Albert Meyers

Albert I. Meyers ( born November 22, 1932 in New York City; † 23 October 2007) was an American chemist. He was until his retirement Professor at Colorado State University and a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences.

Meyers graduated from New York University and was there received his doctorate in 1957 for PhD. After a year of research, he became associate professor at Louisiana State University. There he was a full professor in 1964. In 1970 he moved to the Wayne State University and finally in 1972 to the Colorado State University.

His field was the synthetic organic chemistry and especially the synthesis of heterocycles and with. He is named after the found of him Meyers synthesis and a Chair at Colorado State University.

In 1994 he was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences.