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.