E. Paul Zehr

Who is E. Paul Zehr?

E. Paul Zehr is a Canadian professor of kinesiology and neuroscience, as well as a science communicator at the University of Victoria, in British Columbia, Canada. He is well known for his work in the neural control of human locomotion—particularly how the arms and legs interact during walking—and neural plasticity associated with exercise training and rehabilitation. Zehr is best known to the general public as the author of the popular science books Becoming Batman: The Possibility of a Superhero published in 2008, and Inventing Iron Man: The Possibility of a Human Machine published in 2011, both by Johns Hopkins University Press.