CANEUS 2009 Workshops

Michael A. Meador

NASA Glenn Research Center, USA

Dr. Meador earned a B.A. in Chemistry from Ithaca College in 1978 and the Ph.D. in Physical Organic Chemistry from Michigan State University in 1983. He joined the NASA Lewis Research Center in 1983 as a chemist in the Lubricants Research Section, has been in the Polymers Branch since 1984, and was appointed Branch Chief in 1988.

Dr. Meador is on the Editorial Advisory Boards for High Performance Polymers and Nanotech Briefs, and is a Graduate Faculty Member in the Department of Polymer Science at the University of Akron. His research interests are in the area of polymer synthesis, mechanistic studies of polymer degradation, polymer photochemistry, electronic and photonic materials and the application of biotechnology and nanotechnology in the development of new material systems. Dr. Meador is the author of more than sixty publications and five US patents. He is a member of the Society of Advanced Materials and Process Engineering and the Organic and Polymer Chemistry Divisions of the American Chemical Society. He received the NASA Medal for Equal Opportunity in 2002.