Dr. Christopher R. Meyer, a Central Valley native who currently is the dean of the
College of Science and Mathematics.
Meyer is a biochemist with extensive teaching, mentoring and leadership at Cal State
Fullerton. He has a vision for collaborative and synergistic scientific research related
to water, food and energy. He developed and taught innovative lab, lecture, and general
education courses to diverse undergraduates and master’s degree students, and successfully
integrated research into a lab course resulting in a high impact paper with student
authors.
He has also served as principal investigator on significant conference grants, including
an innovative Ideas Lab that brought together scientists from the U.S. and U.K. to
collaborate on enhancing photosynthesis, and a national conference in Fullerton focusing
on enhancing student centered research at predominantly undergraduate institutions.
