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Stefan Weber is affiliated with the University of Freiburg in Germany and has an extensive research portfolio in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and materials science. Their work spans multiple interconnected fields, including molecular biology, materials chemistry, cellular and molecular neuroscience, plant science, and biophysics.

The scientist has contributed significantly to various topics within their fields of study, including:

  • Light effects on plants
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Photosynthetic processes and mechanisms
  • Photochemistry and electron transfer studies
  • Electron spin resonance studies
  • Electromagnetic fields and biological effects
  • Magnetism in coordination complexes

Weber's recent papers cover a diverse range of subjects tied to their main research areas. Notable publications include:

  • "Magnetic sensitivity of cryptochrome 4 from a migratory songbird" (2021) published in Nature
  • "Long-Lived Charge-Transfer State Induced by Spin-Orbit Charge Transfer Intersystem Crossing (SOCT-ISC) in a Compact Spiro Electron Donor/Acceptor Dyad" (2020) published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "The biophysical, molecular, and anatomical landscape of pigeon CRY4: A candidate light-based quantal magnetosensor" (2020) published in Science Advances
  • "Synergy of nano-ZnO and 3D-graphene foam electrodes for asymmetric supercapacitor devices" (2020) published in Nanoscale
  • "Synthesis and Application of a Perfluorinated Ammoniumyl Radical Cation as a Very Strong Deelectronator" (2020) published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Their collaborations have resulted in frequent co-authorship with several researchers, including:

  • Adelbert Bacher
  • Boris Illarionov
  • Markus Fischer
  • Ingo Krossing
  • Erik Schleicher

Stefan Weber's publications predominantly appear in several scientific journals across their fields, with the most frequent venues including:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Chemistry - A European Journal

Best Publications

  • Evidence for Interstitial Carbon in Nitrogenase FeMo Cofactor

    Thomas Spatzal;Müge Aksoyoglu;Limei Zhang;Susana L. A. Andrade

  • Light-driven enzymatic catalysis of DNA repair: a review of recent biophysical studies on photolyase

    Stefan Weber

  • Magnetically sensitive light-induced reactions in cryptochrome are consistent with its proposed role as a magnetoreceptor

    Kiminori Maeda;Alexander J. Robinson;Kevin B. Henbest;Hannah J. Hogben

  • Magnetic sensitivity of cryptochrome 4 from a migratory songbird

    Jingjing Xu;Lauren E. Jarocha;Tilo Zollitsch;Marcin Konowalczyk

  • EPR and photoluminescence spectroscopy studies on the defect structure of ZnO nanocrystals

    Hülya Kaftelen;Kasim Ocakoglu;Ralf Thomann;Suyan Tu

  • Enhanced n-Doping Efficiency of a Naphthalenediimide-Based Copolymer through Polar Side Chains for Organic Thermoelectrics

    David Kiefer;Alexander Giovannitti;Hengda Sun;Till Biskup

  • Synergetic effects of Fe3+ doped spinel Li4Ti5O12 nanoparticles on reduced graphene oxide for high surface electrode hybrid supercapacitors

    Sergej Repp;Ersan Harputlu;Seda Gurgen;Seda Gurgen;Mike Castellano

  • IspH protein of Escherichia coli: studies on iron-sulfur cluster implementation and catalysis.

    Tobias Gräwert;Johannes Kaiser;Ferdinand Zepeck;Ralf Laupitz

  • Direct observation of a photoinduced radical pair in a cryptochrome blue-light photoreceptor.

    Till Biskup;Erik Schleicher;Asako Okafuji;Gerhard Link

  • On the reaction mechanism of adduct formation in LOV domains of the plant blue-light receptor phototropin.

    Erik Schleicher;Radoslaw M. Kowalczyk;Christopher W. M. Kay;Peter Hegemann

  • Blue Light Perception in Plants DETECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A LIGHT-INDUCED NEUTRAL FLAVIN RADICAL IN A C450A MUTANT OF PHOTOTROPIN

    Christopher W.M. Kay;Erik Schleicher;Erik Schleicher;Andreas Kuppig;Heidi Hofner

  • Magnetic-field effect on the photoactivation reaction of Escherichia coli DNA photolyase

    Kevin B. Henbest;Kiminori Maeda;P. J. Hore;Monika Joshi

  • Extended Electron-Transfer in Animal Cryptochromes Mediated by a Tetrad of Aromatic Amino Acids.

    Daniel Nohr;Sophie Franz;Ryan Rodriguez;Bernd Paulus

  • Transient EPR of light-induced radical pairs in plant photosystem I: observation of quantum beats

    Gerd Kothe;Stefan Weber;Robert Bittl;Ernst Ohmes

  • The Electronic Structure of the Flavin Cofactor in DNA Photolyase

    Stefan Weber;Klaus Möbius;Gerald Richter;Christopher W. M. Kay

  • Long-Lived Charge Transfer State Induced by Spin-Orbit Charge Transfer Intersystem Crossing (SOCT-ISC) in a Compact Spiro Electron Donor/Acceptor Dyad.

    Dongyi Liu;Ahmed M. El‐Zohry;Maria Taddei;Clemens Matt

  • Transient EPR of light-induced spin-correlated radical pairs. Manifestation of zero quantum coherence

    Gerd Kothe;Stefan Weber;Ernst Ohmes;Marion C. Thurnauer

  • Investigation of intrinsic defects in core-shell structured ZnO nanocrystals

    S. K. S. Parashar;B. S. Murty;S. Repp;S. Weber

  • Electron nuclear double resonance differentiates complementary roles for active site histidines in (6-4) photolyase.

    Erik Schleicher;Kenichi Hitomi;Christopher W.M. Kay;Christopher W.M. Kay;Elizabeth D. Getzoff

  • Photoactivation of the flavin cofactor in Xenopus laevis (6–4) photolyase: Observation of a transient tyrosyl radical by time-resolved electron paramagnetic resonance

    Stefan Weber;Christopher W. M. Kay;Heike Mögling;Klaus Möbius

  • The biophysical, molecular, and anatomical landscape of pigeon CRY4: A candidate light-based quantal magnetosensor

    Tobias Hochstoeger;Tarek Al Said;Dante Maestre;Florian Walter

  • Defect Evolution of Nonstoichiometric ZnO Quantum Dots

    Sergej Repp;Stefan Weber;Emre Erdem

  • Surface passivation of crystalline silicon by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition double layers of silicon-rich silicon oxynitride and silicon nitride

    Johannes Seiffe;Luca Gautero;Marc Hofmann;Jochen Rentsch

  • Self-Initiated Free Radical Grafting of Styrene Homo- and Copolymers onto Functionalized Graphene

    Fabian Beckert;Arpad M. Rostas;Ralf Thomann;Stefan Weber

  • Millitesla magnetic field effects on the photocycle of an animal cryptochrome.

    Dean M. W. Sheppard;Jing Li;Kevin B. Henbest;Simon R. T. Neil

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Bittl
Robert Bittl Freie Universität Berlin
Adelbert Bacher
Adelbert Bacher Technical University of Munich
James R. Norris
James R. Norris University of Chicago
Markus Fischer
Markus Fischer Universität Hamburg
Elizabeth D. Getzoff
Elizabeth D. Getzoff Scripps Research Institute
Ingo Krossing
Ingo Krossing University of Freiburg
Marion C. Thurnauer
Marion C. Thurnauer Argonne National Laboratory
Markus Fischer
Markus Fischer University of Bern
Wolfgang Eisenreich
Wolfgang Eisenreich Technical University of Munich
Takeshi Todo
Takeshi Todo Osaka University

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