In addition to the archetypical

mad scientist The mad scientist (also mad doctor or mad professor) is a stock character of a scientist who is perceived as " mad, bad and dangerous to know" or "insane" owing to a combination of unusual or unsettling personality traits and the unabashedly am ...

, there are

fictional characters In fiction, a character (or speaker, in poetry) is a person or other being in a narrative (such as a novel, play, radio or television series, music, film, or video game). The character may be entirely fictional or based on a real-life person, ...

scientist A scientist is a person who conducts scientific research to advance knowledge in an area of the natural sciences. In classical antiquity, there was no real ancient analog of a modern scientist. Instead, philosophers engaged in the philosop ...

s and

engineer Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who Invention, invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while considerin ...

s who go above and beyond the regular demands of their professions to use their skills and knowledge for the betterment of others, often at great personal risk. In this list of fictional scientists and engineers, an annotated alphabetical overview is given of notable characters in this category.

In literature

* Bertrand Zobrist * Professor Shonku ( Byomjatrir Diary, Professor Shonku o Robu, Professor Shonku o Khoka, Professor Shonku o Corvus, Ek Sringo Obhijaan, Swarnaparni and many more by the legendary

Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray (; 2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) was an Indian director, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, author, essayist, lyricist, magazine editor, illustrator, calligrapher, and music composer. One of the greatest auteurs of ...

) – world's most respected scientist, inventor and Physics professor in

Scottish Church College Scottish Church College is a college affiliated by Calcutta University, India. It offers selective co-educational undergraduate and postgraduate studies and is the oldest continuously running Christian liberal arts and sciences college in A ...

. He had a bunch of incredible inventions and a series of adventures which he had written in his diary. * Martin Arrowsmith ('' Arrowsmith'') * Dr. Claire Deller (''

I, Robot ''I, Robot'' is a fixup (compilation) novel of science fiction short stories or essays by American writer Isaac Asimov. The stories originally appeared in the American magazines ''Super Science Stories'' and ''Astounding Science Fiction'' be ...

'' and other stories by

Isaac Asimov yi, יצחק אזימאװ , birth_date = , birth_place = Petrovichi, Russian SFSR , spouse = , relatives = , children = 2 , death_date = , death_place = Manhattan, New York City, U.S. , nationality = Russian (1920–1922)Soviet (192 ...

) – chief robot genius of San Diego Robots and Mechanical Men * Joseph Cavor (''

The First Men in the Moon ''The First Men in the Moon'' is a scientific romance by the English author H. G. Wells, originally serialised in '' The Strand Magazine'' from December 1900 to August 1901 and published in hardcover in 1901, who called it one of his "fantast ...

'') – inventor of the "Cavorite" anti-gravity material * Captain Hagbard Celine (''

Illuminatus trilogy ''The Illuminatus! Trilogy'' is a series of three novels by American writers Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson, first published in 1975.''Illuminatus!'' was written between 1969 and 1971, but not published until 1975 according to Robert An ...

'') – fights the Illuminati from his

submarine A submarine (or sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability. The term is also sometimes used historically or colloquially to refer to remotely op ...

and with his

computer A computer is a machine that can be programmed to carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations ( computation) automatically. Modern digital electronic computers can perform generic sets of operations known as programs. These prog ...

, both designed by himself *

Norma Cenva ''Dune: The Butlerian Jihad'' is a 2002 science fiction novel by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, set in the fictional ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert. It is the first book in the '' Legends of Dune'' prequel trilogy, which take ...

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Legends of Dune The ''Dune'' prequel series is a sequence of novel trilogies written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. Set in the ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert, the novels take place in various time periods before and in between Herbert's or ...

)'' – inventor of the space folding engine * Captain Jaylen Cresida (''

The Lost Fleet The Lost Fleet is a military science fiction series written by John G. Hemry under the pen name Jack Campbell. The series is set one-hundred-plus years into an interstellar war between two different human cultures, the Alliance and the Synd ...

'') – captain in the Alliance Navy under the command of Captain John "Black Jack" Geary, and an expert on hypernet gates. *

Leonid Gorbovsky The Noon Universe ( Russian term: "Мир Полудня" or "Мир Полдня" – "World of Noon"; also known as the “Wanderers’ Universe”) is a fictional future setting for a number of hard science fiction novels written by Arkady and ...

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Noon Universe The Noon Universe (Russian term: "Мир Полудня" or "Мир Полдня" – "World of Noon"; also known as the “Wanderers’ Universe”) is a fictional future setting for a number of hard science fiction novels written by Arkady and Bo ...

'') – genius scientist,

progressor The Noon Universe ( Russian term: "Мир Полудня" or "Мир Полдня" – "World of Noon"; also known as the “Wanderers’ Universe”) is a fictional future setting for a number of hard science fiction novels written by Arkady and B ...

and spaceship captain who is known for his ability to land on even the most dangerous planets, to survive planet-wide catastrophes and easily making contact with any non-human civilization *

Leo Graf The Vorkosigan Saga is a series of science fiction novels and short stories set in a common fictional universe by American author Lois McMaster Bujold.Lillian Stewart Carl and John Helfers, ''The Vorkosigan Companion'', Baen Books 2008, The first ...

