Jürgen Zeier

Jürgen Zeier is a Research Professor at the Institute of Plant Molecular Ecophysiology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, investigating metabolic regulation of plant-environment interactions with emphasis on systemic acquired resistance (SAR) and immune-active metabolites like N-hydroxypipecolic acid (NHP).

His core research areas include:

• Plant Immunity and SAR mechanisms
• NHP/Pip/Salicylic Acid metabolic pathways
• Plant-microbe interactions in rhizosphere
• Edaphic adaptation and root microbiome dynamics
• Metabolite signaling in defense-growth tradeoffs

Analysis of his 2009-2023 publications reveals sustained focus on the pipecolate pathway, establishing NHP as a mobile immune regulator and demonstrating SAR termination via glycosyltransferase-mediated inactivation. His work bridges biochemical characterization, molecular genetics, and systems biology to decode plant immune networks.

No information on advising or grant funding is provided in source materials.

Prof. Zeier utilizes CEPLAS infrastructure including Plant Metabolism and Metabolomics Facility and Imaging Platform for research on plant performance optimization through synthetic biology and data science approaches.