Burkhard König received his Ph.D. in 1991 from the University of Hamburg, Germany. He continued his scientific education as a post-doctoral fellow with Prof. M. A. Bennett, Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, and Prof. B. M. Trost, Stanford University. Since 1999, he is a full professor of organic chemistry at the University of Regensburg. His current research interests are the development of synthetic methods in photoredox catalysis. As one of the pioneers of chemical photocatalysis, he has develop the field of light-driven organic synthesis.