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Michael Haumann is affiliated with Freie Universität Berlin in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science, with a particular focus on subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Inorganic Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Organic Chemistry.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics including:

  • Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Electrochemical Analysis and Applications
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Metal Complexes Synthesis and Properties

Michael Haumann has published extensively in various scientific journals. Their frequent publication venues include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database (10 publications)
  • Inorganic Chemistry (4 publications)
  • Angewandte Chemie (4 publications)
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition (3 publications)
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society (3 publications)

Among recent research contributions, several papers stand out:

  • Light-driven formation of manganese oxide by today's photosystem II supports evolutionarily ancient manganese-oxidizing photosynthesis, published in 2020 in Nature Communications
  • Stoichiometric Formation of an Oxoiron(IV) Complex by a Soluble Methane Monooxygenase Type Activation of O2 at an Iron(II)-Cyclam Center, published in 2020 in Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation at Neutral pH-Deciphering the Rate Constraints for an Amorphous Cobalt-Phosphate Catalyst System, published in 2022 in Advanced Energy Materials
  • A Pseudotetrahedral Terminal Oxoiron(IV) Complex: Mechanistic Promiscuity in C−H Bond Oxidation Reactions, published in 2020 in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Operando-informed precatalyst programming towards reliable high-current-density electrolysis, published in 2025 in Nature Materials

Collaboration has been a significant element of their research activity. Frequent co-authors include Holger Dau, Kallol Ray, Stefan Mebs, Peter Hildebrandt, and Dustin Kass, with collaborative counts ranging from 12 to 35 publications.

Best Publications

  • Photosynthetic O2 Formation Tracked by Time-Resolved X-ray Experiments

    M. Haumann;P. Liebisch;C. Müller;M. Barra

  • The manganese complex of photosystem II in its reaction cycle—Basic framework and possible realization at the atomic level

    Holger Dau;Michael Haumann

  • X-ray absorption spectroscopy to analyze nuclear geometry and electronic structure of biological metal centers—potential and questions examined with special focus on the tetra-nuclear manganese complex of oxygenic photosynthesis

    Holger Dau;Peter Liebisch;Michael Haumann

  • How oxygen attacks [FeFe] hydrogenases from photosynthetic organisms.

    Sven T. Stripp;Gabrielle Goldet;Caterina Brandmayr;Oliver Sanganas

  • Synthetic manganese–calcium oxides mimic the water-oxidizing complex of photosynthesis functionally and structurally

    Ivelina Zaharieva;M. Mahdi Najafpour;M. Mahdi Najafpour;Mathias Wiechen;Michael Haumann

  • Bacterial formate hydrogenlyase complex

    Jennifer S. McDowall;Bonnie J. Murphy;Michael Haumann;Tracy Palmer

  • Alternating electron and proton transfer steps in photosynthetic water oxidation

    André Klauss;Michael Haumann;Holger Dau

  • On the structure of the manganese complex of photosystem II: extended-range EXAFS data and specific atomic-resolution models for four S-states.

    Holger Dau;Alexander Grundmeier;Paola Loja;Michael Haumann

  • Eight steps preceding O-O bond formation in oxygenic photosynthesis--a basic reaction cycle of the Photosystem II manganese complex.

    Holger Dau;Michael Haumann

  • Function of Tyrosine Z in Water Oxidation by Photosystem II: Electrostatical Promotor Instead of Hydrogen Abstractor †

    Ralf Ahlbrink;Michael Haumann;Dmitry Cherepanov;Oliver Bögershausen

  • Recent developments in research on water oxidation by photosystem II.

    Holger Dau;Ivelina Zaharieva;Michael Haumann

  • Rapid Loss of Structural Motifs in the Manganese Complex of Oxygenic Photosynthesis by X-ray Irradiation at 10–300 K

    Markus Grabolle;Michael Haumann;Claudia Müller;Peter Liebisch

  • Extent and Rate of Proton Release by Photosynthetic Water Oxidation in Thylakoids: Electrostatic Relaxation Versus Chemical Production+

    Michael Haumann;Wolfgang Junge

  • Electrostatics and proton transfer in photosynthetic water oxidation.

    Wolfgang Junge;Michael Haumann;Ralf Ahlbrink;Armen Mulkidjanian

  • Photosynthetic oxygen evolution: H/D isotope effects and the coupling between electron and proton transfer during the redox reactions at the oxidizing side of Photosystem II

    Michael Haumann;Oliver Bögershausen;Dmitry Cherepanov;Ralf Ahlbrink

  • Introduction of methionines in the gas channel makes [NiFe] hydrogenase aero-tolerant.

    Sébastien Dementin;Fanny Leroux;Laurent Cournac;Antonio L. de Lacey

  • The structure of the manganese complex of Photosystem II in its dark-stable S1-state?EXAFS results in relation to recent crystallographic data

    Holger Dau;Peter Liebisch;Michael Haumann

  • Seven Steps of Alternating Electron and Proton Transfer in Photosystem II Water Oxidation Traced by Time-Resolved Photothermal Beam Deflection at Improved Sensitivity

    André Klauss;Michael Haumann;Holger Dau

  • O2 reactions at the six-iron active site (H-cluster) in [FeFe]-hydrogenase.

    Camilla Lambertz;Nils Leidel;Kajsa G.V. Havelius;Jens Noth

  • From an Fe2P3 complex to FeP nanoparticles as efficient electrocatalysts for water-splitting

    Shenglai Yao;Viktoria Forstner;Prashanth W Menezes;Chakadola Panda

  • Experimental and quantum chemical characterization of the water oxidation cycle catalysed by [RuII(damp)(bpy)(H2O)]2+

    Laura Vigara;Mehmed Z. Ertem;Nora Planas;Fernando Bozoglian

Frequent Co-Authors

Holger Dau
Holger Dau Freie Universität Berlin
Wolfgang Junge
Wolfgang Junge Osnabrück University
Thomas Happe
Thomas Happe Ruhr University Bochum
Ivelina Zaharieva
Ivelina Zaharieva Freie Universität Berlin
Silke Leimkühler
Silke Leimkühler University of Potsdam
Oliver Lenz
Oliver Lenz Johnson & Johnson
Bärbel Friedrich
Bärbel Friedrich Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Antoni Llobet
Antoni Llobet Autonomous University of Barcelona
Peter Hildebrandt
Peter Hildebrandt Technical University of Berlin
Wolfram Meyer-Klaucke
Wolfram Meyer-Klaucke University of Paderborn

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