Curriculum Vitae

Kalipada Jana
May 12, 1995 in Sundarban, India
Department of Chemistry, University of Basel
St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056 Basel, Switzerland+41 782338350, kalipada.jana@unibas.ch

Education
Ph.D. Organic Chemistry
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Münster, Germany
Thesis Advisor: Prof. Armido Studer
Date of PhD defense: 17.06.2022

2018.11 – 2022.06

M.Sc. Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, India
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Sabuj Kundu

2016.07 – 2018.06

B.Sc. Chemistry
Ramakrishna Mission
Belur, Howrah, India

2013.06 – 2016.04
Vidyamandira,Employment
Postdoctoral Researcher, Organic Chemistry
Department of Chemistry, University of Basel
Advisor: Prof. Christof Sparr

2022.07 – present

Supervision of Master’s Student
Bastian Stövesand

WWU Münster, Münster, Germany

2021.06

Johannes Erchinger

WWU Münster, Münster, Germany

2019.07

Friedrich Burba

WWU Münster, Münster, Germany

2020.12

Till Drennhaus

WWU Münster, Münster, Germany

2020.06

Publications in peer reviewed journals
1. Atroposelective PIII/PV=O Redox Catalysis for the Isoquinoline-Forming Staudinger–aza-Wittig
Reaction
D. Moser, K. Jana, C. Sparr*Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202309053. Selected as VIP
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202309053

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2. Radical 1,3-Difunctionalization of Allylboronic Esters with Concomitant 1,2-Boron Shift
K. Jana, A. Bhunia, A. Studer*Chem. 2020, 6, 512– 522.
DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2019.12.022
3. Preparation of α-Perfluoroalkyl Ketones from α, β-Unsaturated Ketones via Formal
Hydroperfluoroalkylation
K. Jana, I. Mizota, A. Studer*Org. Lett. 2021, 23, 1280–1284.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c04260
4. Allylboronic Esters as Acceptors in Radical Addition, Boron 1, 2-Migration, and Trapping
CascadesK. Jana, A. Studer*Org. Lett. 2022, 24, 1100–1104.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.2c00039
5. Transition-Metal-Free Intramolecular Radical Aminoboration of Unactivated Alkenes
D. Zheng,ǁ K. Jana,ǁ F. A. Alasmary, C. G. Daniliuc, A. Studer* (ǁ Equal contribution)
Org. Lett. 2021, 23, 7688–7692.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c03024
6. Remote Radical Desaturation of Unactivated C− H Bonds in Amides
Y. Xia, K. Jana, A. Studer*Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 16621–16625.
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202103509
7. Intramolecular Hydrogen Atom Transfer Induced 1, 2-Migration of Boronate Complexes
D. Wang, K. Jana, A. Studer*Org. Lett. 2021, 23, 5876–5879.
DOI:10.1021/acs.orglett.1c01998
8. Cobalt complex catalyzed atom-economical synthesis of quinoxaline, quinoline and 2alkylaminoquinoline derivatives
S. Shee, K. Ganguli, K. Jana, S. Kundu*
Chem. Commun, 2018, 54, 6883-6886.
DOI: 10.1039/C8CC02366B

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Academic Conference•

10th SFB Symposium: Münster Symposium on Cooperative Effects in Chemistry2019.06

Prizes, awards, fellowships•

Secured All India rank 22 under the CSIR scheme of National Eligibility
Test.

2017.06•

Qualified for a doctoral research fellowship upon passing the Graduate
Aptitude Test (GATE) conducted by IITs (All India Rank 22 among
19500 chemical science candidates).

2018.02•

Awarded the ‘Academic Excellence Award for the year 2016-2017’ by IIT
Kanpur for excellent academic performance.

2016.12•Secured All India Rank 56 under the CSIR scheme of National Eligibility
Test.

2016.12•

Ranked All India 12th in highly competitive exam IIT JAM 2016, among
10000 students.

2016.02•

Selected for Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE)
fellowship from Department of Science and Technology, Government ofIndia.

2013.042016.06•Selected for Indian Academic of Science fellowship.

2016.12

Personal skills
Laboratory Techniques: GC-MS, LC-MS, HPLC, FTIR, Glove Box, NMR (1H NMR, 13C NMR,HSQC, HMBC, NOESY, COSY etc.)
Language skills: Bengali, English and Hindi.
Software: Office, Chemdraw, Origin, MestReNova