Contact details and affiliations
Institute of Physical Chemistry, TU Bergakademie Freiberg (Research Associate)
Address: Lessingstraße 45, 09599 Freiberg, Germany
Email address: konrad-joerg [dot] burkmann [at] chemie [dot] tu-freiberg [dot] de (konrad-joerg[dot]burkmann[at]chemie[dot]tu-freiberg[dot]de)
Telephone: +49 3731 39-2398
Navrotsky Eyring Centre for Materials of the Universe, School of Molecular Science, Arizona State University (Adjunct Faculty)
Address: 551 E University Drive, Tempe, AZ 85281, United States
Email address: konrad [dot] burkmann [at] asu [dot] edu (konrad[dot]burkmann[at]asu[dot]edu)
Personal website: here
Research group website: here
Key areas of research
This group’s work focuses primarily on the thermodynamics of rare-earth compounds, which are of significance to the geosciences, materials science, and engineering, but also on other compounds. The most important measured parameters include the heat capacity, the enthalpy of formation, and the absolute entropy of the compounds. Other parameters of interest are thermal expansion, equilibrium constants, electromotive force and phase transition increments. The development of thermoanalytical instruments also plays a role in this context. Further information can be found here.
List of publications
You can find an overview of my publications on the following three websites:
A detailed list can be found here.
Curriculum Vitae
- October 2015–September 2020: Studied Chemistry at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg
- Received a Diploma degree in Chemistry (Dipl.-Chem.)
- 10/2020–12/2024: PhD student at the Institute of Physical Chemistry under supervision of Prof. Dr. Florian Mertens at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg
- Awarded a Dr. rer. nat. (summa cum laude) for a thesis entitled ‘"Systematic investigations into the thermodynamics and stability of selected metal borohydrides from the 1st to the 5th group of the periodic table of elements”
- 01/2025–03/2025: Postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Physical Chemistry under superivision Prof. Dr. Florian Mertens at TU Bergakademie Freiberg
- 04/2025–06/2026: Postdoctoral researcher at the Navrotsky Eyring Centre for Materials of the Universe under supervision of Prof. Dr. Alexandra Navrotsky at Arizona State University, USA
- since 08/2026: Postdoctoral researcher with the intention to pursue a habilitation at the Institute of Physical Chemistry under supervision of Prof. Dr. Florian Mertens at TU Bergakademie Freiberg
Topics for student assistants and final-year projects
We always have exciting topics available for student assistants and for final-year projects (Bachelor’s, Master’s, Diploma). You can find a selection here:
- Synthesis and characterisation of reactive mixtures based on alkaline earth and rare-earth borohydrides
- Synthesis and characterisation of rare-earth oxyphosphates
Further topics are available on request at any time.
