John Edgar "Jack" Myers (July 10, 1913 – December 28, 2006) was an American molecular biologist and writer of popular science.

Born in Pennsylvania, Myers graduated from Juniata College in 1933, and gained a Masters from Montana State University in 1935, and a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1939.

His work included research on growing algae in space.

Other awards include The Darbaker Prize from the Botanical Society of America in 1959.

[1] He was the senior science editor of Highlights for Children from 1958 until his death in 2006, aged 93.