text: Meyers early work featured explored the coordination chemistry of uranium with small molecules such as carbon dioxide and light alkanes. Additionally, Meyers group synthesized novel tripodal N-heterocyclic carbene ligands to stabilize reactive intermediates such as an iron(IV) nitride. 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.  
  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 
  * 2014: The synthesis of a novel tripodal redox-active ligand class, which was then used to stabilize a low-valent U(II) oxidation state complex 
  *2016: The first example of a uranium-based electrocatalyst for the reduction of water to dihydrogen, and the investigation of its reaction mechanism