# Emily Calandrelli on Reddit (u/emilycal)

Part of Scientists on Reddit, researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-11-07. Interactive version: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/scientists-on-reddit/emily-calandrelli

Emily Calandrelli: Aerospace engineer and science TV host.

- Reddit account: [u/emilycal](https://www.reddit.com/user/emilycal/) (AMA only)
- How we know it's theirs: [The 2017 r/IAmA AMA, posted from this account](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/67i3mz/)
- Where they post, in the records we retrieved: r/askscience (140), r/IAmA (100), r/space (10), r/AskReddit (2), r/Spacegirls (1), r/nextfuckinglevel (1)
- Known activity in the posts we found: 2014 to 2022
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Calandrelli

## Moments

### u/emilycal in r/askscience, Sep 14, 2020 · AMA answer

Replying to a redditor:

> Real talk, though? Are you shooting for being Bill Nye's successor, for today's generation of kids? Bill is getting up there in years, Emily. Someone's going to have to step up to the plate soon. Food for thought I guess. On a more serious note, just wanted to say well done. The…

> haha I definitely appreciate the sentiment :)
>
> Though I will also say I don't think we need the next Bill Nye...I think we need 1000 Bill Nyes. We need people who look like the audience we're trying to reach and can speak to a different area of science. The world is advancing so quickly when it comes to STEM that no single person can be an expert on all the fields. We need a Bill Nye of climate change, of immunology and pandemics, of wildlife preservation, disaster science, space exploration, etc! There are so many wonderful SciCommer's out here SciComm'in that I think we're well prepared for this :)

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/isiqk1/comment/g5a2zy1/ · 10 points as of Nov 7, 2026