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Emily Calandrelli

Science TV Host

Emily Calandrelli is a co-Executive Producer and host of Emily's Wonder Lab on Netflix (premiers Summer 2020), the Executive Producer and host of FOX's Xploration Outer Space, and a correspondent on Netflix's Bill Nye Saves the World.

Emily published her first book in 2017 as the author of the Ada Lace Adventures, a chapter book series about a young West Virginia girl who solves problems with robots and technology. The second book in the series, Ada Lace: Sees Red, was included in the National Science Teachers Association’s list of best STEM books for 2018. Her third book in the series was launched to space and read on the International Space Station as part of the Story Time from Space program.

Emily has given talks about the importance of science literacy, the benefits of space exploration, and the challenges for women in STEM careers for clients like Google, Pixar, MIT, West Virginia University, Texas Instruments as well as dozens of K-12 schools across the nation. Her first two TEDx talks, “I Don’t Do Math” and “Space Exploration Is The Worst,” have garnered nearly a million views on YouTube.

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Events featuring Emily Calandrelli
Events featuring Emily Calandrelli