Jeffrey Vinokur
Jeffrey Vinokur (born August 24, 1990), also known as Dr. Jeff and The Dancing Scientist, is an American scientist, science communicator and entrepreneur known for hosting over 100 episodes of educational science shows used in classrooms in the United States. As of November 2021, the educational streaming video platform he created is used in 30% of all schools in America. He is also known for combining the hip hop dance genre of popping with live science demonstrations. He has performed on Good Morning America, The Today Show, The View, Rachael Ray, America's Got Talent, and Discovery Channel, as well as at the World Science Festival, Smithsonian Institution, and the USA Science and Engineering Festival. Early life Jeffrey Vinokur was born in 1990 to Russian immigrant parents. He attended Montvale Public Schools. His early interest in science was fueled by doing kitchen science experiments in elementary school, which later progressed to creating a chemistry lab in his parent's garage at age 14, where he would do amateur experiments like making sodium metal from household supplies. Vinokur began conducting biochemistry research at age 15 at Rutgers University. While a senior at Pascack Hills High School, he began learning the hip-hop dance genre