Marc A. Meyers

Marc Andre Meyers
Marc A. Meyers in 2019
Born (1946-08-10) August 10, 1946
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
CitizenshipBrazilian American
Known forDynamic behavior of materials, synthesis, processing, and characterization of new materials, including nanocrystalline and ultrafine grain materials and biological materials
Scientific career
FieldsMaterials Science, writer
Prof. R. N. Orava

Marc André Meyers (born August 10, 1946) is a Brazilian-American materials scientist, engineer and Distinguished Professor at the Aiiso Yufeng Li Family Department of Chemical and Nano Engineering at the[1] University of California, San Diego.[2] Meyers studies and writes about the dynamic behavior of materials, synthesis, processing, impact testing, and characterization of new materials.[3] He also studies the properties of biological materials,[4] and in particular the protective coverings of animals.[5] Abalone shells,[6] toucan beaks,[7] the scales of exotic fish,[8] feathers, piranha teeth,[8] rabbit skin,[9] boxfish, turtle and armadillo carapaces, and pangolin scales are some of the biological materials studied by his group.

Meyers was born in Brazil.[10] In the summer of 2014, he organized a group to follow the Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific Expedition along the "River of Doubt".[10]

Meyers is the recipient of many awards and recognitions and has been inducted as a Fellow of the American Society for Metals (ASM International (society)), The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) and the American Physical Society (APS). In 2023, Meyers received the Robert Moskovic Award in recognition of an outstanding contribution to "Dynamic Behavior of Materials and Characterization of New Materials" given by the ESIS TC12 technical committee of the European Structural Integrity Society.[11]

Meyers is also a fiction writer, and has published four novels. These books retell stories and drama from many years of working in university research departments.[12]

Novels

  • A Dama E O Luxemburgues (D'Amour et d'Acier, in French translation)
  • Chechnya Jihad
  • Mayan Mars
  • Abscission/Implosion
  • Yanomami: A Novel

References

  1. ↑ "Faculty | Department of NanoEngineering". cne.ucsd.edu. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Translating thought to print | 3D Printing Progress". 3D Printing Progress. May 18, 2015. Archived from the original on September 19, 2019. Retrieved June 22, 2026.
  3. ↑ "Tough, light and strong: Lessons from nature could lead to the creation of new materials". Archived from the original on December 9, 2024. Retrieved June 22, 2026.
  4. ↑ "This Giant Fish Has Adaptable Piranha-Proof Armour". Phenomena. Archived from the original on October 15, 2013. Retrieved June 22, 2026.
  5. ↑ "Seahorse's armor gives engineers insight into robotics designs". eScience. May 1, 2013
  6. ↑ News, Robin Lloyd published in (January 18, 2004). "Abalone Armor: Toughest Stuff Theoretically Possible". Live Science. Retrieved June 22, 2026. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  7. ↑ "National Geographic Magazine - NGM.com". ngm.nationalgeographic.com. Archived from the original on March 25, 2008. Retrieved June 22, 2026.
  8. 1 2 "A Piranha-Proof Fish". www.science.org. Retrieved June 22, 2026.
  9. ↑ Yang, Wen; Sherman, Vincent R.; Gludovatz, Bernd; Schaible, Eric; Stewart, Polite; Ritchie, Robert O.; Meyers, Marc A. (March 27, 2015). "On the tear resistance of skin". Nature Communications. 6 (1): 6649. doi:10.1038/ncomms7649. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 4389263.
  10. 1 2 "San Diego Union-Tribune". San Diego Union-Tribune. June 21, 2026. Retrieved June 22, 2026.
  11. ↑ "ESIS TC12". www.sites.google.com/structuralintegrity.eu/tc12. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  12. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 28, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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