Bill Nye is an inventor, scientist, engineer, and comedian. He earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Cornell University, where he studied under Carl Sagan, and worked as an engineer on the Boeing 747 before producing and anchoring his popular PBS/Discovery Channel show Bill Nye the Science Guy. He has Honorary Doctorates from Lehigh University, Willamette University, Quinnipiac University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Goucher College, and Johns Hopkins, and he is a visiting professor at Cornell on a regular basis.