Marc Meyers
MARC A. MEYERS is Distinguished Professor of Materials Science at the University of California, San Diego. His research field is the mechanical behavior of materials. Within this field, he has focused on three areas: dynamic behavior of materials, nanocrystalline materials, and biological materials. In the dynamic behavior of materials, the unifying theme is the high rate at which events occur. He initiated this work in 1972 and has dedicated forty-five uninterrupted years to it, unifying it by emphasizing the fundamental physical and chemical phenomena. This has been defined in his now classic book, Dynamic Behavior of Materials (1994, ~2,800 citations in google scholar). He is the co-author of Mechanical Metallurgy, Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Biological Materials Science (CUP, 2014), and approximately 450 papers. His honors include Fellow, TMS, APS, ASM, and Explorers Club as well as awards in the US (APS Duvall, ASM Albert White, Charles Barrett (Rocky Mountain), and Sauveur, TMS Cohen and Educator, Acta Materialia Materials and Society, MSEA Journal, SMD/TMS Distinguished Engineer/Scientist and Service), Europe (Humboldt, DGM Heyn, and DYMAT Rinehart), and China (Lee Hsun). He was co-founder of the Center for Explosives Technology Research, New Mexico Tech, and of the EXPLOMET conference series (1980-2000), as well as Associate Director and Director of the UCSD Institute for Mechanics and Materials, where he co-organized four summer schools. He co-chaired the first three Pan American Materials Conferences, which he co-founded. He is corresponding member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and of the Institut Grand Ducal (Luxembourg). He recently completed the Roosevelt-Rondon Centennial Expedition in honor of these two heroes. He also writes fiction, and is the author of Chechnya Jihad, Mayan Mars, Yanomami, D'Amour et d'Acier, and Our Lady of the Squids.
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