Peter Burger

Prof. Dr. Peter Burger is a Professor at the University of Hamburg, leading the working group AG Burger within the Department of Chemistry (MIN Faculty). His research focuses on small molecule activation (O₂, H₂, CH₄, N₂) using pyridine diimine (PDI) complexes of group 9 metals, particularly targeting selective aerobic oxidation of methane to methanol and photochemical water splitting.

• University of Konstanz (Diplom in Chemistry, 1987; PhD in Chemistry, 1991)
• Postdoctoral research: University of Zurich (1991), UC Berkeley (1991-1993)
• Habilitation (2003) at University of Zurich

Research Interests:
His group investigates organometallic complexes for catalytic applications, including redox flow batteries, molecular switches, and photochemical water splitting. Key methodologies involve synthesis, DFT calculations, and reactive metal-oxo and metal-nitrido species.

Publications:
Recent work spans organometallic chemistry (Iridium/Rhodium complexes), C-H activation, metal-ligand cooperativity, and bioinorganic systems. Topics include methane functionalization, redox-active ligands, and transition metal oxo/nitrido chemistry.

Students:
Current doctoral students include Thomas Marx and Zainab Yusufzadeh. Contact details: Peter.Burger@uni-hamburg.de | peter.burger@chemie.uni-hamburg.de