Weak Radiofrequency Field Effects on Biological Systems Mediated through the Radical Pair Mechanism
A broad assessment of biological magnetic-field effects mediated by radical-pair chemistry.
Read publication →Research profile
Quantum dynamics in realistic molecular environments
I am a theoretical chemist and Carl von Ossietzky Young Researcher Fellow at the Institute of Physics, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg. My research combines electronic-structure theory, open quantum dynamics and multiscale molecular modelling to understand spin-selective chemistry and magnetic-resonance observables in complex molecular and biological systems.
A central objective is to bridge microscopic quantum dynamics and experiment: from radical-pair reactions and spin relaxation to photo-CIDNP, flavin photochemistry, cryptochromes, biomolecular electron transfer and magnetic-field effects in living systems.
Core themes
Research across chemistry, physics and biology
I develop theory and computational workflows that connect molecular structure and dynamics to quantum-spin observables.
Spin chemistry
Radical pairs, magnetic-field effects, coherent spin evolution, spin relaxation and stochastic quantum dynamics.
Multiscale modelling
Molecular dynamics, conformational ensembles, electronic structure and spin dynamics in one connected framework.
Magnetic resonance
Photo-CIDNP, EPR, NMR and reaction-yield detected magnetic resonance as mechanistic probes of spin chemistry.
Flavin photochemistry
Electron transfer, radical-pair formation and magnetosensitivity in cryptochromes and related flavoproteins.
Electronic structure
DFT, TD-DFT and multireference methods for excited states, charge transfer and magnetic parameters.
Scientific computing
General algorithms and high-performance implementations for open-system and large-spin-system simulations.
Selected recent work
From fundamental spin dynamics to biomolecular applications
Multiscale modeling approaches in biomolecular physics
A framework for connecting molecular structure, dynamics and quantum-level observables across scales.
Read publication →Reaction-yield detected magnetic resonance spectroscopy of radical pairs in cryptochrome-4a: a computational study
Reaction-yield detected magnetic resonance applied to radical-pair spin dynamics in cryptochrome-4a.
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MolSpin
I am the lead developer of MolSpin, a general and extensible molecular spin-dynamics framework for coherent and open-system simulations, relaxation, stochastic propagation and magnetic-resonance observables.
Scientific communication
Teaching and invited talks
In 2026 I taught at the international Spin-Chemistry summer school and gave an invited lecture at the German Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) on the relevance of radical-pair mechanisms for radiation protection.