Maynard Okereke

About the Author

Maynard Okereke, aka the Hip Hop MD, is an award-winning science communicator, STEM personality, and keynote speaker.  He founded Hip Hop Science to encourage minorities and youth to pursue more advanced careers in STEM. Okereke has won the Asteroid Award for Best Streaming Content, was named The National Society of Black Engineers’ Entrepreneur of the Year, and was listed on Ebony’s Top 100. He is a member of National Geographic‘s inaugural Creator Cohort Initiative and has been featured on Netflix’s Ada Twist Scientist, The Science Channel, The History Channel, and in Scientific American. He has also partnered with NASA, the Natural History Museum, the Boston Museum of Science, Adobe, Blue Origin, Microsoft, and NVIDIA. Okereke lives in Los Angeles, CA and is online at hiphopscienceshow.com.