Anderson Sunda-Meya

Sunda-Meya was born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] He studied at Le Collège Bonsomi, where he majored in maths and physics. He earned a laurea in theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University. Sunda-Meya eventually moved to the United States, where he decided that he wanted to pursue a career in science. He first studied physics at North Carolina State University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in 2001 and a doctorate in 2007. His doctoral research considers the shape and stability of nanostructures during their growth and post-deposition processing.[3] After spending twelve years in North Carolina, Sunda-Meya moved to New Orleans, where he was offered a tenure-track position at Xavier University of Louisiana.[4]

Alongside his research on nanomaterials and their application in electronic devices, Sunda-Meya looks to inspire and mentor physics students.[5] He has been honoured with numerous awards for teaching, including the Norman C. Francis Faculty Excellence Awards for Service and Teaching.[6] Beyond his roles at Xavier University of Louisiana, Sunda-Meya directs the Dual Degree Engineering Program and of the Louisiana Engineering Advancement Program.[4] In 2020 Sunda-Meya was elected Associate Dean at Xavier University of Louisiana.[7] He was awarded the 2021 American Physical Society Excellence in Physics Education Award.[8] Together with his wife, Doryne Sunda-Meya, Sunda-Meya looks to support communities in Luila Village in the Congo.[9]

• Chilvery, Ashwith; Das, Sanjib; Guggilla, Padmaja; Brantley, Christina; Sunda-Meya, Anderson (2016-12-01). "A perspective on the recent progress in solution-processed methods for highly efficient perovskite solar cells". Science and Technology of Advanced Materials. 17 (1): 650–658. Bibcode:2016STAdM..17..650C. doi:10.1080/14686996.2016.1226120. ISSN 1468-6996. PMC 5101873. PMID 27877911.
• Krishnatreya, Bhaskar Jyoti; Colen-Landy, Arielle; Hasebe, Paige; Bell, Breanna A.; Jones, Jasmine R.; Sunda-Meya, Anderson; Grier, David G. (2013-12-23). "Measuring Boltzmann's constant through holographic video microscopy of a single colloidal sphere". American Journal of Physics. 82 (1): 23–31. doi:10.1119/1.4827275. ISSN 0002-9505.
• Fandio Jubgang, Défi Jr.; Dikandé, Alain M.; Sunda-Meya, A. (2015-11-20). "Elliptic solitons in optical fiber media". Physical Review A. 92 (5): 053850. arXiv:2109.07714. Bibcode:2015PhRvA..92e3850F. doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.92.053850. S2CID 125924429.