Bernd Giese
Co-founder & Board of Directors
Bussiness Development
PIQUR
Switzerland
Biography
Bernd Giese is Co-Founder and member of the Board of Directors of PIQUR. Bernd co-directed the synthesis and the bioorganic chemistry of the drugs that are substance of PIQUR. Due to his contribution in synthetic radical chemistry, electron transfer in DNA and peptides, and investigation of cellular signal transduction pathways using chemical compounds, Bernd is recipient of numerous international awards in chemistry including Karl-Winnacker Award 1976, Carl-Duisberg Award 1977, Gottfried-Wilhelm- Leibniz Award 1987, Merck-Schuchardt Award 1988, Tetrahedron Prize for Creativity in Organic Chemistry 2005, Emil Fischer Medal 2006, Norris Award 2009 and Paracelsus Award 2012.
Research Interest
Synthetic radical chemistry, electron transfer in DNA and peptides, and investigation of cellular signal transduction pathways
