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79
Citations
28396
World Ranking
3549
National Ranking
83

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2005 - Tetrahedron Prize for Creativity in Organic Chemistry or Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, Elsevier
  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Bernd Giese is affiliated with the University of Fribourg in Switzerland and specializes primarily in chemistry. Their research encompasses several interconnected fields, including organic chemistry, materials chemistry, molecular biology, renewable energy, sustainability, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's work focuses on various topics such as chemical synthesis and analysis, nanoparticles synthesis and applications, microbial fuel cells and bioremediation, CO2 reduction techniques and catalysts, click chemistry and applications, carbon and quantum dots applications, and advanced nanomaterials in catalysis.

Bernd Giese has contributed to multiple research papers published in recognized scientific venues. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Metal Nanoparticle-Microbe Interactions: Synthesis and Antimicrobial Effects," 2020, Particle & Particle Systems Characterization
  • "A systematic review of nanocarriers used in medicine and beyond - definition and categorization framework," 2025, Journal of Nanobiotechnology
  • "Reduction Kinetic of Water Soluble Metal Salts by Geobacter sulfurreducens: Fe2+/Hemes Stabilize and Regulate Electron Flux Rates," 2022, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Chances and challenges of long-distance electron transfer for cellular redox reactions," 2022, FEBS Letters
  • "Rolf Huisgen (1920-2020)," 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Bernd Giese include:

  • Katharina M. Fromm
  • Maksym Karamash
  • Michael Füeg
  • Carlos A. Salgueiro
  • Herbert Mayr

Bernd Giese has published several papers in well-known scientific venues, including:

  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Particle & Particle Systems Characterization
  • Journal of Nanobiotechnology
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • FEBS Letters

The scientist's contributions to the field of chemistry have been recognized through awards such as the Tetrahedron Prize for Creativity in Organic Chemistry or Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, awarded in 2005, and being named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2003.

Best Publications

  • Radicals in organic synthesis : formation of carbon-carbon bonds

    Bernd Giese

  • Formation of CC Bonds by Addition of Free Radicals to Alkenes

    Bernd Giese

  • Direct observation of hole transfer through DNA by hopping between adenine bases and by tunnelling

    Bernd Giese;Jérôme Amaudrut;Anne-Kathrin Köhler;Martin Spormann

  • Stereochemistry of Radical Reactions

    Dennis P. Curran;Ned A. Porter;Bernd Giese

  • Nanobio Silver: Its Interactions with Peptides and Bacteria, and Its Uses in Medicine

    Sonja Eckhardt;Priscilla S. Brunetto;Jacinthe Gagnon;Magdalena Priebe

  • Long-distance charge transport in DNA: the hopping mechanism.

    Bernd Giese

  • Sequence Dependent Long Range Hole Transport in DNA

    Eric Meggers;‡ and Maria E. Michel-Beyerle;Bernd Giese

  • Structural basis of activity and allosteric control of diguanylate cyclase

    Carmen Chan;Ralf Paul;Dietrich Samoray;Nicolas C. Amiot

  • Long-range charge hopping in DNA.

    M. Bixon;Bernd Giese;Stephan Wessely;Thomas Langenbacher

  • Radical Cyclization Reactions

    B. Giese;B. Kopping;T. Göbel;J. Dickhaut

  • Long-Distance Electron Transfer Through DNA

    Bernd Giese

  • The Stereoselectivity of Intermolecular Free Radical Reactions [New Synthetic Methods (78)]

    Bernd Giese

  • Acyclic stereochemical control in free-radical reactions

    Ned A. Porter;Bernd Giese;Dennis P. Curran

  • On the Mechanism of Long‐Range Electron Transfer through DNA

    Bernd Giese;Stephan Wessely;Martin Spormann;Ute Lindemann

  • Syntheses with Radicals—C ? C Bond Formation via Organotin and Organomercury Compounds [New Synthetic Methods (52)]

    Bernd Giese

  • Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopic and Density Functional Theory Study of Adenine Adsorption to Silver Surfaces

    Bernd Giese;Don McNaughton

  • Electron transfer in peptides and proteins

    Meike Cordes;Bernd Giese

  • Tris(trimethylsilyl)silane as a radical-based reducing agent in synthesis

    M. Ballestri;C. Chatgilialoglu;K. B. Clark;D. Griller

  • Diastereoselective Syntheses of C‐Glycopyranosides

    Bernd Giese;Jacques Dupuis

  • The Scope of Radical CC‐Coupling by the “Tin Method”

    Bernd Giese;Juan Antonio González-Gómez;Tom Witzel

  • ELECTRON TRANSFER THROUGH DNA IN THE COURSE OF RADICAL-INDUCED STRAND CLEAVAGE

    Eric Meggers;Dirk Kusch;Martin Spichty;Uta Wille

Frequent Co-Authors

Reiner Sustmann
Reiner Sustmann University of Duisburg-Essen
Katharina M. Fromm
Katharina M. Fromm University of Fribourg
Ned A. Porter
Ned A. Porter Vanderbilt University
Chryssostomos Chatgilialoglu
Chryssostomos Chatgilialoglu National Research Council (CNR)
Eric Meggers
Eric Meggers Philipp University of Marburg
Markus Neuburger
Markus Neuburger University of Basel
Andreas Marx
Andreas Marx University of Konstanz
Dennis P. Curran
Dennis P. Curran University of Pittsburgh
Thomas A. Bickle
Thomas A. Bickle University of Basel
Matthias P. Wymann
Matthias P. Wymann University of Basel

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