# Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim

> German chemist, science journalist and television presenter

**Wikidata**: [Q29169693](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29169693)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mai_Thi_Nguyen-Kim)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/mai-thi-nguyen-kim

## Summary

Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim was born on August 7, 1987, in Heppenheim [1]. She is a chemist, YouTuber, science communicator, television presenter, television producer, and science journalist [2][3]. Her professional work spans the fields of chemistry, popular science, and YouTube [4].She received her education at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, RWTH Aachen University, and Harvard University [5]. Her employer is ZDF . She is married to Matthias Leiendecker .Her accolades include the German Webvideo award, Grimme Online Award, Hanns-Joachim-Friedrichs-Award, Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Umweltmedienpreis, and Heinz Oberhummer Award for Science Communication, along with two additional awards [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14].


## References

1. Czech National Authority Database
2. [Source](https://www.zdf.de/dokumentation/terra-x/lesch-und-co-mai-thi-nguyen-kim-100.html)
3. Integrated Authority File
4. [maiLab – funk](https://presse.funk.net/format/mailab/)
5. [Source](https://presse.funk.net/pressemeldung/funk-erfolgreich-beim-webvideopreis-2018-format-x-format-y-und-format-z-gewinnen/)
6. [Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim und Harald Lesch. Verein zur Verleihung des Hanns-Joachim-Friedrichs-Preises für Fernsehjournalismus e.V.](http://www.hanns-joachim-friedrichs.de/index.php/preistraeger-2019.html)
7. [Nguyen-Kim und Lesch ausgezeichnet. Süddeutsche Zeitung. 2019](https://www.sueddeutsche.de/medien/hanns-joachim-friedrichs-preis-nguyen-kim-und-lesch-ausgezeichnet-1.4682401)
8. [Hanns-Joachim-Friedrichs-Preis verliehen. Westdeutscher Rundfunk. 2019](https://www1.wdr.de/kultur/kulturnachrichten/hanns-joachim-friedrichs-preis-112.html)
9. [Source](http://www.hanns-joachim-friedrichs.de/index.php/preistraeger-2019.html)
10. [Source](https://www.bundespraesident.de/SharedDocs/Berichte/DE/Frank-Walter-Steinmeier/2020/10/201001-Verdienstorden-TdDE.html)
11. [Source](https://www.duh.de/ump-preistraeger/2020/#c78430)
12. [Source](https://oberhummeraward.at/)
13. [Source](https://www.rwth-aachen.de/go/id/vgpbw)
14. [Source](https://en.gdch.de/gdch/prizes-and-awards/gdch-awards/gdch-prize-for-journalism-and-literature.html)
15. [Source](https://www.bbaw.de/en/the-academy/awards/medals/leibniz-medal)
16. [Source](https://www1.wdr.de/radio/wdr5/sendungen/neugier-genuegt/redezeit-mai-thi-nguyen-kim-100.html)
17. Virtual International Authority File
18. MusicBrainz
19. [Source](https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/opus4-ubp/frontdoor/deliver/index/docId/10391/file/leiendecker_diss.pdf)
20. National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File
21. [Source](https://www.deutscher-sachbuchpreis.de/archiv/2021)
22. [Source](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyHDQ5C6z1NDmJ4g6SerW8g/about)
23. YouTube API