Karsten Meyer (chemist)

Meyer was born on 17 May 1968 in Herne, Germany.{{Cite journal|last1=Castro-Rodríguez|first1=Ingrid|last2=Meyer|first2=Karsten|date=2006-03-17|title=Small molecule activation at uranium coordination complexes: control of reactivity via molecular architecture|url=https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2006/cc/b513755c|journal=Chemical Communications|language=en|issue=13|pages=1353–1368|doi=10.1039/B513755C|pmid=16550268|issn=1364-548X}}{{Cite journal|date=2017|title=Karsten Meyer|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/anie.201606067|journal=Angewandte Chemie International Edition|volume=56|issue=2|pages=440–441|doi=10.1002/anie.201606067|issn=1521-3773}} He studied chemistry at the Ruhr University Bochum, receiving his diploma (in chemistry) in May 1995. 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,{{Cite journal|last1=Meyer|first1=Karsten|last2=Bendix|first2=Jesper|last3=Metzler-Nolte|first3=Nils|last4=Weyhermüller|first4=Thomas|last5=Wieghardt|first5=Karl|date=1998|title=Nitridomanganese(V) and -(VI) Complexes Containing Macrocyclic Amine Ligands|url=https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/ja980686j|journal=Journal of the American Chemical Society|volume=120|issue=29|pages=7260–7270|doi=10.1021/ja980686j|issn=0002-7863}} chromium{{Cite journal|last1=Meyer|first1=Karsten|last2=Bendix|first2=Jesper|last3=Bill|first3=Eckhard|last4=Weyhermüller|first4=Thomas|last5=Wieghardt|first5=Karl|date=1998|title=Molecular and Electronic Structure of Nitridochromium(V) Complexes with Macrocyclic Amine Ligands|url=https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/ic980302q|journal=Inorganic Chemistry|volume=37|issue=20|pages=5180–5188|doi=10.1021/ic980302q|issn=0020-1669}} and iron.{{Cite journal|last1=Meyer|first1=Karsten|last2=Bill|first2=Eckhard|last3=Mienert|first3=Bernd|last4=Weyhermüller|first4=Thomas|last5=Wieghardt|first5=Karl|date=1999|title=Photolysis of cis- and trans-[FeIII(cyclam)(N3)2]+Complexes- Spectroscopic Characterization of a Nitridoiron(V) Species|url=https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/ja983454t|journal=Journal of the American Chemical Society|volume=121|issue=20|pages=4859–4876|doi=10.1021/ja983454t|issn=0002-7863}} These nitrido complexes were generated by the photolysis of the corresponding azido complexes. 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. AT MIT, Meyer worked on amido complexes of uranium with novel amido ligands{{Cite journal|last1=Meyer|first1=Karsten|last2=Mindiola|first2=Daniel J.|last3=Baker|first3=Thomas A.|last4=Davis|first4=William M.|last5=Cummins|first5=Christopher C.|date=2000|title=Uranium Hexakisamido Complexes|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/1521-3773%2820000901%2939%3A17%3C3063%3A%3AAID-ANIE3063%3E3.0.CO%3B2-0|journal=Angewandte Chemie International Edition|volume=39|issue=17|pages=3063–3066|doi=10.1002/1521-3773(20000901)39:17<3063::AID-ANIE3063>3.0.CO;2-0|pmid=11028031 |issn=1521-3773}} and dinitrogen cleavage with heterobimetallic complexes of niobium and molybdenum.{{Cite journal|last1=Mindiola|first1=Daniel J.|last2=Meyer|first2=Karsten|last3=Cherry|first3=John-Paul F.|last4=Baker|first4=Thomas A.|last5=Cummins|first5=Christopher C.|date=2000-03-31|title=Dinitrogen Cleavage Stemming from a Heterodinuclear Niobium/Molybdenum N2 Complex: New Nitridoniobium Systems Including a Niobazene Cyclic Trimer|url=https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/om000159k|journal=Organometallics|volume=19|issue=9|pages=1622–1624|doi=10.1021/om000159k|issn=0276-7333}}

