Burkhard König received his Ph.D. from the University of Hamburg, Germany and was a post-doctoral fellow with Prof. M. A. Bennett, Australian National University, Canberra, and Prof. B. M. Trost, Stanford University, U.S.A. Since 2000, he is a full professor of organic chemistry at the University of Regensburg, Germany. His research interests revolve around the use of visible light in organic synthesis as efficient and sustainable energy source.