Kasha Patel

Kasha Govind Patel (born July 18, 1991) is an American science writer,[1] stand-up comedian,[2] voice artist, and podcaster.[3] She has produced the only regularly-recurring science comedy shows in the United States since 2014.[4] Outside of stand-up, she is known as a digital storyteller for the NASA Earth Observatory.[5][6]

Kasha Patel
Birth nameKasha Govind Patel
Born (1991-07-18) July 18, 1991
Fairmont, West Virginia, U.S.
Medium
  • Stand-up
  • podcasting
Alma materWake Forest University Boston University
Years active2014–present
Genres
Subject(s)
WebsiteOfficial website

Early life

Kasha Govind Patel was born in Fairmont, West Virginia.[7] She is of Indian descent. Patel graduated from high school in 2008. In 2012, Patel obtained a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Wake Forest University.[8] Before starting her comedy career, she also attended Boston University to study science journalism.[9]

Career

Patel's comedy career began in 2014. She moved to Washington, District of Columbia in 2013.

In 2015, Patel published a study of the citizen science effort Aurorasaurus St. Patrick's Day Storm.[10]

Patel performed at the 2018 American Association for the Advancement of Science conference where she also presented several topics for NASA.[11] In 2018, Patel was featured as one of the top undiscovered comedians in the US.[2]

Patel has also discussed her synthesis of science and comedy during a TEDx Tysons event.[12]

References
  1. "Kasha Patel: A Comic Walks Into Goddard..." NASA. September 26, 2014. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  2. "The Best Undiscovered Comedian from Every State". Thrillist. October 24, 2018. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  3. "Our monthly audio exploration of science and society, with Kasha Patel, David Corcoran, and Michael Schulson". Undark Magazine. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  4. "DC Science Comedy". Kasha Patel. August 10, 2014. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  5. "Search the Earth Observatory". NASA. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  6. "Comedian Kasha Patel studies the science of laughter on her D.C. Dream Day". Washington Post. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
  7. "A defining moment". Times West Virginia. July 17, 2018. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  8. "NASA writer by day, stand-up comic by night — looking outside the box". Wake Forest Magazine. January 26, 2015. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  9. Lazzaro, Jakob. "Dork Side of the Moon finds the funny in Monday's solar eclipse".
  10. "Aurorasaurus and the St Patrick's Day storm". Astronomy & Geophysics. June 1, 2015. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  11. "BBC World Interviews NASA journalist / science comedienne". BBC World News. February 19, 2018. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  12. "Sneaking Science into Stand-Up". Tedx Talks. January 30, 2018. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
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