This biographical article is written like a résumé. (May 2021) |
Karsten Meyer | |
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Born | |
Nationality | German |
Alma mater | Ruhr University Bochum Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion Ph.D. 1998 |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Inorganic Chemistry, Coordination Chemistry, Bioinorganic Chemistry |
Institutions | Friedrich–Alexander University Erlangen–Nürnberg (FAU) University of California, San Diego |
Thesis | Molecular and Electronic Structure of High-Valent Transition-Metal Nitrido Complexes (1998) |
Doctoral advisor | Karl Wieghardt |
Other academic advisors | Christopher C. Cummins |
Doctoral students | Xile Hu |
Other notable students | Suzanne Bart |
Website | www |
Karsten Meyer (born May 17, 1968, in Herne, Germany) is a German inorganic chemist and Chair of Inorganic and General Chemistry at the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU).[1] His research involves the coordination chemistry of transition metals as well as uranium coordination chemistry, small molecule activation with these coordination complexes, and the synthesis of new chelating ligands.[2][3] He is the 2017 recipient of the Elhuyar-Goldschmidt Award of the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry, the Ludwig-Mond Award of the Royal Society of Chemistry,[4] and the L.A. Chugaev Commemorative Medal of the Russian Academy of Sciences, among other awards. He also serves as an Associate Editor of the journal Organometallics since 2014.[5][6]