50 Years Giese Reaction

Two-day symposium to celebrate the 50^th anniversary of the Giese Reaction with focus on radical chemistry.

Program Thursday, 29^th of January 2026

Session 1: History of Radicals
09.30   A Play with experiments: “The Life of Radicals” – PART 1
Protagonists and Experimentalists: Katharina M. Fromm/Fribourg; Uli Lüning/Kiel; Helma Wennemers/Zürich; Dennis Curran/Pittsburg
10.30   Coffee Break
11.00    A Play with experiments: “The Life of Radicals” – PART 2
Protagonists: Hendrik Zipse/Munich; Eric Meggers/Marburg; Dennis Curran/Pittsburg; Ned Porter/Nashville; Bernd Giese/Fribourg; Uli Lüning/Kiel
12.00   Lunch Break & Poster Session

Session 2: Radicals & Light;  Intro & Mediator: Eric Meggers/Marburg
13.30  Paolo Melchiore / Bologna
14.15   Sunggi Lee/Daegu
15.00  Coffee Break
16.00   Dmitri Katayev/Bern
16.45   Ai-Lan Lee/Edinburgh
17.30   Apéro

Program Friday, 30^th of January 2026

Session 3: Radicals & Synthesis; Intro & Mediator: Dennis Curran/Pittsburgh

09.00   David Martin/Grenoble
09.45   Daniele Leonori/Aachen
10.30   Coffee Break
11.00    Armido Studer/Münster
12.00   Lunch Break & Poster

Session 4: Radicals & Biological Systems; Intro & Mediator: Ned Porter/Nashville
13.30  Uta Wille/Melbourne
14.15  Ping Wang/Shanghai
15.00  Coffee Break
15.30  Thomas Ward/Basel
16.15   Bernd Giese/Fribourg
17.00   End of Symposium
19.00   Speakers’ Dinner