Verena Meyer (4 June 1929 – 21 July 2018) was a Swiss nuclear physicist and former President of the University of Zurich.

[2] She originally entered medical school, but eventually switch to physics at the University of Zurich.

[4] Her work in Minnesota, which was a collaborative project with the University of Zurich, focused on the construction of a particle accelerator.

She served in various roles until her retirement in 1994, such as Dean of the Philosophical Faculty II and Vice-President of Research.

[6] In 1976, Meyer was appointed dean of the Faculty of Science, become the first woman told hold such a position.