Steve McKeever

Stephen McKeever is Emeritus Regents Professor of Physics at Oklahoma State University. He is the former Oklahoma Secretary for Science and Technology (2011-2017), and the former Vice President for Research and Technology Transfer at Oklahoma State University (2003-2013). As Secretary of Science & Technology he served on the Governor’s Cabinet and was Chairman of the Governor’s Science & Technology Council and UAS Advisory Council. He also sits on numerous Boards and has served on several national scientific committees.

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 over 200 scientific publications and 6 books, and has 6 US and 9 International patents in the area of radiation detection and measurements, specializing in development and applications of luminescence in radiation dosimetry. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, 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.