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.{{Cite web|title=FAU-based chemist receives award of the Royal Society of Chemistry › Faculty of Sciences|url=https://www.nat.fau.eu/2017/06/19/fau-based-chemist-receives-award-of-the-royal-society-of-chemistry/|access-date=2021-05-20|language=en-GB}}

Meyer's early work featured explored the coordination chemistry of uranium with small molecules such as carbon dioxide{{Cite journal|last1=Castro-Rodriguez|first1=Ingrid|last2=Nakai|first2=Hidetaka|last3=Zakharov|first3=Lev N.|last4=Rheingold|first4=Arnold L.|last5=Meyer|first5=Karsten|date=2004-09-17|title=A Linear, O-Coordinated η1-CO2 Bound to Uranium|url=https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1102602|journal=Science|language=en|volume=305|issue=5691|pages=1757–1759|doi=10.1126/science.1102602|issn=0036-8075|pmid=15375263|bibcode=2004Sci...305.1757C |s2cid=93791804 }}{{Cite journal|last1=Bart|first1=Suzanne C.|last2=Anthon|first2=Christian|last3=Heinemann|first3=Frank W.|last4=Bill|first4=Eckhard|last5=Edelstein|first5=Norman M.|last6=Meyer|first6=Karsten|date=2008-09-17|title=Carbon Dioxide Activation with Sterically Pressured Mid- and High-Valent Uranium Complexes|url=https://doi.org/10.1021/ja804263w|journal=Journal of the American Chemical Society|volume=130|issue=37|pages=12536–12546|doi=10.1021/ja804263w|pmid=18715008 |issn=0002-7863}} and light alkanes.{{Cite journal|last1=Castro-Rodriguez|first1=Ingrid|last2=Nakai|first2=Hidetaka|last3=Gantzel|first3=Peter|last4=Zakharov|first4=Lev N.|last5=Rheingold|first5=Arnold L.|last6=Meyer|first6=Karsten|date=2003-12-01|title=Evidence for Alkane Coordination to an Electron-Rich Uranium Center|url=https://doi.org/10.1021/ja0379316|journal=Journal of the American Chemical Society|volume=125|issue=51|pages=15734–15735|doi=10.1021/ja0379316|pmid=14677950 |issn=0002-7863}} Additionally, Meyer's group synthesized novel tripodal N-heterocyclic carbene ligands{{Cite journal|last1=Hu|first1=Xile|last2=Tang|first2=Yongjun|last3=Gantzel|first3=Peter|last4=Meyer|first4=Karsten|date=2003-02-01|title=Silver Complexes of a Novel Tripodal N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligand: Evidence for Significant Metal−Carbene π-Interaction|url=https://doi.org/10.1021/om020935j|journal=Organometallics|volume=22|issue=4|pages=612–614|doi=10.1021/om020935j|issn=0276-7333}}{{Cite journal|last1=Hu|first1=Xile|last2=Castro-Rodriguez|first2=Ingrid|last3=Olsen|first3=Kristian|last4=Meyer|first4=Karsten|date=2004-02-01|title=Group 11 Metal Complexes of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands: Nature of the MetalCarbene Bond|url=https://doi.org/10.1021/om0341855|journal=Organometallics|volume=23|issue=4|pages=755–764|doi=10.1021/om0341855|issn=0276-7333}} to stabilize reactive intermediates such as an iron(IV) nitride.{{Cite journal|last1=Vogel|first1=Carola|last2=Heinemann|first2=Frank W.|last3=Sutter|first3=Jörg|last4=Anthon|first4=Christian|last5=Meyer|first5=Karsten|date=2008|title=An Iron Nitride Complex|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/anie.200800600|journal=Angewandte Chemie International Edition|volume=47|issue=14|pages=2681–2684|doi=10.1002/anie.200800600|issn=1521-3773|pmid=18306203|s2cid=40134695 }}{{Cite journal|last=Yeston|first=Jake|date=2008-03-14|title=Crystals of an Iron Nitride|journal=Science|language=en|volume=319|issue=5869|pages=1461|doi=10.1126/science.319.5869.1461b|issn=0036-8075|doi-access=free}} 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.{{Cite journal|last1=Scepaniak|first1=Jeremiah J.|last2=Vogel|first2=Carola S.|last3=Khusniyarov|first3=Marat M.|last4=Heinemann|first4=Frank W.|last5=Meyer|first5=Karsten|last6=Smith|first6=Jeremy M.|date=2011-02-25|title=Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity of an Iron(V) Nitride|url=https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1198315|journal=Science|language=en|volume=331|issue=6020|pages=1049–1052|doi=10.1126/science.1198315|issn=0036-8075|pmid=21350172|bibcode=2011Sci...331.1049S|s2cid=20321170 }}{{Cite web|last=Urquhart|first=James|date=2011-02-24|title=Elusive form of iron captured|url=https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/elusive-form-of-iron-captured/3001426.article|access-date=2021-05-21|website=Chemistry World|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2011-02-28|title=Iron(V) Nitride Mimics Nitrogenase Activity|url=https://cen.acs.org/articles/89/i9/IronV-Nitride-Mimics-Nitrogenase-Activity.html|access-date=2021-05-21|website=cen.acs.org}}{{Cite journal|last=Nishibayashi|first=Yoshiaki|date=2011-06-23|title=Nitrido complexes step up|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/nchem.1077|journal=Nature Chemistry|language=en|volume=3|issue=7|pages=502–504|doi=10.1038/nchem.1077|pmid=21697867|issn=1755-4349}}

