Publication activity: 

• Publications in scientific journals: 66
• Book chapters: 2
• Citations: 2230+

The most significant publications:

2026:

• Irshad Ahmad Mir, Surjyakanta Rana, Baoji Miao, Waqas Saeed, Muhammad Asad, Shakeel Ahmed, Faizah Altaf, Shakeel Ahmed Khandy, Delong He, Zhigang Zhao, Jinbo Bai, Fengyun Wang, Engineering an AgZnInS@ZnS/g-C₃N₄ Hybrid Heterostructure for Enhanced Green Hydrogen Production, Communications Chemistry (Nature), 2026 (Accepted).
• Irshad Ahmad Mir, Shakeel Ahmed, Muhammad Naveed Afridi, Waqas Saeed, Baoji Miao, Sachin Kumar, Mohammed A. Al Tahan, Jinbo Bai, Muhammad Asad,  Surjyakanta Rana*, High-Entropy MXenes as Next-Generation Electrocatalysts for Efficient and Durable Hydrogen Evolution, Transactions of Tianjin University (2026) https://doi.org/10.1007/s12209-026-00484-2.
• Muhammad Umer Iqbal*, Surjyakanta Rana*, Michal Zitnan, Christopher W. Ashling, Maria Pérez-Ramos, Irfan Nadeem, Modesto González Rodríguez, Dusan Galusek, Pedro Núñez, Lothar Wondraczek, José J. Velázquez*, Noble Metal Free Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework Based Composite for Photocatalytic Production of Green Hydrogen, Microstructures, 2026, 6, 20260107.
• Waqas Saeed, Ye Tian, Irshad Ahmad Mir, Baoji Miao, Amna Manzoor, Surjyakanta Rana, Xing Chen, Comparative analysis of Nafion-functionalized few-layered vs. multilayered Ti₃C₂T_x MXene/SnS₂ nanoflowers for ammonia detection with enhanced selectivity, RSC Advances, 2026, 16 (13), 12165-12179.
• Waqas Saeed, Ye Tian, Irshad Ahmad Mir, Amna Manzoor, Surjyakanta Rana, Synergistic Mo-doped WS₂/V₂CT_X MXene hybrid for sensitive and stable room-temperature ammonia detection, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2026, 1058, 186975.

2025:

• Hassan Ali, Orhan Sisman, Ali Can Guler, Michal Macko, Surjyakanta Rana, Pavel Urbanek, Michal Machovsky, Milan Masar, Necmettin Kilinc, Jose J. Velazquez, Ivo Kuritka, Morphology-tuned ZnO and Ag/ZnO nanostructures for photoelectrochemical water splitting and hydrogen-sensing applications, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2025, 126, 542-551.
• Prerana Loomba, Sujith Benarzee Nallamalla, Kopulla Suresh, Jagan Mohan Reddy A, Surjyakanta Rana*, Naresh Kumar Katari, Surya Surendra Babu Manabolu, Ultra-sensitive ammonia sensing using TDA Schiff base MOFs: complementary strategy for gas detection at room temperature, Journal of the Indian Chemical Society, 2025, 102, 101756.

2024:

• Surjakanta Rana, Roman Sajzew, Oksana Smirnova, Josef B. Slowik, Ayisha Komal, José Joaquin Velázquez, Ralf Wyrwa, Dušan Galusek, Ingolf Voigt, Lothar Wondraczek, Alexander Knebel, Gas Separating Metal-Organic Framework Membrane Films on Large Area 3D-Printed Tubular Ceramic Scaffolds, Small Struct.,2024, 5, 2300346.
• Baji Baba Shaik, Naresh Kumar Katari, Jayaprakash Kanijam Raghupathi, Sreekantha B Jonnalagadda, Surjyakanta Rana*, Titanium Dioxide/Graphene-Based Nanocomposites as Photocatalysts for Environmental Applications: A Review, ChemistrySelect, 2024, 10,
• Surjyakanta Rana*,  B. Jonnalagadda, Stable Diamine Functionalized Graphene Supported Pd Nanoparticles Showing Excellent Catalytic Activity For Mizoroki–Heck Coupling Reactions, ChemistrySelect, 2024, 9, e202305081.

2023:

• Ganeshbabu Bathula, Surjyakanta Rana, Siddaramagoud Bandalla, Vijaykumar Dosarapu, Satyanarayana Mavurapu, Aswathi Rajeevan V. V., Bhaskar Sharma, Sreekantha B. Jonnalagadda, Mallesham Baithy, Chandra Shekar Vasam, The role of WOx and dopants (ZrO₂ and SiO₂) on CeO₂-based nanostructure catalysts in the selective oxidation of benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde under ambient conditions, RSC Advances, 2023, 13, 36242-36253.
• Thirupathi Damera, Ramakanth Pagadala, Surjyakanta Rana*, Sreekantha Babu Jonnalagadda, A Concise Review of Multicomponent Reactions Using Novel Heterogeneous Catalysts under Microwave Irradiation, Catalysts, 2023, 13(7), 1034.

