MeyyaMeyyappan is Chief Scientist for Exploration Technology at NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California, USA. Until June 2006, he served as the Director of the Center for Nanotechnology. He is a founding member of the Interagency Working Group on Nanotechnology (IWGN) established by the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). The IWGN is responsible for putting together the National Nanotechnology Initiative.He received IEEE Pioneer Award in Nanotechnology in 2011.