Samantha Yammine

Samantha is looking at the camera, smiling wide, and sitting on a giant brain!

Dr. Samantha Yammine, PhD is a Neuroscientist, Science Communicator, and Founder of Science Sam Media. She earned her PhD from the University of Toronto researching how stem cells build and maintain the mammalian brain.

A leader in digitizing science, as @science.sam on Instagram she produces educational & entertaining science content seen millions of times per month. Samantha regularly appears as a guest expert in the popular media including spots on Netflix, TVO Kids, Leafs Nation Network, CBC GEM, AsapSCIENCE, and CBC Radio. She is a member of the Editorial Committee for the World Congress of Science and Factual Producers, and the Program Committee for the Royal Canadian Institute for Science. Learn more at samanthayammine.com.