Karsten Meyer (chemist)
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Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion Ph.D. 1998
Karsten Meyer | |
|---|---|
| Born | 17 May 1968 |
| 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 17 May 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]
Meyer was born on 17 May 1968 in Herne, Germany.[7][8] He studied chemistry at the Ruhr University Bochum, receiving his diploma (in chemistry) in May 1995.[8] In summer 1995, Meyer then joined the laboratory of Professor Karl Wieghardt at the Max Planck Institute for Radiation Chemistry, where he worked on the synthesis of novel high-valent nitrido complexes of manganese,[9] chromium[10] and iron.[11] These nitrido complexes were generated by the photolysis of the corresponding azido complexes.[8] Meyer graduated in January 1998 with his Ph.D. He then moved to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a DFG Postdoctoral Fellow in 1998 to conduct research in the laboratory of Professor Christopher Cummins.[8] AT MIT, Meyer worked on amido complexes of uranium with novel amido ligands[12] and dinitrogen cleavage with heterobimetallic complexes of niobium and molybdenum.[13]
Independent career
In 2001, Meyer began his independent career as an assistant professor at the University of California, San Diego. Then in 2006, Meyer moved to the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg as the Chair of the Institute of Inorganic & General Chemistry.[14]
Research
Meyer's early work featured explored the coordination chemistry of uranium with small molecules such as carbon dioxide[15][16] and light alkanes.[17] Additionally, Meyer's group synthesized novel tripodal N-heterocyclic carbene ligands[18][19] to stabilize reactive intermediates such as an iron(IV) nitride.[20][21] In 2011, in collaboration with Prof. Jeremy M. Smith's group, Meyer achieved the first synthesis and characterization of a stable iron(V) nitride complex.[22][23][24][25]
Other research highlights include:
- 2013: In collaboration with Prof. Ingo Krossing's group, the first crystallographic characterization of the 2-norbornyl cation, a prototypical non-classical carbocation whose exact structure has been debated for decades[26][27][28][29][30][31][32]
- 2014: The synthesis of a novel tripodal redox-active ligand class,[33][34] which was then used to stabilize a low-valent U(II) oxidation state complex[35]
- 2016: The first example of a uranium-based electrocatalyst for the reduction of water to dihydrogen,[36] and the investigation of its reaction mechanism[37][38]
Awards
- Hellman Fellow, Chris & Warren Hellman Young Faculty Award, 2002[39]
- Faculty Career Development Award, Academic Senate, UCSD, 2003[39]
- Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, 2004[39]
- Lifetime Honorary Member, Israel Chemical Society, 2009[39]
- Visiting Professor at the University of Manchester, since 2009[39]
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Award, 2009[39]
- Dalton Transactions European / African Lectureship Award, 2010[40]
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, 2011[39]
- JSPS Professorship, "Brain Circulation Project", Nagoya Institute of Technology, 2015[39]
- Elhuyar-Goldschmidt Award, Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry, 2017[39]
- Ludwig Mond Award, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2017[4]
- L.A. Chugaev Commemorative Medal, Russian Academy of Sciences, 2017[39]
