[1] Born in Hamburg, Germany, Giese received his PhD from the University of Munich under Rolf Huisgen in 1969.
[1] Giese specializes in the bio-organic chemistry and synthesis of radicals in biological systems.
[6] He discovered that long range charge transfer through DNA and Peptides occurs by a hopping mechanism.
[6][7][8] The formation of carbon–carbon bonds by addition of free radicals to alkenes is called the Giese reaction.
[9] Giese developed concepts, guidelines, and synthetic applications for the stereochemistry of radical reactions.