CURRICULUM VITAE

 

 

 

Name:                               Arthur J. Meyers, Jr.

Preferred:                         Art Meyers                                 

Place of Birth:                 Auburn, New York

Date of Birth:                   March 9, 1951

Marital Status:                 Married

Children:                          One daughter, one son

Hobbies:                          Photography, travel, cooking, hiking

Home Address:              124 Partridge Place, Kingsport, TN  37663

Home Telephone:          (423)-239-5310 / (423)-361-1280

Business Address:       Eastman Chemical Company

                                            P. O. Box 1972, Building 150B

                                            200 South Wilcox Drive, Kingsport, TN 37662 (USA)

Business Telephone:   (423)-229-3463 (Office), (423)-224-0377 (Laboratory)

                                       (423)-229-4558 (Fax), e-Mail: ajmeyers@eastman.com 

 

FORMAL EDUCATION:    

 

1969-70:           University of Florida

                           Gainesville, Florida

                           (Florida Regents Scholar)

 

1970-73:           University of Central Florida

                           Orlando, Florida

                           B. S. Degree in Biological Sciences, magna cum laude

 

1973-78:           University of Miami

                           Coral Gables, Florida

                           Ph. D. Degree in Microbiology, summa cum laude

                         Evaluation of the 'Dimethyl Ether Pathway' for Methane Metabolism

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITES

 

Member of University of Florida Men's Glee Club (1970)

 

TRAINING & EXPERTISE:

 

Microbial Physiology; Microbial Ecology; Biodegradation; Biodeterioration; Wastewater Treatment; Biofouling-Biocontamination; Microbiocide Application; Mycology; Optical Microscopy-Photomicroscopy; Fermentation; Chemistry-Biochemistry; Water Treatment; C1 Metabolism; Radiochemistry; Stock Culture Maintenance; Culture Media Selection;  Biosafety; Microbiology GLP; Microbial Taxonomy;  Microbial Indoor Air Quality (IAQ); Sterilization-Disinfection

 

CONTINUING EDUCATION:

 

ASM Workshop:  "Biodegradation of Selected Chemicals" 1989 (7.0 h)

 

ASM Workshop:  "Selected Topics in Statistics for Environmental Microbiologists" 1989 (6.75 h)

 

ASM Workshop:  "Principles of Bioremediation" 1991 (7.5 h)

 

ASM Workshop:  "Transforming Microbiology Research in Microbiology to Engineering Applications" 1991 (6.5 h)

 

ASM Workshop: "Laboratory Biotreatability Studies - Designs, Performance, and Evalu-ation" 1992 (5.25 h)

 

ASM Workshop:  "Sick Building Syndrome and Indoor Air" 1993 (7.75 h)

 

AIHA Workshop:  "Microorganisms in Indoor Air - Health Complaints Associated with Environmental and Occupational Settings" 1994 (8.0 h)

 

“Wastewater Microbiology Workshop”: In Situ Identification of Activated Sludge Micro-organisms" 1995 (24 h)

 

"Windows v3.X Lev 1." Computer Learning Center, Kingsport, TN. 1995 (7 h)

 

 "Windows v6.0 for Windows Lev 1." Computer Learning Center, Kingsport, TN (7 h)

 

ASM Workshop:  "Good Manufacturing Practices Microbiology Series: Basics of Micro-biological Monitoring" 1997 (6 h)

 

ASM Workshop:  "Biocide and Preservative Tolerance Development: What It Is and How to Prevent It" 1997 (6 h)

 

“Radiation Safety Seminar,” Englehardt & Associates, Inc. 2004 (14 h)

 

“WWT Process Control Workshop,” Rothberg, Tamburini & Winsor, Inc., 2004 (20 h)

 

"DOT-IATA-Transportation of Radioactive Materials," KWS Training, Inc. 2005 (4 h)

 

 

EASTMAN CAREER:

 

1978 -- Microbiologist, Power & Services Division, Wastewater Treatment: Development  Group

 

1984 -- Senior Microbiologist, Power & Services Division, Wastewater Treatment: Development  Group

 

1989 -- Principal Microbiologist, Power & Services Division, Wastewater Treatment:  Development  Group

 

1990 -- Development Associate, Power & Services Division, Wastewater Treatment:  Development  Group

 

1995 -- Development Associate, Health, Safety & Environmental Services Division, Team Leader, Environmental Bio-sciences Group

 

