Emily Calendrelli
Emily Calandrelli is the host and co-executive producer of the hit Netflix series
Emily’s Wonder Lab. Each episode features Emily and a group of kid-scientists as they learn about STEAM
through experiments and fun activities. Emily is also an Executive Producer and Emmy
nominated host of FOX’s Xploration Outer Space and was a correspondent on Netflix’s, Bill Nye Saves The World.
Emily, who was named to Adweek’s “11 Celebrities and Influencers Raising the Bar for Creativity in 2017”, is also
an accomplished writer and speaker on the topics of space exploration, scientific
literacy, and equality. Her chapter book series, The Ada Lace Adventures, centers around an eight-year-old girl with a knack for science, math, and solving
mysteries with 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. The third book, Ada Lace: Take Me To Your Leader, was part of the initiative from NASA and CASIS, Story Time from Space where the book was launched into space and read by an astronaut aboard the ISS to
an audience of kids. The sixth and most recent book in the series, Ada Lace Gets Famous which was released in October 2023. Earlier this year Emily released a children’s
book, Reach For The Stars, an uplifting book about love and shared discovery.
Emily frequently gives 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, 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 over one million views on YouTube.
Prior to her work in science communication, Emily attended West Virginia University,
where she received a Bachelors of Science degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace
Engineering, and MIT where she received two Masters of Science degrees, one in Aeronautics
and Astronautics and the other in Technology and Policy. Through her work, she wants
to make science relatable, easy to understand and more exciting today than ever before
in history.