Paul Zachary Myers (born March 9, 1957) is an American biologist who founded and writes the Pharyngula science-blog.
He is associate-professor of biology at the University of Minnesota Morris (UMM) where he works in the field of developmental biology.
He is a critic of intelligent design (ID), the creationist movement, and other pseudoscientific concepts.In 2006 the journal Nature listed Myers's Pharyngula as the top-ranked blog by a scientist based on popularity.
Myers received the American Humanist Association's 2009 Humanist of the Year award and the International Humanist Award in 2011.