Norbert Hoffmann studied chemistry at the RWTH Aachen University, Germany and received his PhD degree in 1992. After postdoctoral research in the domains of radical and bioorganic reactions, he obtained a permanent research position in 1993 at the CNRS (Chargé de Recherche) in Reims, France. In 2004, he was appointed Research Director in the CNRS. In 2023, he moved to the Institute of Physics and Chemistry of Materials of Strasbourg (IPCMS), UMR 7504 CNRS - University of Strasbourg. His research interests are in the field of organic photochemistry: electron transfer, photoinduced radical reactions, cycloadditions of aromatic compounds, and application of these reactions to organic synthesis. Further research activities concern the production of fine chemicals from biomass and the synthesis and characterization of dyes.