Prof. Dr. Chris meier

                                                                       

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Prof. Dr. Chris Meier
Department of Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
University of Hamburg
Martin-Luther-King-Platz 6

D- 20146 Hamburg

Telephone: +4940-42838-4324
Fax : +4940-42838-5592
e-Mail: meier [at] chemie.uni-hamburg.de

Room: OC 502

Secretariat

Marianne Wenzel
Department of Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
University of Hamburg
Martin-Luther-King-Platz 6

D- 20146 Hamburg

Telephone: +4940-42838-2495
Fax : +4940-42838-5592
e-Mail: marianne.wenzel [at] chemie.uni-hamburg.de

Room: OC 503

Curriculum Vitae

• 16.04.1962                 born in Berlin , Germany

• 1982 - 87                    Academic training in Chemistry, Philipps-University of Marburg
                                     and Diploma thesis (Organic Chemistry)

• 1987 - 89                    Ph.D. thesis (Organic Chemistry) in the group of Prof. Dr. Gernot Boche, Chemistry              
  

                                             Department, University of Marburg/Lahn

• 1990 - 91                    Post-doctoral Fellow in the group of Prof. Dr. Jean Igolen and Dr. Tam

                                     Huynh-Dinh, Pasteur-Institute/Paris, France

• 1991- 96                     Habilitation at the Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Frankfurt/Main, Germany                                  

• 1994                           Assistant Professor - C1, Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Frankfurt/Main, Germany

• 1995                           Guest-Professor, University of Montpellier II, France

• 1997                           Associate Professor for Organic Chemistry - C3, Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg, Germany

• since 1999                 Full Professor for Organic Chemistry - C4, University of Hamburg, Germany

• 2008                           Elected Member of the Academy of Sciences of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg

• April 2011                   Guest-Professor, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse III, France

• since May 2012          Member of the Board of Trustees of the Heinrich Pette Institute, Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology, Hamburg, Germany
  

Fellowships and Awards

• 1988                            Ph.D.-Fellowship of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie, Frankfurt/Main

• 1990                            Liebig-Fellowship, Fonds der Chemischen Industrie, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

• 1992                            Habilitation-Fellowship, Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation), Bonn

• 1995                            Adolf-Messer-Award for Interdisciplinary Research

• 2007                            William Prusoff-Award 2007 for Young Investigators given by the International Society for Antiviral Research

Research Interests

• Nucleoside/Nucleotide Chemistry
  

• Pronucleotide Development

• Antisense-Oligonucleotide Chemistry

• stereoselective Synthesis of carbocyclic Nucleoside Analogues
  

• Molecular Basis of the induction of chemical carcinogenesis (Synthesis of Arylamine-modified Oligonucleotides)
  

• Synthesis of Sugar-Nucleotide-Pyrophosphates

• Solid-Support based Organic Synthesis

Memberships in Organisations

• Member of the German Chemical Society (GDCh)

• Member of the Liebig Organisation – Medicinal Chemistry Section

• Member of the International Society of Antiviral Research (ISAR)

• Member of the International Society on Nucleosides, Nucleotides & Nucleic Acids (IS3NA)

Journal Editorial Participation

• Regional Editor of Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry

• Editorial Board Member of Medicinal Chemistry

• Advisory Board Member of Molecular Pharmaceutics

University Services

• Deputy Director of the Institute of Organic Chemistry in Hamburg 2000-2002 and 2004-2006

• Director of the Institute of Organic Chemistry in Hamburg 2002-2004

• Head of the Chemistry Department 2005-2010

• since 01.01.2010 Vice Dean for Research of the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences (MIN)