Top 45 PhD Influencers in 2026

1. Andrew Huberman

Bio • Professor of Neurobiology & Ophthalmology @stanford.med @stanford
• Neuroscience Research & Education
• Host of the Huberman Lab podcast *****@hubermanlab.com Instagram Handle @hubermanlab Instagram Followers 7.8M Type Mega Gender Male hubermanlab.com/podcast + Follow Get Email Contact Request upto top 1,000 PhD Instagram Influencers with email contacts in a spreadsheet or csv file. Email us at [email protected] Copy emailEmail us

2. Dr. Noc

Bio 🧪 PhD Scientist
🤝 Follow to support science
✉️ *****@UnitedTalent.com Instagram Handle @dr.noc Instagram Followers 1.9M Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Mega Gender Male Get Email Contact

3. Jessica Knurick

Bio Evidence-based nutrition & public health 🌱
🧑‍🎓PhD Nutrition Science | Dietitian | Mom of 2
📧 *****@jessicaknurick.com Instagram Handle @drjessicaknurick Instagram Followers 1.9M Follower Growth (3mo) +9% Type Mega Gender Female Get Email Contact

4. Liv Grant

Bio 💻 your go to girl for TECH 𐙚♡
👩🏻‍🎓 Dr, PhD in bioinformatics
🌸 email: *****@gmail.com
🎙️ co-host of @soculturedpodcast Instagram Handle @agenomicsphd Instagram Followers 316K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

5. San Choudhury

Bio Co-editor @the_scholarly_letter_
Essayist on intellectual life and culture
Co-founder of @scholar_square_
📧*****@scholar-square.com Instagram Handle @dr.san__ Instagram Followers 227.7K Follower Growth (3mo) -3% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

6. Dr. Andrea C. Love

Bio 🧬Biomedical Scientist
🧫 Immunologist & Microbiologist
👩🏻‍🔬Science & Health Education
Founder: ImmunoLogic | @aldf.lyme Executive Director *****@immunologic.org Instagram Handle @dr.andrealove Instagram Followers 171K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

7. Aynur Atalay

Bio PhD student | First-gen academic & Immigrant kid
🤖 AI nerd | Helping you use AI smarter in academia
📥 *****@gettention.com
FREE LITREV GUIDE👇🏻 Instagram Handle @aynur.science Instagram Followers 143.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

8. Dr Claudia Belliveau

Bio Science Creator | Canada 🇨🇦
PhD Neuroscience → beyond academia
science, tech & being human 🫀
collabs ↓
📧 *****@socialxtalent.com Instagram Handle @c.belliveau.science Instagram Followers 113.2K Follower Growth (3mo) -3% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

9. Ellie Hurer

Bio UK PhD student 🧬 | BBC Bitesize presenter 🎤
Science memes, lab tutorials & chronic illness life
Relatable girly in STEM 💅
📩 *****@stride-social.com Instagram Handle @myphdexperience Instagram Followers 111.8K Follower Growth (3mo) +7% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

10. Dr Cindy Pham

Bio —inspire & empower the next STEM gen—
𖡎 postdoc @kingsioppn
✧ Dr, PhD in epi, neuroscience, paeds & PH @unimelb
*****@grail-talent.com 𖡡 ldn Instagram Handle @drcindypham Instagram Followers 91.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

11. Katie Lois Hutchinson

Bio 📍balancing life & science
🌎tropical ecologist
👩🏼‍🔬state educated
🏛️oxford phd
💌*****@leveltalent.co.uk Instagram Handle @phdwithkatie Instagram Followers 84.3K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

12. Dr Paige White

Bio 👩🏻‍🎓 PhD   in Cancer Genetics    
🤍 Research | Lifestyle | Motivation    
🖋️ Managed by @StrideTalent
✉️ Email *****@stride-social.com for enquiries Instagram Handle @paigeinscience Instagram Followers 67.7K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

13. Ellani

Bio your big sis documenting 𝘢𝘭𝘭 sides of phd life
who knows what comes next
📩 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @itsellani Instagram Followers 62.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +75% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

