Jorge Cham, Ph.D.

Jorge Cham, Ph.D. is the Daytime Emmy-nominated and best-selling cartoonist creator of the popular online comic strip “Piled Higher and Deeper” (known as PHD Comics – phdcomics.com). He is the co-creator, executive producer, and creative director of Elinor Wonders Why, one of the highest-rated animated shows on PBS Kids, and the co-author of two popular science books: the best-selling and award-winning We Have No Idea: A Guide to the Unknown Universe and Frequently Asked Questions about the Universe, as well as the children’s book Oliver’s Great Big Universe. His latest book, co-authored with Dwayne Godwin, Ph.D., is Out of Your Mind: The Biggest Mysteries of the Human Brain.

Cham is also the co-host and co-creator of Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe, a popular podcast and radio show. He obtained his Ph.D. in robotics from Stanford University and was an instructor and research associate at Caltech from 2003-2005. He is originally from Panama.