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  Dr. Shini Somara

MEET SHINI.

Dr. Shini Somara is an award-winning, Mechanical Engineer & Fluid Dynamicist turned TV producer / presenter, Children's Book Author, Podcaster, TEDx Speaker and Mentor to MEng/PhDs at Imperial College in London.  Shini is passionate about making science & technology accessible to all and promotes diversity and inclusion in engineering and innovation.
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Shini makes cutting-edge science entertaining.  Her past work can be seen on The BBC, PBS Digital, Sky, Discovery and The Science Channel and TechKnow on Al Jazeera America from Los Angeles.  She returned to London to produce/report on Razor, CGTN Europe. 

Shini is the host of Crash Course Physics (> 43.5 million views total over all episodes, June 2021) and Crash Course Engineering (>8.2 million views total over all episodes, June 2021).

​Shini is an author of six children's STEM books.  Her first series with Hachette includes four titles (6-8 year olds), An Engineer Like Me; A Scientist Like Me; A Coder Like Me and A Mathematician Like Me.   She has also written two books for PanMacmillan on Energy and Physics (9-11 year olds).  She is currently writing her 7th book for 11+ year olds.

Shini produces and hosts a podcast called Innervation.  Innervation explores EQ (emotional intelligence).  On her previous podcast, Scilence, women in STEM would share their life stories and experiences.  All guests on Scilence were kept anonymous to encourage open and honest discussions.  

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/scilence/id1404424249?mt=2

Shini is an Imperial College mentor for Masters and PhD engineering students.  She encourages and supports women and girls of all ages in STEM to be their best.  
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