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Stephen McKeever is the former Oklahoma Secretary for Science and Technology and was previously the Vice President for Research and Technology Transfer at Oklahoma State University (2003-2013). As Secretary of Science & Technology he served as Chairman of the Governor’s Science & Technology Council, and UAS Advisory Council. He also serves/has served on several national and international scientific committees.
He is currently Emeritus Regents Professor at Oklahoma State University, Department of Physics. He obtained his PhD and DSc from the University of Wales and after postdoctoral work at the universities of Birmingham and Sussex in the UK. He joined the OSU physics faculty in 1983, attained the rank of Associate Professor in 1986 and Full Professor in 1990. He was named a Noble Research Fellow in Optical Materials in 1987, served as head of the Department of Physics from 1995-99, and Associate Dean for Research in the College of Arts & Sciences from 2000-03. Dr. McKeever was named the MOST (More Oklahoma Science and Technology) Chair of Experimental Physics in 1999.
He has authored or co-authored 250 scientific publications including 6 books, and has 6 US and 9 International patents in the area of radiation detection and measurements. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, and a Member of the Health Physics Society. He has also served co-Editor-in-Chief and is presently Consulting Editor of the journal Radiation Measurements.