Peter Sirsch

Peter Sirsch is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Tübingen, part of the Faculty of Science. His research focuses on chemical bonding analysis, electron density distribution, and hydrogen storage materials, employing experimental methods like X-ray diffraction and theoretical approaches such as DFT calculations. He has held academic positions including Juniordozent (Junior Professor) at Tübingen (2011–2017) and postdoctoral roles at the University of New Brunswick, Canada.

Education: Ph.D. (2003, University of Augsburg and Technical University Munich), Diplom (1999, Technical University Munich). Awards include the University of Tübingen Teaching Award (2013) and DFG Postdoctoral Fellowship (2004–2005). His teaching responsibilities include inorganic chemistry seminars, tutoring, and chemistry coaching for undergraduate students. Collaborative research emphasizes weak interactions in main-group and transition-metal complexes, with applications in energy storage materials.

Publications span over 15 years, addressing topics like gallium methylene complexes, magnesium hydride clusters, and coordination chemistry of stannylene-based systems. Research highlights include structural studies of rare-earth metal complexes and insights into hydride bonding in metal hydrides.