1998 -- Development Associate, Utilities Division, Waste Disposal Services, Environ-mental Services Laboratory

 

1999-2001 -- Development Associate, Global Corporate Analytical Services Division, Environmental Services Laboratory, Microbiology Section

 

2001-2003 – Technical Director, Global Corporate Analytical Services Division, Global Corporate Analytical Services Division, Environmental Services Laboratory, Micro-biology Section

 

2003-Present – Development Associate, Global Polymers & Research Analytical Services, Analytical Chemistry Laboratory, Microbiology Section 

 

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS:

 

S. Hyder, A. Meyers & M. Cayer. Membrane modulation in a methylotrophic bacterium Methylococcus capsulatus as a function of growth substrate. 1979. Tissue & Cell 11:  587-610.

 

A. J. Meyers. Evaluation of bromomethane as a suitable analogue in methane oxidation studies.  1980.  FEMS Microbio. Lett. 9:  297-300.

 

Microbial involvement in poor sludge settleability in an industrial wastewater treatment system.  A. Meyers.  1980.  In Abstracts of Annual Meeting of KY-TN Branch of the American Society for Microbiology, Gatlinburg, TN.

 

Isolation and characterization of phenol-utilizing yeast present in an industrial waste-water treatment system.  A. J. Meyers. 1981.  In Abstracts of KY-TN Branch of the American Society for Microbiology, Lexington, KY.

 

A. J. Meyers. Obligate methylotrophy:  evaluation of methyl formate as a C1 com-pound. 1982.  Can. J. Microbiol.  28:  1401-1404.

 

A. J. Meyers. Obligate methylotrophy:  evaluation of dimethyl ether as a C1 compound.    1982.  J. Bacteriol.  150:  966-968.

 

A. J. Meyers Involvement of Cephalosporium coremioides in biofouling of an acetone recovery system. 1984.  Mycologia 76:  351-353.

 

A. Meyers Bulking in an industrial wastewater treatment system due to Geotrichum candidum. 1984.  Can. J. Microbiol.  30:  966-970.

 

A. Meyers & C. D. Meyers Hyphomicrobium-mediated sludge bulking in an industrial wastewater treatment system. 1986.  In Abstracts of Annual Meeting of  the American Society for Microbiology.  Washington, D.C.

 

A. J. Meyers Involvement of Trichosporon cutaneum in biofouling of an organic acid recovery system. 1986.  Mycologia 78:469-470.

 

A. J. Meyers. Contamination of aqueous glycerol solution by Cladosporium clado-sporioides. 1988.  Mycologia 80: 732-734.

 

A. J. Meyers. 1991.  Use of specific oxygen uptake rate (SOUR) to measure biosludge

respiratory activity. In Proceedings of the ECC Development Technical Conference, Kingsport, TN.

 

Anaerobic digestion of industrial activated aerobic sludge.  J. Goodloe, H. Kitsos,

A. J. Meyers, J. Hubbard & R. Roberts.  1993.  In Emerging Technologies in Hazardous Waste Management III (D. Tedder & F. Pohland, eds.), ACS: New York, 466p.

 

Characterization of microbial populations associated with activated sludge process control problems.  1996.  C. A. LaJoie, A. C. Layton, I. R. Gregory, A. J. Meyers, and

G. S. Sayler.  In Abstracts from the General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, New Orleans, LA.

 

A. J. Meyers, G. Dougal, F. W. Quillen, D. E. Taylor & J. Hensley. 1996. Implementa-  tion of replacement fungicide in TED's airwasher system. In Proceedings of Annual Eastman Worldwide Technical Conference, Kingsport, TN.

 

A. J. Meyers, C. A. LaJoie, A. C. Layton, D. E. Taylor & R. Wilhelm. 1996. Develop- ment of gene probe biotechnology to augment microscopic monitoring of viscous bulking in TED's wastewater treatment system. In Proceedings of Annual Eastman Worldwide Technical Conference, Kingsport, TN.

 

C. A. LaJoie, A. J. Meyers, A. C. Layton, D. E. Taylor, I. R. Gregory, and G. S. Sayler. Molecular analysis of zoogloeal clusters in viscous sludge. 1997. (Presented at 70th Annual Conference & Exposition of the Water Environment Federation, Chicago, IL).

 

J. Barber, C. Bullard, and A. Meyers. 1997. Nitrogen supplementation strategy for variable-strength industrial wastewater. Presented at 70th Annual Conference & Exhibition of the Water Environment Federation held in Chicago, IL.

