Nigel Braun (NileRed)
Nigel Braun, known as NileRed, is a Canadian chemist and video creator who turns unusual laboratory projects into stories, from purple gold to alcohol made from air.
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- From
- Montreal, Canada
- Known as
- NileRed
- Education
- BSc in Biochemistry, McGill University, 2014
- Started
- NileRed began in 2014
- Breakout work
- Aluminum and Mercury (2017)
Mini bio
How it started.
Nigel grew up in Montreal and completed his biochemistry degree at McGill University in 2014. He worked as a chemistry laboratory technician before starting a chemistry master’s at McGill in January 2015. On The Yard, he recalled filming a flash-paper experiment while working in a lab, then needing a name to upload it. That became the beginning of NileRed in 2014.
Finding his audience.
Early videos gave viewers a close look at chemical reactions that are hard to see outside a laboratory. Aluminum and Mercury, released in 2017, became one of his signature experiments. His work later drew wider coverage, including a viral video of a hot dog dissolving in piranha solution in 2021. He left his master’s program to concentrate on making videos.
Following an idea through.
His projects often start with an unlikely question: can plastic gloves become hot sauce, or can he make a purple gold ring? The videos follow the attempts and setbacks as well as the finished result. Making aerogel, Making purple gold and Turning plastic gloves into hot sauce are good places to get to know this side of his work.
Beyond the main channel.
Nigel also makes videos on NileBlue. His official website describes a dedicated lab supported by family and friends. He has partnered with Vsauce and Inq Factory on a chemistry kit built around the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction, bringing one of his laboratory demonstrations to fans at home.
Creditschronological, newest first
Chemistry videos
- 2026Turning air into alcoholCreator and host
- 2023Making purple goldCreator and host
- 2022Turning plastic gloves into hot sauceCreator and host
- 2020Making aerogelCreator and host
- 2017Aluminum and MercuryCreator and host
Science kits
- 2025The NileRed BZ Reaction KitCollaborator with Vsauce and Inq Factory
Awards
Quotes
In each video that I make, I try to balance theory with purpose.Nigel Braun, NileRed official website
He explains the aim behind his chemistry videos on his official website.
Trivia
- He and a graduate student found the name NileRed by looking under N in a book of chemical names.
- His McGill research focused on palladium-catalyzed intramolecular cyclization of iminium salts.
- His McGill biography lists travel, the gym and photography among his interests.
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