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{{Cite journal|last1=Scholz|first1=F.|last2=Himmel|first2=D.|last3=Heinemann|first3=F. W.|last4=Schleyer|first4=P. v R.|last5=Meyer|first5=K.|last6=Krossing|first6=I.|date=2013-07-05|title=Crystal Structure Determination of the Nonclassical 2-Norbornyl Cation|url=https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1238849|journal=Science|language=en|volume=341|issue=6141|pages=62–64|doi=10.1126/science.1238849|issn=0036-8075|pmid=23828938|bibcode=2013Sci...341...62S|s2cid=206549219 }}{{Cite web|last=Extance|first=Andy|date=2013-07-04|title=Crystal structure closes classic carbocation case|url=https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/crystal-structure-closes-classic-carbocation-case/6352.article|access-date=2021-05-21|website=Chemistry World|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Stoye|first=Emma|date=2013-12-12|title=Cutting edge chemistry in 2013|url=https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/cutting-edge-chemistry-in-2013/6892.article|access-date=2021-05-21|website=Chemistry World|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Peplow|first=Mark|date=2013-07-10|title=The nonclassical cation: a classic case of conflict|url=https://www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/the-nonclassical-cation-a-classic-case-of-conflict/6368.article|access-date=2021-05-21|website=Chemistry World|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Solving Old Bonding Debate|url=https://cen.acs.org/articles/91/i27/Solving-Old-Bonding-Debate.html|access-date=2021-05-21|website=cen.acs.org}}{{Cite web|last=Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg|date=2013-07-09|title=Chemistry riddle solved|url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130709124000.htm|access-date=2021-05-21|website=ScienceDaily|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Yirka|first=Bob|date=2013-07-05|title=German scientists solve nonclassical 2-norbornyl carbocation structure|url=https://phys.org/news/2013-07-german-scientists-nonclassical-norbornyl-carbocation.html|access-date=2021-05-21|website=phys.org|language=en}}
• 2014: The synthesis of a novel tripodal redox-active ligand class,{{Cite journal|last1=Bart|first1=Suzanne C.|last2=Heinemann|first2=Frank W.|last3=Anthon|first3=Christian|last4=Hauser|first4=Christina|last5=Meyer|first5=Karsten|date=2009-09-09|title=A New Tripodal Ligand System with Steric and Electronic Modularity for Uranium Coordination Chemistry|url=https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/ic9012697|journal=Inorganic Chemistry|volume=48|issue=19|pages=9419–9426|doi=10.1021/ic9012697|pmid=19739633|issn=0020-1669}}{{Cite journal|last1=La Pierre|first1=Henry S.|last2=Kameo|first2=Hajime|last3=Halter|first3=Dominik P.|last4=Heinemann|first4=Frank W.|last5=Meyer|first5=Karsten|date=2014|title=Coordination and Redox Isomerization in the Reduction of a Uranium(III) Monoarene Complex|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/anie.201402048|journal=Angewandte Chemie International Edition|language=en|volume=53|issue=28|pages=7154–7157|doi=10.1002/anie.201402048|pmid=24889470|issn=1521-3773}} which was then used to stabilize a low-valent U(II) oxidation state complex{{Cite journal|last1=La Pierre|first1=Henry S.|last2=Scheurer|first2=Andreas|last3=Heinemann|first3=Frank W.|last4=Hieringer|first4=Wolfgang|last5=Meyer|first5=Karsten|date=2014|title=Synthesis and Characterization of a Uranium(II) Monoarene Complex Supported by δ Backbonding|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/anie.201402050|journal=Angewandte Chemie International Edition|language=en|volume=53|issue=28|pages=7158–7162|doi=10.1002/anie.201402050|pmid=24889659|issn=1521-3773}}
• 2016: The first example of a uranium-based electrocatalyst for the reduction of water to dihydrogen,{{Cite journal|last1=Halter|first1=Dominik P.|last2=Heinemann|first2=Frank W.|last3=Bachmann|first3=Julien|last4=Meyer|first4=Karsten|date=2016|title=Uranium-mediated electrocatalytic dihydrogen production from water|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/nature16530|journal=Nature|language=en|volume=530|issue=7590|pages=317–321|doi=10.1038/nature16530|pmid=26808900|bibcode=2016Natur.530..317H|s2cid=4449447 |issn=1476-4687}} and the investigation of its reaction mechanism{{Cite journal|last1=Halter|first1=Dominik P.|last2=Heinemann|first2=Frank W.|last3=Maron|first3=Laurent|last4=Meyer|first4=Karsten|date=2018|title=The role of uranium–arene bonding in H 2 O reduction catalysis|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/nchem.2899|journal=Nature Chemistry|language=en|volume=10|issue=3|pages=259–267|doi=10.1038/nchem.2899|pmid=29461533|bibcode=2018NatCh..10..259H|issn=1755-4349}}{{Cite journal|last=Mazzanti|first=Marinella|date=2018|title=The secret is in the ring|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/nchem.2940|journal=Nature Chemistry|language=en|volume=10|issue=3|pages=247–249|doi=10.1038/nchem.2940|pmid=29461532|issn=1755-4349}}

