Professor Dave Explains

Dave Farina, better known online as Professor Dave Explains, is an American YouTuber and educator who primarily makes videos revolving around chemistry. He is popularly known for the couple flat earth related videos he made, one of those videos got 11 million views and is his most viewed video on his channel to this day.
==About==
Farina was born in Syracuse, New York to Italian parents from Pisa. His parents immigrated to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada for studies. He grew up in West Hartford, Connecticut and attended high school in Milton, Connecticut.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WUQMb18ran4 He received a BA in chemistry from Carleton College, and performed graduate studies in both synthetic organic chemistry and science education at Cal State Northridge, receiving an MA in the latter. Prior to this, he taught for about a decade in various high school and undergraduate settings, specializing in organic chemistry but also teaching general chemistry, physics, and biology.
==Content==
This channel features content for students at both the high school and undergraduate level, but it is also for members of the general public who just want to know a little more about the world and how processes work. He has also made videos teaching Italian.
== Flat earth videos ==
Some of Dave's most popular videos are ones where he debunks flat earth ideas and theories. His first video related to the the flat earth theory was released on March 27th, 2019 titled "the earth is definitely not flat" in which he presents evidence for the earth being round. The youtube channel "GlobeBusters" which is a channel owned by flat earthers later made a 3 hour live stream "debunking" the claims in that video. He decided to respond to that video and made a 45 minute video debunking all their criticisms of his video that they made, that video got over 11 million views and is still his most viewed video to this day.
==Trivia==
*He has a non-fiction book that is available for purchase on Amazon. It is titled "Is This Wi-Fi Organic?".
*He is a cheese enthusiast.
*His channel art features his name, and above the words of his name, it shows a molecule, DNA, and chemical solutions, from left to right.
*His goal is to educate the world with science literacy. 
*He personally identifies as an Agnostic Atheist.
==References==
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Category:Users who joined in 2012
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