[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.
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.
[14] 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.