Hendrik Zipse

Prof. Dr. Hendrik Zipse is a faculty member in the Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU), where he leads research in radical chemistry and organic reaction mechanisms. His work focuses on the SFB 1309 project C03 – Oxidative lesions of modified nucleotide bases, involving synthesis of 15N-labeled nucleotides and oxidation studies.

He has authored the textbook Reactivity and Mechanism in Organic Chemistry (2nd ed., 2023) and contributes to teaching graduate and PhD courses on radical chemistry, computational methods, and organic synthesis. His research integrates theoretical modeling with experimental protocols, emphasizing radical stability, hydrogen abstraction, and oxidation dynamics.

• Key themes: radical stability, oxidation mechanisms, computational modeling
• Recent monograph: Reactivity and Mechanism in Organic Chemistry (2nd ed., RSC 2023)
• Teaching: Computational Chemistry, Radicals in Chemistry and Biology