14. Rohini Manickam

Bio your fav PhD scientist 🔬🥼 🧬
opinions are my own
life in between 📸
📍based in Washington, DC
💌 *****@yahoo.com Instagram Handle @rohinimm Instagram Followers 47.3K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

15. Alex ML

Bio Just a girl getting a PhD! 🧠🧚🏼‍♀️
my brain studies brains 🔬
latina 🇸🇻, based in Philly
*****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @itsalexml Instagram Followers 45.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +19% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

16. Alexus Cazares

Bio PhD Student in Hawaii 🦑
I help motivated STEM students get into grad school
💌 dm ‘READY’ to work 1:1
*****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @alexuscazares Instagram Followers 43.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +115% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

17. Kertu Tenso

Bio PhD → Sr. Data Scientist ✨glow up✨
Spilling the tea 🍵 on career, money & post-grad life
🇪🇪 in NYC 🇺🇸 | #womenintech
📩 *****@mightyjoy.com Instagram Handle @kertutenso Instagram Followers 39K Follower Growth (3mo) +8% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

18. Ieva Andrulyte

Bio 🧠ML & MRI postdoc @karolinskainstitutet
🎀founder @evenoir.collective
science | tech | fashion | fitness |📍🇸🇪🇬🇧
💌*****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @andrulyte Instagram Followers 37.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +7% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

19. Dr. Emily Pfender

Bio 📚PhD | Women's Health & Social Media Researcher
👩🏻‍🏫 Incoming Assistant Professor
🚴🏻‍♀️Spin/Pilates instructor 📩*****@gmail.com views are my own Instagram Handle @emilypfender Instagram Followers 33.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +39% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

20. Dr. Melissa Kays

Bio 🎓 PhD / research / comms for researchers
🧘🏻‍♀️ bouncing back from burnout
🤷🏻‍♀️ finding myself outside of academia
👇 tools, freebies, & newsletters! *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @phdwithmelissa Instagram Followers 29.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +6% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

21. Dr. Rejoice Frimpong

Bio 👩🏾‍💼Dr, PhD • Research Economist
🎯Policy + Academia intersection 🇬🇧
💡PhD life • Economics careers • Motherhood *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @an.economists.journey Instagram Followers 24.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +20% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

22. Anahita Amirpour

Bio Self-led sustainable performance for researchers with the Play & Produce program. Watch how to break an avoidance loop ⬇️ *****@amirpourconsulting.com Instagram Handle @phdanahita Instagram Followers 21.3K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

23. Kel

Bio Small academic corner - books, brains, musing and all things PhD
🔬PhD (psychobiology) final year
🎓MSc, BA
Free Gantt chart, lit review & more 🔗⤵️ Instagram Handle @phdwithkel Instagram Followers 15.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +23% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

24. Caterra Leavens

Bio 𝘛𝘺𝘱𝘦 1 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤 💉
𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝟏𝐃
𝙲𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝙱𝚒𝚘 𝙿𝚑𝙳 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝 🧬
💌: *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @phdwitht1d Instagram Followers 15K Follower Growth (3mo) +16% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

25. Jas

Bio ✍🏽 Ph.D. Candidate
🔎 psychology of online behaviors, online dating & theory 😃
📌 Sharing all things grad school + fitness *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @jasthephdstudent Instagram Followers 13.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

26. Dr. Katie Sharrocks

Bio Postdoc at @thefranciscrickinstitute 🧫🔬👩‍🔬🧬
Life in science content ✌️
Founder @scicommsisters
views are my own
📧 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @phd_katie Instagram Followers 10.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

27. Dr. Blessing Adeniyi

Bio Run your PhD race with clarity + confidence
PhDlife + proposal/defense prep + alt-ac careers
*****@thephdrace.com
Resources + support here 👇🏽 Instagram Handle @thephdrace Instagram Followers 9.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +8% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

