From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Paul Zachary PZ Myers born March 9 1957 is an American biology professor at the University of Minnesota Morris UMM and the author of the science blog Pharyngula He is currently an associate professor of biology at UMM works with zebrafish in the field of evolutionary developmental biology evodevo and also cultivates an interest in cephalopods He has published numerous research papers in Nature and other notable scientific journals He is a public critic of intelligent design ID and of the creationist movement in general and is an activist in the American creationevolution controversy He is widely regarded as a confrontationalist In 2006 the journal Nature listed his blog Pharyngula as the topranked blog written by a scientist Additionally PZ Myers was the recipient of the Humanist of the Year award in 2009 Asteroid 153298 Paulmyers is named in his honor Description above from the Wikipedia article PZ Myers licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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