Gerald Meyer
Professor Gerald (Jerry) J. Meyer attended the State University of New York at Albany (B.S. Chemistry and Mathematics, 1985) and the University of Wisconsin at Madison (Ph.D., 1989), working with Arthur B. Ellis. Following a post-doctoral appointment with Thomas J. Meyer he joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins University and later moved to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he is now a Professor of Chemistry and Director of CHASE.
Research in the Meyer lab concerns experimental investigations of excited-state transition metal compounds that drive subsequent electron- or energy-transfer reactions in fluid solution and at semiconductor interfaces. In particular we utilize compounds based on Ru, Cu, Co, Pt, Os, and organic compounds anchored to wide band gap semiconductors based on metal oxides such as anatase TiO₂, ZrO₂, and SnO₂. Practical applications include light-to-electrical energy conversion, chemical sensing, and photo-catalysis. The principle tools of this research are synthetic chemistry, spectroscopy, and electrochemistry.
