[1] He is recognized for numerous awards, publications and for serving on several prestigious scientific and computational mathematics boards and commissions.
Earlier in his life, Meza worked in the Sandia National Laboratories, where he served as a Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff, a recognition only a few had received before him.
[1] Meza later joined the University of California, Merced as a professor in applied mathematics and became a dean of the School of Natural Sciences.
[4] Meza won the Blackwell Tapia Award for his exceptional services in computational and applied mathematics in 2008 for earnestly promoting participation and contribution from scientists and mathematicians from marginalized communities of color.
To honor Meza's contribution towards the success of underrepresented and marginalized students, he was conferred the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) Distinguished Scientist Award.