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Is Jorge Cham married or dating? Regarding his marital status, Cham is possibly a married man. However, there is no information about his wife and there might also be a chance of him being still single. According to Cham’s website, he resides near Los Angeles, California, in the United States with his family. Scroll down to explore more interesting personal facts and biography of Cham:
Who is Jorge Cham?
Born as Jorge Gabriel Cham, he landed the planet in 1976 which makes his age be 43 years old as of 2019. By profession, he is an engineer-turned cartoonist who has also gained success as a writer and producer. He is mainly known for writing the webcomic strip Piled Higher and Deeper shortly named as PhD Comics.
On December 20, 2010, he was featured on NPR. He is also noted for being the co-author of a physics-related book called We Have No Idea (2017) with physicist Daniel Whiteson. One of his biggest achievements includes being named as one of Los Angeles’ most interesting people of 2013.
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Early Life and Education
Cham was born in 1976 and his place of birth is in Panama. Talking about his family background, he was born to engineer parents working in the Panama Canal Zone hired by the government of the United States. He spent his childhood days in Panama with his parents.
Talking about his education and academic achievements, he earned his B.S. degree in 1997 from Georgia Institute of Technology. By being enrolled at Stanford University, he received his PhD in mechanical engineering.
Career and Professional Life
Cham initially worked as an instructor at Caltech as well as on neural prosthetics as a researcher. It seems like he studied engineering due to his parents’ advice but his real Feld of passion in cartoon-related works. He has been working as a full-time cartoonist since 2005.
He frequently visits multiple universities and discusses delivering his talk titled “The Power of Procrastination”. His number of lectures has already crossed a hundred worldwide. He appeared into the limelight after being the producer as well as the writer for The PHD Movie which is a comic based independent feature-length film in 2012.
The PHD Movie presents real researchers and academics and was released in over 500 universities. The sequel of the movie was released in 2015 which was successfully screened worldwide.
He has already published six collections of his comics which have proven to be commercially successful. His most popular book is entitled “We Have No Idea: A Guide to the Unknown Universe” which was co-authored by Daniel Whiteson. The book was a Der Spiegel Best-seller being translated in over 23 languages. It was also able to become awarded the Wen Jin National Book Award in China.
His PhD Comics AKA Piled Higher and Deeper follow the lives of several grad students. Cham started the newspaper when he was enrolled at Stanford University.
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Personal Life
Jorge Cham is possibly married but the confirmation about his marital status is yet to be made. The personal life details of Cham are kept behind the curtains and therefore, no information about Cham’s wife or children is available. It is known from his website that he lives with his family near Los Angeles.
Body Measurements
Jorge Gabriel Cham has a tall height and possesses an appealing personality. He has a maintained weight, the result of his fitness consciousness. However, the exact body measurement of Cham’s height, weight, feet size, etc. are not known.
Salary and Net worth
The webcomic strip Piled Higher and Deeper (PhD Comics) writer Jorge Cham has an estimated net worth of 5 million USD. He is active in the industry from his student age and has gained huge success from his cartoonist works. He has retained multiple awards in his name including Engineering Visualization Challenge First Place in Informational Graphics as well as the 2009 NSF/AAAS International Science.
Wiki and Facts
The biography of engineer-turned cartoonist Jorge Cham is prepared by various wiki sites including Wikipedia and IMDb. His verified social networking sites aren’t available but often presents his comics on PhD Comics’s Instagram account @phd_comics.
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