Meyer (Ph.D., history and philosophy of science, University of Cambridge) is director of the Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture in Seattle, Washington, and serves as University Professor, Conceptual Foundations of Science at Palm Beach Atlantic University in West Palm Beach, Florida. Meyer has worked previously as a geophysicist for the Atlantic Richfield Company and as a professor of philosophy at Whitworth College.

He is coauthor of Science and Evidence of Design in the Universe (Ignatius, 2002), and coeditor of Darwinism, Design and Public Education (Michigan State University Press, 2003). Meyer has contributed to numerous scholarly books, including Debating Design: From Darwin to DNA (Cambridge University Press, 2004). He has published articles in major newspapers and magazines such as The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Times, The Seattle Times, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Chicago Tribune, The Houston Chronicle, WorldNetDaily.com, National Review, Insight and First Things. He has appeared on national television and radio programs such as Fox News, PBS's TechnoPolitics and Freedom Speaks, MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews, and NPR's Talk of the Nation and Science Friday. He coauthored the film, Unlocking the Mystery of Life, which has recently aired on PBS stations around the country.