Sean B. Carroll is an award-winning scientist, author, and educator. He is currently Vice President for Science Education of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the largest private supporter of science education in the United States, and Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics at the University of Wisconsin. Carroll is a pioneer of, and widely considered to be the leading figure in, the field of evolutionary developmental biology, or "evo-devo," the study of the genes that control animal body patterns and play major roles in the evolution of animal diversity.