Background
Meier, Beat was born on April 14, 1949 in Thundorf, Switzerland. Son of Karl and Charlotte (Peyer) Meier.
Meier, Beat was born on April 14, 1949 in Thundorf, Switzerland. Son of Karl and Charlotte (Peyer) Meier.
Diploma, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, 1974. Doctor of Philosophy, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zurich, 1978.
Assistant, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zurich, 1974-1978; oberasst., Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zurich, 1982-1987; titular professor, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zurich, since 1992; group leader, Cilag AG, Schaffhausen, 1979-1981; research director, Zeller AG, Romanshorn, since 1988. Vice president SMGP, Zurich, 1988-1994, president, since 1995.
With Swiss Army, 1969-1992. Member of Gesellschaft fuer Phytotherapie (R.F. Weiss award 1998), Neue Schweizerische Chemical Gesellschaft, American Society Pharmacognosy, Society Medicinal Plant Research (member advisory board since 1995, Egon-Stahl award 1988).
Married Marianne Liebi. Children: Oliver Flurin, Luzia Christina.