Gerald Meyer Explained

Gerald J. Meyer is an active researcher and professor of inorganic chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He was previously the Bernard N. Baker Chair In Chemistry at Johns Hopkins University. His research interests include inorganic photochemistry with emphasis on solar energy,^[1] using interfacial electron transfer processes^[2] and dye-sensitized solar cells.^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

Education

Meyer earned a B.S. in chemistry from the University at Albany, SUNY in 1985.In 1989 he earned his Ph.D. in chemistry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he worked with Arthur B. Ellis.From 1989-1991, he did postdoctoral work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with Thomas J. Meyer.^[7]

Career

In 1991, Meyer joined Johns Hopkins University. Meyer was a director of the NSF Collaborative Research Activities in Environmental Science Center (CRAEMS) from 2002-2007.^{[2] [8]} Meyer held the Bernard N. Baker Chair In Chemistry at Johns Hopkins University from 2009 to 2013, and served as chairman of the chemistry department at Johns Hopkins University from 2011 to 2013.^[9]

As of January 2014, he became professor in chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.^[9] He is the director of the University of North Carolina's Center for Solar Fuels (UNC EFRC), an Energy Frontier Research Center funded by the United States Department of Energy.^[10]

He has served on the editorial advisory boards of the American Chemical Society journals Langmuir, Inorganic Chemistry, Chemistry of Materials. He is the associate editor of ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (introduced in 2008)^[9] and the Deputy Editor of ACS Applied Energy Materials (introduced in 2018).^{[11] [12] [13]}

Patents

• Chemical Sensing with Photoluminescent Semiconductor Materials. Meyer, G.J.; Lisensky, G.C.; Ellis, A.B. Serial No. 4,752,588. issued 1988.
• Solar Cells Incorporating Light Harvesting Arrays. Meyer, G.J.; Lindsey, J.S. Serial No. 6,596,935 issued 2003.

Notes and References

1. News: Gunther . Judith Anne . Power Houses . 17 January 2019 . Popular Science . 5. 248. 81 . May 1996.
2. Web site: Dr. Gerald J. Meyer . Gerald Meyer Research Group . 17 January 2019.
3. Web site: Gerald J. Meyer, PhD . UNC Greensboro Events . 17 January 2019.
4. Web site: Dares . Christopher J. . Meyer . Gerald J. . SOLAR HARVEST . Energy Frontier Research Center . U.S. Department of Energy . 17 January 2019.
5. Web site: UNC EFRC: CENTER f or SOLAR FUELS . Energy Frontier Research Center . U.S. Department of Energy . 17 January 2019.
6. Parlane . Fraser G. L. . Mustoe . Chantal . Kellett . Cameron W. . Simon . Sarah J. . Swords . Wesley B. . Meyer . Gerald J. . Kennepohl . Pierre . Berlinguette . Curtis P. . Spectroscopic detection of halogen bonding resolves dye regeneration in the dye-sensitized solar cell . Nature Communications . 24 November 2017 . 8 . 1 . 1761 . 10.1038/s41467-017-01726-7 . 29176734 . 5701207 . 2017NatCo...8.1761P . 17 January 2019.
7. Web site: Gerald J. Meyer . Chemistry Tree.
8. News: New pollutant cleanup technique puzzles, pleases chemists . 17 January 2019 . Eureka Alert . September 9, 2003.
9. News: Deputy Editor Profile: Gerald J. Meyer . 17 January 2019 . ACS Applied Energy Materials.
10. House . Ralph L. . Heyer . Catherine M. . Meyer . Gerald J. . Papanikolas . John M. . Meyer . Thomas J. . The University of North Carolina Energy Frontier Research Center: Center for Solar Fuels . ACS Energy Letters . 4 October 2016 . 1 . 4 . 872–874 . 10.1021/acsenergylett.6b00141 .
11. Meyer . Gerald J. . A New Journal for Applied Energy Research . ACS Applied Energy Materials . 22 January 2018 . 1 . 1 . 1–2 . 10.1021/acsaem.8b00019 . free .
12. Web site: Stanchak . Jesse . ACS Announces Two New Materials Journals . ACS Axial . 17 January 2019. 2017-09-26 .
13. Kemsley . Jyllian . ACS launches two new journals for applied materials research . Chemical & Engineering News . September 28, 2017 . 17 January 2019.