Prof. Dr.-Ing. Vera Meyer

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Vera Meyer runs the Chair of Molecular and Applied Microbiology at TU Berlin since 2011.

The research and optimization of fungal cell factories are the focus, with the aim of a more effective use of fungal metabolic potentials for the production of drugs, platform chemicals, enzymes and biomaterials in the sense of a sustainable bioeconomy and circular economy. Together with her team, she pursues a holistic approach and develops as well as combines methods from systems biology and synthetic biology.

Her inter- and transdisciplinary research projects combine natural and engineering sciences with art, design and architecture and create biobased scenarios for possible living environments of the future. Vera Meyer is also active as a visual artist under the pseudonym V. meer, using the means of art to raise awareness in society of the potential of fungi for a sustainable future.