• Hellman Fellow, Chris & Warren Hellman Young Faculty Award, 2002{{Cite web|title=Curriculum Vitae › Prof. Dr. Karsten Meyer|url=https://www.inorgchem2.nat.fau.de/home/curriculum-vitae/|access-date=2021-05-21|language=en-US}}
• Faculty Career Development Award, Academic Senate, UCSD, 2003
• Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, 2004
• Lifetime Honorary Member, Israel Chemical Society, 2009
• Visiting Professor at the University of Manchester, since 2009
• Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Award, 2009
• Dalton Transactions European / African Lectureship Award, 2010{{Cite web|title=2011 Call for Nominations! Dalton European/African Lectureship – Dalton Transactions Blog|url=https://blogs.rsc.org/dt/2011/02/25/2011-call-for-nominations-dalton-europeanafrican-lectureship/|access-date=2021-05-20|language=en-US}}
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, 2011
• JSPS Professorship, "Brain Circulation Project", Nagoya Institute of Technology, 2015
• Elhuyar-Goldschmidt Award, Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry, 2017
• Ludwig Mond Award, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2017
• L.A. Chugaev Commemorative Medal, Russian Academy of Sciences, 2017

• German Chemical Society (GDCh), since 1995
• American Chemical Society (ACS), since 1997
• Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), since 2011

Meyer's hobbies include nature and macro photography, scuba diving, and driving his car on a closed circuit.

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