Ernst Meyer received his Ph.D. at the University of Basel in 1990. The topic of force microscopy on ionic crystals and layered materials was treated in his thesis. After a postdoctoral stay at the IBM Research Center Zurich, he started his present position at the University of Basel. Since 2025, he is director of the WSS Research Center for Molecular Quantum Systems (MolQ). 

My research is focussed on scanning probe microscopy investigations of physical and chemical processes at surfaces. Molecules are assembled  and their properties, such as charge and spin, are investigated by scanning probe microscopy. High resolution imaging with non-contact force microscopy gives access to the structure of the molecules.