Charge Transfer in DNA: From Mechanism to Application

H.-A. Wagenknecht studied chemistry in Freiburg and received his Ph.D. with Wolf-D. Woggon at the University of Basel. For postdoctoral studies he joined the group of Jacqueline K. Barton at the California Institute of Technology (Pasadena). In 2003, he completed his habilitation and is currently research group leader at the Technical University of Munich. His research interests are in the field of synthetic DNA modifications for electron transfer studies towards DNA-based assays and materials.