Bernd Giese

Bernd Giese (born 2 June 1940 in Hamburg, Germany) is a German chemist and guest professor in chemistry at the University of Fribourg in Fribourg, Switzerland since 2010.

Research Giese specializes in the bio-organic chemistry and synthesis of radicals in biological systems. He contributed to the understanding of radical induced DNA cleavage and of the DNA synthesis by ribonucleotide reductase. The formation of carbon–carbon bonds by addition of free radicals to alkenes is called the Giese reaction. Giese developed concepts, guidelines, and synthetic applications for the stereochemistry of radical reactions.

Awards 1976 Karl-Winnacker Award 1977 2003 Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2005 Tetrahedron Prize for Creativity in Organic Chemistry & BioMedicinal Chemistry 2006 Emil Fischer Medal of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker