Professor of Applied Mathematics and former Dean of the School of Natural Sciences at UC Merced (2011-2017), which has programs in Applied Mathematical Sciences, Environmental and Evolutionary Sciences, Health and the Environment, Biomedical Sciences, Biological Chemistry and Physics, Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics and Condensed Matter Physics and Chemistry. He also holds a position as Professor of Applied Mathematics. Prior to joining UC Merced, Dr. Meza was a Senior Scientist and the Department Head of High Performance Computing Research at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The department focuses on research in computational sciences and engineering, numerical algorithms, scientific data management, visualization, and computer architectures. Dr. Meza has degrees in electrical engineering (B.S. 1978 and Masters 1979, Rice University) and computational mathematics (Masters, Ph.D., 1986, Rice University). Prior to joining LBNL, Dr. Meza was a Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia