Bob Pflugfelder

Bob Pflugfelder, known professionally as Science Bob, or The Bob, or even just Pflugfelder is an American author, educator, and media personality, known primarily for his science advocacy on network TV talk shows. He has appeared on numerous live programs –including as a regular guest on Live with Kelly and Michael and Jimmy Kimmel Live! –and on the Nickelodeon series Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn. He has served as a public engagement partner or guest-speaker/-presenter for a number of schools, scientific initiatives, and institutions, in some cases alongside other notable science advocates, including Bill Nye, Tim Dodd, and Mark Rober.

After graduating from Emerson, Pflugfelder moved to Los Angeles, hoping to work in the film and television industry. He eventually found work on The Jeff Foxworthy Show as a science tutor to actor Jonathan Lipnicki. Lipnicki's boxing coach was also named Bob, leading the crew to need to make a distinction between "Boxing Bob" and "Science Bob", creating the pseudonym Pflugfelder uses today. At various times in his career, Pflugfelder has appeared on The Today Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Live with Kelly and Michael, Hack My Life, Good Morning America, and Home & Family, and at the USA Science & Engineering Festival, the World Science Festival, the White House Science Fair, and Maker Faire.

In 2014, speaking to The Boston Globe, Pflugfelder expressed interest in the creation of a program similar in format to Bill Nye the Science Guy, driven in part by the fact that by then "no major, popular TV show exclusively devoted to science for kids [had come into existence] since PBS's [Bill Nye] ended its run in 1998".

Personal life Pflugfelder holds five Guinness World Records. Additionally, he owns a log-cabin summer home in the Berkshires.