Position Title
Academic Advisor
Executive Director, Center for Community and Citizen Science
- School of Education
Ryan Meyer is the Executive Director of the Center for Community and Citizen Science at the UC Davis School of Education. His career has focused on the dynamics between science society, and on the role of science in environmental decision making. He has studied written about science funding, the role of public values in our science system, boundary organizations and co-production of science for decision making, and public participation in research.
Ryan was previously Program Director at the California Ocean Science Trust, a non-profit boundary organization that helps scientists and decision makers collaborate more effectively. He completed his PhD at Arizona State University, where he conducted research on the climate science funding in the US and Australia. He is a Fulbright Scholar, and an affiliate of the Consortium for Science, Policy, and Outcomes at Arizona State University.