P.Z. Myers
| PZ Myers | |
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PZ Myers in London in 2006
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| Born | Paul Zachary Myers March 9, 1957 Kent, Washington, U.S. |
| Residence | United States |
| Fields | Evolutionary developmental biology |
| Institutions | University of Minnesota Morris |
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University of Washington University of Oregon |
| Known for | Pharyngula (blog) |
Paul Zachary "PZ" 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 with zebrafish in the field of evolutionary 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. Asteroid 153298 Paulmyers is named in his honor.
Myers was born March 9, 1957, the eldest of six children in Kent, Washington; his mother is of Swedish and Norwegian descent. Regarding his ancestry, Myers wrote: "I'm only half Scandinavian. The blood has been thinned with that of those domesticated English and Irish and Scots." He was named "Paul Zachary", after his grandfather, but preferred the initials PZ to being called "Little Paul". He has described his family as "probably what would be called the working poor nowadays", and noted that "when I was growing up I was called white trash more than a few times".
He claims to have been a "science geek" from an early age, gaining an interest in zoology and marine biology from studying the insides of fish while on fishing trips with his father.
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