Alex Dainis
Alex Dainis is a science communicator, video producer, and genetics PhD who makes biology, chemistry, and everyday scientific questions approachable on camera.
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Known for
ACS Reactions
Museum of Science
TED-EdOverview
- Work
- Science communicator, video producer, and owner of Helicase Media.
- Education
- Brandeis University, 2011: biology and film, television and interactive media. Stanford University, 2018: PhD in genetics.
- Started
- Launched the science YouTube channel Bite Sci-zed in 2012.
- Early milestone
- By November 2018, Stanford reported that her channel had passed 2 million views.
- Based in
- Los Angeles, California.
Mini bio
How it started.
Alex studied biology and film at Brandeis, then worked as an associate producer. She missed talking about science, so in 2012 she began making her own YouTube explainers. Bite Sci-zed gave her a place to bring those two interests together.
Life in the lab.
While completing her genetics PhD at Stanford, she added videos about graduate school and laboratory life to help viewers see scientists as people. By the time she finished in 2018, her channel had drawn more than 2 million views. She moved to Los Angeles to pursue science communication and freelance production.
Science as a conversation.
Through Helicase Media and collaborations with organizations including the American Chemical Society, PBS Digital Studios, and the Museum of Science, Alex works across writing, hosting, production, and voiceover. She approaches explanations as conversations with a friend, pairing scientific research with everyday questions and a fondness for silly humor.
Creditschronological, newest first
- 2025Exposing Fake Honey Using Carbon-13Writer and host, ACS Reactions
- 2025Energy to SpareProject executive producer, Chemistry Shorts
- 2025Did Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA Influence his Art?Presenter, Museum of Science
- 2021How to communicate science during a crisisTEDxPCC speaker
- 2013RNAi: Slicing, dicing and serving your cellsEducator and narrator, TED-Ed
Awards
- 2025 DCSWA Newsbrief Awards: honorable mentionAudiovisual/Broadcast recognition presented May 9, 2026, for “Dunking my fingers in a bunch of liquids to maximize wrinkliness,” with Alex credited as writer and Andrew Sobey as producer.
- 2024 Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science CommunicationsWinner recognized by the National Academies for her science communication work.
Quotes
It’s important to me that my videos feel like a genuine conversation.Alex Dainis, National Academies interview
In January 2025, she explained how imagining a conversation with a friend helps her write approachable science videos.
Trivia
- She grew up beside a small municipal airport where blimps regularly landed during the summer.
- She was a Jackson Wild Media Lab fellow in 2019, then returned as an instructor in 2025.
- Her early channel answered questions about freckles, brain freezes, caffeine, and storing data in DNA.
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