2022:

• Surjyakanta Rana*, Jose J. Velázquez, Sreekantha B. Jonnalagadda, Highly active reduced graphene oxide supported Ni nanoparticles for C–S coupling reactions, Nanoscale Advances, 2022, 4, 3131.
• Surjyakanta Rana*, Jose J. Velázquez, Sreekantha B. Jonnalagadda, Eco-Friendly Synthesis of Organo-Functionalized Mesoporous Silica for the Condensation Reaction, Catalysts, 2020, 12(10), 1212.

2021:

• Surjyakanta Rana*, Bishwa Bidita Varadwaj, Sreekantha B. Jonnalagadda, Green synthesis of Cu nanoparticles in modulating the reactivity of amine-functionalized composite materials towards cross-coupling reactions, Nanomaterials, 2021, 11, 2260.
• Surjyakanta Rana*, Bishwa Bidita Varadwaj, Sreekantha B. Jonnalagadda, Mn oxide supported partially reduced graphene oxide as a highly active and durable heterogeneous catalyst for single-step amination of benzene, Catalysis Communications, 2021, 157, 106329.

2020:

• Surjyakanta Rana*, G. Bishwa Bidita Varadwaj, Sandeep V.H.S. Bhaskaruni, Sreekantha B. Jonnalagadda, Epoxidation of trans-stilbene with molecular oxygen over an eco-friendly heterogeneous cobalt oxide/reduced graphene oxide composite material, Research on Chemical Intermediates, 2020, 46, 4465-4473.

2019:

• Surjyakanta Rana*, Bishwa Bidita Varadwaj, Sreekantha B. Jonnalagadda, Pd nanoparticle supported reduced graphene oxide and its excellent catalytic activity for Ullmann C-C coupling reaction in a green solvent, RSC Advances, 2019, 9, 13332-13335.
• Surjyakanta Rana*, Bishwa Bidita Varadwaj, Sreekantha B. Jonnalagadda, A facile synthesis of molybdenum promoted reduced graphene oxide as catalyst towards epoxidation of cyclohexene, ChemistrySelect, 2019, 4, 5381-5385.
• Surjyakanta Rana*, Bishwa Bidita Varadwaj, Sreekantha B. Jonnalagadda, Ni nanoparticle supported reduced graphene oxide as highly active and durable heterogeneous material for coupling reactions, Nanoscale Advances, 2019, 1, 1527-1530.
• Nagaraju Kerru, Sandeep V.H.S. Bhaskaruni, Lalitha Gummidi, Surya Narayana Maddila, Surjyakanta Rana, P. Singh, Sreekantha B. Jonnalagadda, Synthesis of novel pyrazole based triazolidin-3-one derivatives by using ZnO/ZrO₂ as a reusable catalyst under green conditions, Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 2019, 33, e4722.

2018:

• Surjyakanta Rana*, Sandeep V.H.S. Bhaskaruni, Sreekantha B. Jonnalagadda, Tri-amine functionalized graphene oxide for co-operative catalyst in Henry Reaction, Research on Chemical Intermediates, 2018, 44, 2157–2167.

2017:

• Surjyakanta Rana, Sreekantha B. Jonnalagadda, Cu doped amine functionalized graphene oxide and its scope as catalyst for selective oxidation, Catalysis Communications, 2017, 100, 183-186.
• Bishwa Bidita Varadwaj, Oluwaseun A. Oyetade, Surjyakanta Rana, Bice S. Martincigh, Sreekantha B. Jonnalagadda, and Vincent O Nyamori, Facile Synthesis of Three-dimensional Mg-Al Layered Double Hydroxide/Partially Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanocomposites for the Effective Removal of Pb²⁺ from Aqueous Solution, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2017, 9 (20), 17290-17305.
• Surjyakanta Rana, Sreekantha B. Jonnalagadda, CuO/Graphene Oxide Nanocomposite as Highly Active and Durable Catalyst for Selective Oxidation of Cyclohexane, Chemistry Select, 2017, 2, 2277-2281.
• Surjyakanta Rana, Sreekantha B. Jonnalagadda, A facile synthesis of Cu-Ni bimetallic nanoparticles supported organo functionalized graphene oxide as catalyst for selective hydrogenation of p-nitrophenol and cinnamaldehyde, RSC Advances, 2017, 7, 2869-2879.
• Surjyakanta Rana, Sreekantha B. Jonnalagadda, Synthesis and Characterization of amine functionalized graphene oxide and scope as catalyst for Knoevenagel condensation reaction, Catalysis Communications, 2017, 92, 31-34.

