Barbara Burger
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University of Rochester
California Institute of Technology
Barbara Burger | |
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 Burger in 2023 | |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley University of Rochester California Institute of Technology |
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| Institutions | Chevron Corporation |
| Thesis | Olefin Insertion and β-Elimination Reactions of Permethylniobocene Olefin Hydride and Permethylscandocene Alkyl Complexes (1987) |
Barbara Burger is an American chemist who is Energy Director and former President of Chevron Technology Ventures at Chevron Corporation. She was awarded the California Institute of Technology Alumni Award in 2021.
Burger was an undergraduate student at the University of Rochester.[1] She was a graduate student in chemistry at California Institute of Technology, and has a degree in business from University of California, Berkeley.[2] Her doctoral research considered olefin insertion and β-Elimination reactions of permethylniobocene olefin hydride.[3] She worked alongside John E. Bercaw, and Paul Chirik described her thesis as one of the "most influential in mechanistic organometallic chemistry".[2] Here she co-authored Vacuum Line Techniques for Handling Air-sensitive Organometallic Compounds,[4] which documented vacuum line techniques that enabled researchers to handle air sensitive organometallic compounds.[4]