Biography

Dr. Meier obtained a diploma and Ph.D. degrees in Chemistry from the University of Marburg, Germany in 1989. He joined the Organic Chemistry Department at the Pasteur-Institute in Paris, France from 1990 to 1991 as a Post-Doc. In 1996 he obtained the Habilitation in Organic Chemistry from the University of Frankfurt/Main, Germany. 1997 he was appointed as associate professor at the University of Würzburg, Germany and then in 1999 he joined University Hamburg, Germany as a full professor for Organic Chemistry. He received several awards, one being the Williams Prusoff-Award from the International Society of Antiviral Research (ISAR). He is currently the president elect of the International Society on Nucleoside, Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids (IS3NA) and a board of director’s member of the ISAR. Recently he was awarded with the Zhiquiang-guest professorship from Shanghai University. He has published more than 220 scientific publications and is the inventor of 12 issued patents.

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Research Interest

Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Biochemistry, Organic Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Chemical Biology