 

A. J. Meyers & J. S. Hensley. 1998. Biofouling at a chemical manufacturing plant: A 20- year retrospective on slime problems at Eastman Chemical Company. In Proceedings of  Annual Eastman Worldwide Technical Conference, Kingsport, TN.

 

C. A. LaJoie, A. C. Layton, I. R. Gregory, G. S. Sayler, D. E. Taylor, and A. J. Meyers. 1999. Molecular analysis of zoogloeal clusters in viscous sludge. Water Environment Research 72(1): 56-64.

 

A. C. Layton, P. N. Karanth, C. A. LaJoie, A. J. Meyers, I. R. Gregory, R. D. Stapleton,  D. E. Taylor, and G. S. Sayler. Quantitation of Hyphomicrobium populations in activated sludge from an industrial wastewater treatment system as determined by 16S rRNA analysis. 2000.  Applied & Environmental Microbiology 66: 1167-1174.

 

A. J. Meyers & J. S. Hensley. 2000.  Skills and functions of the Microbiology Section of the Environmental Services Laboratory at Eastman Chemical Company. (Presented at the Eastman Worldwide Technical Conference, Kingsport, TN.)

 

H. Dionisi, G. Harms, A. Layton, S. Hawkins, I. Gregory, A. Meyers, K. Robinson, and G. Sayler. 2002.  Application of real-time PCR and traditional methods for the quantita-tion of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in mixed liquor suspended solids of an industrial wastewater treatment plant. (Presented at the 12th Annual Tennessee Resources Symposium, Nashville, TN).

 

H. Dionisi, A. Layton, S. Hawkins, I. Gregory, A. Meyers, K. Robinson, and G. Sayler. 2002. Characterization and quantitation of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in the mixed-liquor suspended solids of an industrial wastewater treatment plant using molecular and traditional methods. (Presented at the 102nd General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, Salt Lake City, UT).

 

Hallberg, S., A. Meyers, and D. Calvert. 2002. Purple spots on my White House! What’s up with that? (Presented at the Eastman Worldwide Technical Conference & Exhibition, Kingsport, TN).

 

M. Allen, K. Welch, B. Prebyl, D. Baker, A. Meyers, and G. Sayler. 2004. Analysis and glycosyl composition of the exopolysaccharide isolated from the floc-forming waste-water bacterium Thauera sp. MZ1T. Environmental Microbiology 6(8): 780-790.

 

A.C. Layton, H. Dionisi, D.H.-W., Kuo, K.G. Robinson, V.M. Garrett, A. Meyers, G.S. Sayler. 2004. Emergence of competitive dominant ammonia-oxidizing bacterial pop-ulations in a full-scale industrial wastewater treatment plant. Applied & Environmental Microbiology 71(2): 1105-1108.

 

A. J. Meyers. 2004. Purple spots at the White House – Mystery Solved! (Presented at the DIR-AG Meeting, Kingsport, TN)

 

Layton, A.C., Garrett, V.M., Kuo, D.H.-W, Meyers, A. J., Robinson, K.G., and Sayler, G.S. 2004. Real-time PCR quantitation of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) in a bench-scale activated sludge industrial wastewater treatment system. (Presented at the 105th General Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology, Atlanta, GA)

 

E. Hollowell, Hanson, L., Davis, D, A. Meyers, and C. Greenwalt. 2004. Water Treat-ment consolidation team effort. (Presented at the Eastman Utilities Forum Meeting, Kingsport, TN).

 

D.H.-W. Kuo, Robinson, K.G., Layton, A.C., Garrett, V.M, Meyers, A. J., and Sayler, G.S. 2006. Real-time PCR quantification of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB): Solids retention time (SRT) impacts during activated sludge treatment of industrial wastewater. Environmental Engineering Science 23(3): 507-520.

 

A. J. Meyers, Matosky, A, and Vanzant, L. 2005. Microbial validation of manufacturing process water for pharma/cosmetic  products. (Presented at the Eastman Worldwide Technical Conference, Kingsport, TN)

 

A. J. Meyers, and Lloyd-Saylor, T. 2005. Biotreatability testing of waste streams for waste-water treatment disposal. (Presented at the Eastman Worldwide Technical Conference, Kingsport, TN).

