[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.

[6] Here she developed technologies to enhance the way that Chevron delivers energy, with a focus on decarbonisation.

[7] Burger is on the external advisory council for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the Houston Symphony Society and the University of Rochester.

[1] She eventually returned to California to establish at fellowship for women chemists to build careers outside of academia.