Cal Meyers

Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
Southern Illinois University Carbondale

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:

• Membership in Professional Associations:
  • American Chemical Society

  • Italian Chemical Society

  • New York academy of Sciences (Fellow)

  • Illinois Academy of Sciences

  • Chemical Society (London)

  • Sigma Xi National Scientific Honorary

  • Phi Lambda Upsilon National Chemistry Honorary

• Chaired Paper-Presentation Sessions at Meetings, Conferences and Symposia
  • American Chemical Society National and Regional Meetings - 18 times

  • Hungarian Chemical Society

  • Czech Chemical Society

  • talian Chemical Society

  • International Conference on Sulfur Chemistry - several times

  • International Symposium on Carbanion Chemistry

  • Theory of Organic Reactions Conference (TOR85, Italy)

• Organized Chemistry Conferences and Symposia
  • Chemistry Conference at Southern Illinois University - 1980

  • Symposium on Electron-Transfer Chemistry, American Chemical Society 20th Midwest Regional Meeting - 1985

• Consultantships:
  • Toni Company

  • Heliodyne Corporation

  • Scripps Clinic and research Foundation, La Jolla, CA

  • Diatron Corporation, San Diego, CA

  • Computer Accessories Co., San Diego, CA

  • Hyperion, Inc., Miami, FL

• Evaluation of Manuscripts for Journals and Book Publishers and of Grant Proposals for Agencies:
  • Manuscripts Refereed for publication in:
    • Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data

    • Journal of the American Chemical Society

    • Journal of Organic Chemistry

    • Accounts of Chemical Research

    • Tetrahedron Letters

    • Phosphorus and Sulfur

    • Synthesis

    • Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry

    • International Journal of Chemical Kinetics

    • Canadian Journal of Chemistry

  • Research Grant Proposals Evaluated:
    • Research Corporation

    • National Science Foundation

    • American Chemical Society-Petroleum Research Fund

  • Chemistry Textbook Manuscripts Evaluated for:
    • McGraw-Hill Book Company

    • MacMillan Publishing Company

    • Wiley-Interscience Publishers

    • Random House Publisher

• National Grant-Proposal Evaluation Panels:
  • National Science Foundation's Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement Program [ILI] in Washington; committee member; 1993.

  • National Science Foundation's Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement Program [ILI] in Washington; committee chair; 1995.

• Editorial Boards:
  • International Journal of Sulfur Chemistry Phosphorus and Sulfur

• National Examinations Committees:
  • American Chemical Society National Organic Chemistry Examination Committee (17 Members), 1976-78