Jorge Cham

Jorge Cham
Cham in 2018
Born
Jorge Gabriel Cham

May 1976 (age 48)
Bocas Town, Bocas del Toro, Panama
Alma mater
Known forCartoon work - Piled Higher and Deeper
Podcast - Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe
Scientific career
ThesisOn performance and stability in open-loop running (2002)
Doctoral advisorMark Cutkosky[1][2]
Websitejorgecham.com
A PhD Comics special on the occasion of Open Access Week 2012.

Jorge Gabriel Cham (Spanish: [ˈxorxe]) (born 1976)[1] is an engineer-turned cartoonist, writer and producer, who writes the web comic strip Piled Higher and Deeper (PhD Comics).[1][3] Cham was born in Panama and lives in the United States, where he started drawing PhD Comics as a graduate student at Stanford University.[4] He has since been syndicated in several university newspapers and in six published book collections.[5][6] He was featured on NPR on December 20, 2010.[7] With physicist Daniel Whiteson, he is the coauthor of We Have No Idea (2017), a book about unsolved problems in physics.[8] In September 2018, Cham and Whiteson debuted the podcast Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe, produced by iHeartMedia, in which the hosts aim to explain popular questions and complex topics about science, technology, and the universe, in the simplest way possible.[9] In October 2024 the podcast ended as co-hosts Whiteson and Cham decided to pursue separate projects. [10]

Cham co-creatored the PBS Kids animated series Elinor Wonders Why, which premiered in September 2020.[11]

  1. ^ a b c Coelho, Sara (2009). "Piled Higher and Deeper: The Everyday Life of a Grad Student" (PDF). Science. doi:10.1126/science.caredit.a0900042.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference phd was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Choe, Jaywon (22 July 2011). "The Joke Is on the Ph.D." The New York Times.
  4. ^ Cham, Jorge (2012). "Jorge G. Cham homepage at Stanford". Stanford University. Archived from the original on 2012-04-22.
  5. ^ Jorge Cham interview: "Creating PhDComics"
  6. ^ "The "Piled Higher and Deeper" Book Collections". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  7. ^ Ruben, Adam (2010-09-09). "Three Books For Surviving Graduate School". NPR. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
  8. ^ Cham, Jorge; Whiteson, Daniel (2017). We have no idea : a guide to the unknown universe. New York: Riverhead Books. ISBN 9780735211513. OCLC 956959104.
  9. ^ "A Cartoonist and Physicist Team Up to Explain the Universe in New Science Podcast". mentalfloss.com. 2018-09-25. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
  10. ^ @DanielandJorge (2024-10-08). "So long, and thanks for all of the chocolate! D&J Explain the Universe is no longer making new episodes. But you're invited to join Daniel and Kelly on their new podcast! @DandKUniverse" (Tweet). Retrieved 2024-10-27 – via Twitter.
  11. ^ Announcement: "PBS KIDS Announces New Series ELINOR WONDERS WHY"