Albert Meyers

Albert I. Meyers (November 22, 1932 – October 23, 2007) was an American organic chemist, University Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Colorado State University, and member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences.

After finishing his graduate degree, Meyers worked as a research chemist for a year before joining the faculty of Louisiana State University as an associate professor.

He rose to the rank of full professor in 1964, and was a special NIH fellow at Harvard University in 1965–1966.

Meyers has served on the editorial boards and staff of several major chemical journals, including the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

For his work in the area of synthetic organic chemistry, particularly in synthesis of heterocyclic compounds, Meyers was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 1994.