Oxoverdazyl( Vz) radicalu nits were covalently linked to the naphthalenediimide (NDI) chromophore to study the effect of the radicalo nt he photophysical properties, especially the radicale nhanced intersystem crossing (REISC), which is ap romisinga pproach to develop heavyatom-free triplet photosensitizers. Rigid phenylo re thynylphenyll inkers betweent he two moieties were used, thus REISC andf ormation of doublet (D 1 ,t otal spin quantum number S = 1/2) and quartet states (Q 1 , S = 3/2) are anticipated. The photophysical properties of the dyadsw ere studied with steady-statea nd femtosecond/nanosecond transient absorption (TA) spectroscopiesa nd DFT computations. Femtosecond transienta bsorption spectras how af ast electron transfer (< 150 fs), and ISC (ca. 1.4-1.85ps) is induced by charger ecombination (CR, in toluene). Nanosecond transient absorption spectra demonstrated ab iexponential decay of the triplet state of the NDI moiety.T he fast component (lifetime:5 0ns; population ratio:8 0%)i sa ssigned to the D 1 ! D 0 decay,a nd the slow decay component (2.0 ms; 20 %) to the Q 1 !D 0 ISC. DFT computations indicated ferromagnetic interactions between the radicala nd chromophore( J = 0.07-0.13 eV). Reversible formation of the radical aniono ft he NDI moiety by photoreduction of the radical-NDI dyadsi nt he presence of sacrificial electron donor triethanolamine (TEOA) is achieved. This work is useful for design of new triplet photosensitizers based on the REISC effect.