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Jorge Gabriel Cham (Spanish: [ˈxorxe]) (born 1976) is an engineer-turned cartoonist, writer and producer, who writes the web comic strip Piled Higher and Deeper (PhD Comics). Cham was born in Panama and lives in the United States, where he started drawing PhD Comics as a graduate student at Stanford University.
- Mark Cutkosky
- Cartoon work - Piled Higher and Deeper, Podcast - Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe
- Jorge Gabriel Cham, May 1976 (age 47), Bocas Town, Bocas del Toro, Panama
Jorge is the best-selling and Emmy-nominated creator of "PHD Comics", the popular ongoing comic strip about life (or the lack thereof) in Academia. He is the co-creator and co-Executive Producer of the celebrated animated series Elinor Wonders Why , which airs on PBS Kids and in 78 countries around the world.
"Piled Higher and Deeper" (PhD) is the comic strip about life (or the lack thereof) in academia. The author: Jorge Cham got his PhD in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University, and was a full-time Instructor and researcher at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) from 2003-2005.
Jun 17, 2014 · Jorge Cham, creator of the cult comic strip Piled Higher and Deeper, or PHD, is probably the most gut-achingly funny/tragic counsellor you could recommend to a PhD student.
- Julia Powles
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Piled Higher and Deeper (also known as PhD Comics) is a newspaper and webcomic strip written and drawn by Jorge Cham that follows the lives of several grad students.
His response was Piled Higher and Deeper — PhD for short — a comic strip that depicts the solitary lives of overstressed, underpaid and at times procrastinating grad students and their demanding advisers. After a few years as a postdoctoral researcher, Cham decided to draw cartoons full time.
