Blake Meyers is a Distinguished Professor and Director of the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of California-Davis. He completed his BA degree at the University of Chicago and his MS and PhD degrees at the University of California, Davis. Previously, he was a member at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis, and Curators' Distinguished Professor at the University of Missouri, Columbia; prior to that, he was Professor and Chair of the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences at the University of Delaware.

His research examines the roles of small RNAs, particularly in epigenetic regulation of gene expression, as well as microRNAs and their biogenesis, in various model and crop plants. Recent work has examined phased, small interfering RNAs, their evolution and biogenesis, and their roles in reproductive biology, mainly anther development, and in post-transcriptional control. The Meyers lab also specializes in developing genomics tools and bioinformatics.