 

Lloyd-Saylor, T., Meyers, A., and Cunningham, L. 2005. Die-away biotreatability study for 4-nitrilophthalimide. (Presented at the Eastman Worldwide Technical Conference, Kingsport, TN).

 

Meyers, A. & Matosky, A. 2006. ACRL Microbiology: Capabilities & Successes. (Pre-sented at the Global Analytical Services Seminar Series, Kingsport, TN).

 

Kuo, D. H.W., K. G. Robinson, A. C. Layton, C.D. Cox, A. J. Meyers, and G. S. Sayler. 2006. Assessing short-term shifts in ammonia-oxidizing activity by Nitrosomonas europea based on amoA mRNA level induced by different ammonia and dissolved oxygen levels. (Presented at the 106th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, Orlando, FL).

 

Meyers, A.J., and Matosky, A. J. 2006. Orange Mould – Neurospora Infection of Pine Pallets. (Presented at both the Combined Chemicals, Polymers and CASPI Technology Divisions Posters Session and the Market-facing Poster Session, Kingsport, TN).

 

Matosky, A. J., and Meyers, A. J. 2007. Workshop: Plant Hygiene Opportunities at Eastman. (Presented at the Eastman Worldwide Innovation Technology Conference, Kingsport, TN).

 

Matosky, A. J., and Meyers, A. J. 2007. The Changing Regulatory Environment in Regards to Biocides and the Impact on Eastman. (Presented at the Eastman Worldwide Innovation Technology Conference, Kingsport, TN).

 

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

 

Co-technical adviser for training video produced by NUS Training, Inc. entitled "Water Treatment 3: Systems Operations", with written student & instructor guide books. 1994.

 

Co-author/reviewer of a news feature article entitled “We’ve got bugs and we’re glad.” Eastman Neighborhood Pipeline.  August Issue, 1999. Kingsport, TN.

 

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES & AFFILIATIONS

 

Peer Reviewer for Biotechnology Progress

Peer Reviewer for Journal of Environmental Management

Peer Reviewer for Applied Biochemistry & Biotechnology

Peer Reviewer for Environmental Science & Technology

Peer Reviewer for Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research

Book Reviewer for ASM News (American Society of Microbiology)

Book Reviewer for SIM News (Society for Industrial Microbiology)

Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Member (University of Miami)

Member of American Society of Microbiology Science Education Network

Eastman Industrial Biosafety Committee Secretary (IBC)

Eastman Analytical Microscopy Subcommittee Vice-Chairperson

Member of American Society for Microbiology (ASM)

Member of Society for Industrial Microbiology (SIM: Quarter Century Club)

Member of Mycological Society of America (MSA)

Adjunct Professorship (University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN)

Ph.D. Committee of M. S. Allen (UT Dept. of Microbiology)

Ph.D. Committee of D. H.-W. Kuo (UT Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering)

Eastman Liaison for UT Center for Environmental Biotechnology (UTCEB)

Eastman Representative on INDA-EDANA Flushability Committee

Eastman Representative on INDA-EDANA Flushability Communications Task Force

WERF Technical Advisor on Project (RPP #98-CTS-2)

WERF Project Supervisory Committee (RFP #00-HHE-1)

WERF Project Supervisory Committee (RFP#00-HHE-6)

WERF Project Supervisory Committee (RFP#99-CTS-3-UR)

WERF Supervisory Committee (RFP #01-HHE-1)

WERF Supervisory Committee (RFP #01-WSM-2b)

WERF Subscriber Committee (Wastewater Treatment & Reuse)

WERF Subscriber Committee (Solids Treatment, Residuals & Reuse)

WERF Exploratory Team (New Opportunities for Resource Recovery for Biosolids)

WERF Issue Area Team (Optimization of Wastewater & Solids Operations)

Gratis Deposition of Geotrichum candidum strain TEC-80 (ATCC #60005)

Patented Deposition of Hyphomicrobium denitrificans strain M3 (ATCC #202122)

 

 

AWARDS/HONORS

 

"Excellence in Review Award" from Environmental Science & Technology (2006)

 

 

MAJOR CAREER ACHIEVEMENT:

 

Establishment of a fully functioning industrial microbiology program at a major chemical manufacturer, i.e., Eastman Chemical Company, providing scientific analysis, technical knowledge, and consultations-recommendations for internal customers in the areas of cGMP production of chemicals, validation of process manufacturing water, wastewater treatment disposal, control-remediation of biofouling/biocontamination, and support of new bio-related business opportunities corporate-wide.