of such events, which are highly dependent on the local DNA environment, rendering the conventional models of chemical kinetics inadequate for describing them. Career While at Strasbourg in 1981, Markovitsi joined the CNRS. Markovitsi served as president of the European Photochemistry Association from 2007 to 2010, and since 2014 she has been the president of the International Photochemistry Foundation. Relevant Publications Balanikas, E.; Banyasz, A.; Baldacchino, G.; Markovitsi, D. Deprotonation Dynamics of Guanine Radical Cations. Photochem. Photobiol. 2022, 98, 523-531. Gustavsson, T.; Markovitsi, D. Fundamentals of the Intrinsic DNA Fluorescence. Acc. Chem. Res. 2021, 54, 1226-1235. Balanikas, E.; Banyasz, A.; Douki, T.; Baldacchino, G.; Markovitsi, D. Guanine Radicals Induced in DNA by Low-Energy Photoionization. Acc. Chem. Res. 2020, 53, 1511–1519. Banyasz, A.; Vay, I.; Changenet-Barret, P.; Gustavsson, T.; Douki, T.; Markovitsi, D. Base-pairing enhances fluorescence and favors cyclobutane dimer formation induced upon absorption of UVA radiation by DNA. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 5163-5165. Ecoffet, C.; Markovitsi, D.; Millie, P.; Lemaistre, J. Electronic excitations in organized molecular systems. A model for columnar aggregates of ionic compounds. Chem. Phys. 1993, 177, 629-643. References 1954 births Living people Photochemists 20th-century women scientists