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Thomas J. Meyer, a chemist and pioneer in solar energy research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will receive the Porter Medal, a photochemistry award, at a symposium on July 15-20.

Meyer is the Arey Distinguished Professor of Chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences and directs the UNC Energy Frontier Research Center, which conducts research on solar fuels and is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science.

The Porter Medal, named for the late Nobel laureate George Porter, is awarded by the European Photochemistry Association, the Inter-American Photochemistry Society and the Asian and Oceanian Photochemistry Association every two years to the scientist who has contributed the most to the subject of photochemistry.

Meyer will receive the award and give a celebratory lecture at the XXIV International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry Symposium on Photochemistry in Coimbra, Portugal.

Meyer first joined the UNC faculty in 1968 and was associate director for strategic research at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Guggenheim and the American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellowships. Meyer is the author of 620 publications, and his research group holds three patents.

Website: http://www.portermedal.com

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