Dave Farina

Dave Farina (born May 26, 1983; currently 43 years old) is an American science communicator, educator, and author best known as the creator and host of the popular educational YouTube channel Professor Dave Explains. Farina completed an undergraduate degree in chemistry at Carleton College and later earned a Master of Arts in science education from California State University, Northridge. After teaching chemistry and organic chemistry at both the high school and undergraduate levels, he launched his channel in 2015 to offer clear, systematic tutorials spanning chemistry, physics, biology, mathematics, and astronomy. In addition to curriculum-based lessons, Farina has gained substantial prominence for his science advocacy, publicly debating and producing extensive rebuttals against scientific misinformation and pseudoscience—including young Earth creationism, flat Earth theories, and anti-vaccine claims—and authored the 2021 book Is This Wi-Fi Organic? A Guide to Spotting Misleading Science Online. He is currently alive and actively producing educational content.