Gerald J. Meyer is an active researcher and the Arey Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

He was previously the Bernard N. Baker Chair In Chemistry at Johns Hopkins University.

From 1989-1991, he did postdoctoral work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with Thomas J.

[7] Meyer was a director of the NSF Collaborative Research Activities in Environmental Science Center (CRAEMS) from 2002-2007.

[7] As of January 2014, he became professor in chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.