Mary Ann Meador received a B.S. in Chemistry from Duquesne University in 1979 and a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Michigan State University in 1983. Currently, she is a senior scientist in the Materials Chemistry and Physics Branch of the Materials and Structures Division at NASA Glenn. She is an associate editor for ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces and was recently appointed as Adjunct Professor of Polymer Engineering at the University of Akron.