John Robert Krampf (born 1956) is an American former
science educator
Science education is the teaching and learning of science to school children, college students, or adults within the general public. The field of science education includes work in science content, science process (the scientific method), some ...
and convicted
sex offender. He studied geology at the
University of Tennessee and worked at the
Pink Palace Museum and Planetarium until 1987, when he began touring the United States with a
one-man show he called "Mr. Electricity". A lifelong fascination with science, combined with a desire to teach has led Krampf on adventures ranging from excavating
dinosaur bones in
Wyoming to watching
whales off the coast of
Mexico.
In 2006, Krampf adopted the moniker "The Happy Scientist" and began to post
educational entertainment content targeted towards children online, with videos depicting various science projects and experiments.
In September 2020, Krampf was arrested for possession of child pornography, as part of a
sting operation
In law enforcement, a sting operation is a deceptive operation designed to catch a person attempting to commit a crime. A typical sting will have an undercover law enforcement officer, detective, or co-operative member of the public play a role a ...
that led to eleven others arrested as well. He pled guilty in March 2021, and was sentenced to 4 years in prison.
References
External links
Krampf's official website
1956 births
Living people
Educators from Memphis, Tennessee
University of Tennessee alumni
American people convicted of child pornography offenses
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