2015:

• Surjyakanta Rana, Suresh Maddila, and Sreekantha B. Jonnalagadda, Synthesis and characterization of Pd (II) dispersed over Diamine functionalized graphene oxide and its scope as catalyst for selective oxidation, Catalysis Science & Technology, 2015, 5, 3235 – 3241.
• Surjyakanta Rana, Suresh Maddila, Kotaiah Yalagala and Sreekantha B. Jonnalagadda, Organo functionalized graphene with Pd nanoparticles and its excellent catalytic activity for Suzuki coupling reaction. Applied Catalysis A: General, 2015, 505, 539–547.
• Surjyakanta Rana, Suresh Maddila, Kotaiah Yalagala, Surya Maddila and Sreekantha B. Jonnalagadda, Covalent modification of Organo functionalized graphene oxide and its scope as catalyst for one-pot multicomponent reactions. Chemistry Open, 2015, 4, 703-707.
• Devendar Reddy Kommidi, Ramakanth Pagadala, Surjyakanta Rana, Parvesh Singh, Suhas A. Shintre, N. A. Koorbanally, Sreekantha B. Jonnalagadda, Brenda Moodley, Novel carbapenem chalcone derivatives: Synthesis, cytotoxicity and molecular docking studies, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2015, 13, 4344-4350.
• Ramakanth Pagadala, Devendar Reddy Kommidi, Surjyakanta Rana, Suresh Maddila, Brenda Moodley, N. A. Koorbanally, Sreekantha B. Jonnalagadda, Multicomponent synthesis of Pyridines via diamine functionalized mesoporous ZrO₂ domino Intramolecular tandem Michael type addition, RSC Advances, 2015, 5, 5627–5632.
• Suresh Maddila, Surjyakanta Rana, Ramakanth Pagadala, Shravankumar Kankala, Suryanarayana Maddila, Sreekanth B. Jonnalagadda, Synthesis of pyrazole-4-carbonitrile derivatives in aqueous media with CuO/ZrO₂ as recyclable catalyst, Catalysis Communications, 2015, 61, 26–30.

Instructional texts:

• Surjyakanta Rana, Orhan Sisman, Nanoparticles, Alexander Dubček University of Trenčín, Slovak Republic, PhD. Doctoral studies: chemical engineering and technology, Study programme: Inorganic Technology and Non-metallic Materials, 2026, ISBN: 978-80-8295-070-3.
• Surjyakanta Rana, J. Velázquez, Sol-gel method, Alexander Dubček University of Trenčín, Slovak Republic, PhD. Doctoral studies: chemical engineering and technology, Study programme: Inorganic Technology and Non-metallic Materials, 2026, ISBN: 978-80-8295-071-0.

Doctoral studies:

• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy

Education:

• Ph.D. (Chemistry), Council Of Scientific And Industrial Research–Institute Of Minerals And Materials Technology (CSIR-IMMT) and Utkal University, Odisha, INDIA.

Thesis: Development of modified mesoporous materials towards various organic transformation reactions.

 Awards, scholarships and research stays:

• Visiting Scientist, Department of Chemistry, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain, July 2026 to August 2026

• Visiting Scientist, Department of Chemistry, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain, June 2025 to August 2025
• Visiting Scientist, Department of Chemistry, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain, June 2024 to July 2024
• Visiting Scientist, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany, March 2022 to March 2023
• Researcher, Alexander Dubček University of Trenčín, Slovakia, November 2021 to present
• Post-Doctoral fellow, University of Antwerp, Belgium, April 2021 to August 2021
• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Post-Doctoral fellow, University of Antwerp, Belgium, April 2019 to March 2021
• Visiting Scientist, VITO, Belgium, May 2020 to April 2021
• Post-Doctoral fellow, University of Antwerp, Belgium, March 2018 to March 2019
• Post-Doctoral fellow, University of Antwerp, Belgium, August 2017 to December 2017
• Post-Doctoral fellow, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, November 2013 to August 2017

Awards:

(I) Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship

(II) Independent researcher award

(III)Excellence project (research and innovation) award

(IV) CSIR-Senior Research Fellowship

 Other activities:

• Main Coordinator/Supervisor of a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowship proposal awarded the MSCA Seal of Excellence (2026)
• Member, Slovak Silicate Societies
• Member, European Ceramic Societies
• Life member, Orissa Chemical Society (OCS)
• Life member, Society for Materials Chemistry (SMC)
• Associate Editor: Catalytic Reactions and Chemistry
• Guest Editors: Catalysts, Molecules
• Editorial board members: Scientific Reports (Nature Portfólio), Discover Chemistry (Springer Nature)
• Active Reviewers in different Scientific Journals