28. Gillian

Bio Tips and niche jokes for ✨nerds ✨
💖STEM Girly Co on Etsy
📍 Baltimore
📧 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @gillian_sci Instagram Followers 8.8K Follower Growth (3mo) +35% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

29. Brooke A. Travis

Bio •Generalist by choice
•Creative thinking enriches our lives and the world. Let’s learn together.
•Science | Culture *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @brooke.t.biophd Instagram Followers 8.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +19% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

30. Bassent Dridi

Bio 3rd year Ph.D @lunduniversity
Mechanical Engineer
STEM Meets Lifestyle
*****@bissou.se Instagram Handle @bassentdridi Instagram Followers 8.3K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

31. Dr. Grace McGowan

Bio Visiting Assistant Professor 📚
Irish 🇮🇪
First-gen and working class 👊🏻
TIA/mini-stroke survivor ✨
Writing a book on Black classicism! 🐚 *****@bu.edu Instagram Handle @phdoingmydamnbest Instagram Followers 7.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +5% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

32. Scarlett Kiaras-Attari

Bio 📍American in London
📚PhD at @lifeatkings
🏛️Pondering the ancients
📧*****@gmail.com
More on TikTok (60k+) Instagram Handle @scarlettattari Instagram Followers 6.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +180% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

33. Eva Lantsoght

Bio Professor of Structural Engineering in 🇪🇨 🇳🇱 🇸🇪 from 🇧🇪
📚 Academic Blogger & Mama 🐻
❤️ Powerlifting & Poetry & Travel *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @evalantsoght Instagram Followers 2.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Nano Gender Female evalantsoght.com/podcast.html + Follow Get Email Contact

34. Momo Milieu

Bio ✨🩺 medical student (MD) 🩺 ✨
🔬🧠 neuroscience PhD candidate 🧠🔬
🇻🇳 Vietnamese
📍 Melbourne 🇦🇺
💌 *****@jeevmedia.net Instagram Handle @studymed.momo Instagram Followers 234.5K Follower Growth (3mo) -4% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

35. Denny Chin

Bio 👨‍🔬 R&D microbiologist in biotech
🧫 Navigating through my career in science
💪 Fitness as a hobby
💡 All views are my own Instagram Handle @denny.the.scientist Instagram Followers 82.9K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

36. Dr. Lindsay Ejoh

Bio Neuroscience🧠 PhD
PhD life/advice, brain facts
📩*****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @neuro_melody Instagram Followers 75.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +12% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

37. Dr. Elizabeth Yardley

Bio Dr Elizabeth Yardley PhD
I help mid-late stage qualitative PhD students with messy, disconnected projects reconnect the pieces & know what to do next *****@thedegreedoctor.com Instagram Handle @thedegreedoctor Instagram Followers 72.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

38. Simona Arianna

Bio PhD Candidate ☢️
Honey lemon goes to graduate school..
Vancouver 📍
💌 *****@northhousetalent.com Instagram Handle @simonaarianna_ Instagram Followers 54.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +9% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

39. Priscilla Del Valle

Bio Latina in STEM
Dallas, TX 📍🇲🇽🇺🇸
💌 *****@gmail.com
views are my own Instagram Handle @prisdvmvsscience Instagram Followers 44.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +5% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

40. Dr Beth Webb

Bio 🩸Dr, PhD in blood
🔬Scientist & mama
⚖️ Navigating my 30s & learning to slow down
💌 Email/DM for collabs *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @drbethwebb Instagram Followers 34.3K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

41. Ria Chopra

Bio 👩🏽‍🎓: Dr. (Ph.D) in Cancer biology📍HK 🇭🇰
Motivation ⌛️ | Molecular Biology 🧪 Instagram Handle @phdwhodances Instagram Followers 14.2K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

42. Valerie Valledor

Bio ✨my clinical psych PhD journey, authentically
🫶🏼student wellness together
🇨🇺latina + first gen
🌺phd baddie lifestyle
💌*****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @phdwithvalerie Instagram Followers 7.4K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact