F. Glorius,
Solvent-Dependent Divergent Cyclization of Bicyclo[1.1.0]butanes,
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202418239; Angew. Chem. 2025, 137, e202418239.C. C. Chintawar,§ R. Laskar,§ D. Rana, F. Schäfer, N. Van Wyngaerden, S. Dutta, C. G. Daniliuc, F. Glorius,
Photoredox-Catalyzed Amidyl Radical Insertion to Bicyclo[1.1.0]butanes,
Nat. Catal. 2024, 7, 1232-1242.
§ These authors contributed equally.F. Zhang, H. Sekhar Sasmal,§ D. Rana,§ F. Glorius,
Switchable and Chemoselective Arene Hydrogenation for Efficient Late Stage Applications,
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 18682-18688.
§ These authors contributed equally.L. Schlosser, D. Rana, P. Pflüger, F. Katzenburg, F. Glorius,*
EnTdecker – A machine learning-based platform for guiding substrate discovery in energy transfer catalysis,
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 13266-13275.D. Rana, P. M. Pflüger, N. P. Hölter, G. Tan, F. Glorius,
Standardizing Substrate Selection: A Strategy toward Unbiased Evaluation of Reaction Generality,
ACS Cent. Sci. 2024, 10, 899-906.S. Dutta, Y.-L. Lu,§ J. E. Erchinger,§ H. Shao, E. Studer, F. Schäfer, H. Wang, D. Rana, C. G. Daniliuc, K. N. Houk,* F. Glorius,*
Double Strain-Release [2π+2σ]-Photocycloaddition,
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 5232-5241.
§ These authors contributed equally.J. E. Erchinger, R. Hoogesteger,§ R. Laskar,§ S. Dutta, C. Hümpel, D. Rana, C. G. Daniliuc, F. Glorius,
EnT-Mediated N–S Bond Homolysis of a Bifunctional Reagent Leading to Aliphatic Sulfonyl Fluorides,
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 2364-2374.
§ These authors contributed equallyS. Roy, D. Rana,
Machine Learning in Nonlinear Dynamical Systems,
Resonance 2021, 26, 953-970.