('' Falling Free'') – space engineer who leads a group of genetically engineered four-armed humans known as "quaddies" to freedom * Otto Hantzen (''Les Mystères de Demain'' from

Paul Féval, fils Paul Auguste Jean Nicolas Féval (called Paul Féval fils) (25 January 1860 – 15 March 1933) was a French adventure novelist, like his father Paul Féval, père. He was the third of eight children and the eldest son of Paul Féval, who was 42 y ...

and H. J. Magog) – German mad scientist, with female accomplice Hindu mystic ''Yogha'', battles his former colleague ''Oronius'' from Mount Everest to

Atlantis Atlantis ( grc, Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος, , island of Atlas) is a fictional island mentioned in an allegory on the hubris of nations in Plato's works '' Timaeus'' and '' Critias'', wherein it represents the antagonist naval power that b ...

* William Harper "Johnny" Littlejohn (''Doc Savage'') – archaeologist, associate of

Doc Savage Doc Savage is a fictional character of the competent man hero type, who first appeared in American pulp magazines during the 1930s and 1940s. Real name Clark Savage Jr., he is a doctor, scientist, adventurer, detective, and polymath who "rights w ...

Gennady Komov The Noon Universe ( Russian term: "Мир Полудня" or "Мир Полдня" – "World of Noon"; also known as the “Wanderers’ Universe”) is a fictional future setting for a number of hard science fiction novels written by Arkady and ...

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'') – xenopsychologist whose main occupation is engaging contact with and studying alien (especially, non-human) civilizations * Pardot Kynes (''

Prelude to Dune The ''Dune'' prequel series is a sequence of novel trilogies written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. Set in the ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert, the novels take place in various time periods before and in between Herbert's o ...

'') – planetologist *

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'') – planetologist * Lt. Col Andrew Blodgett "Monk" Mayfair (''Doc Savage'') – chemist, associate of

* Dr. Morel (''

The Invention of Morel ''La invención de Morel'' (; 1940) — translated as ''The Invention of Morel'' or ''Morel's Invention'' — is a novel by Argentine writer Adolfo Bioy Casares. It was Bioy Casares' breakthrough effort, for which he won the 1941 First Mu ...

'') – invented a machine that records and reproduces reality *

Captain Nemo Captain Nemo (; later identified as an Indian, Prince Dakkar) is a fictional character created by the French novelist Jules Verne (1828–1905). Nemo appears in two of Verne's science-fiction classics, ''Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas'' ...

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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea ''Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas'' (french: Vingt mille lieues sous les mers) is a classic science fiction adventure novel by French writer Jules Verne. The novel was originally serialized from March 1869 through June 1870 in Pierre- ...

The Mysterious Island ''The Mysterious Island'' (french: L'Île mystérieuse) is a novel by Jules Verne, published in 1875. The original edition, published by Hetzel, contains a number of illustrations by Jules Férat. The novel is a crossover sequel to Verne's f ...

'') – ambiguous-to-villainous figure, who later took on a heroic role * Leonard of Quirm (''

Discworld ''Discworld'' is a comic fantasy"Humorous Fantasy" in David Pringle, ed., ''The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Fantasy'' (pp.31-33). London, Carlton,2006. book series written by the English author Terry Pratchett, set on the Discworld, a flat ...

'') – super-intelligent

clockpunk Since the advent of the cyberpunk genre, a number of derivatives of cyberpunk have become recognized in their own right as distinct subgenres in speculative fiction, especially in science fiction. Rather than necessarily sharing the digitally a ...

engineer * Col John "Renny" Renwick (''Doc Savage'') – civil engineer, associate of

* Maj Thomas J. "Long Tom" Roberts (''Doc Savage'') – electrical engineer, associate of

* Dr. Clark Savage, Jr., a.k.a. Doc Savage (''Doc Savage'') – surgeon, scientist, adventurer, inventor, explorer and musician * Arne Saknussemm (''

Journey to the Center of the Earth ''Journey to the Center of the Earth'' (french: Voyage au centre de la Terre), also translated with the variant titles ''A Journey to the Centre of the Earth'' and ''A Journey into the Interior of the Earth'', is a classic science fiction novel ...

'') – 16th-century Icelandic naturalist, alchemist, and traveler whose messages guide a group of 19th-century adventurers *

Hari Seldon Hari Seldon is a fictional character in Isaac Asimov's ''Foundation'' series. In his capacity as mathematics professor at Streeling University on the planet Trantor, Seldon develops psychohistory, an algorithmic science that allows him to predi ...

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Foundation Series The ''Foundation'' series is a science fiction book series written by American author Isaac Asimov. First published as a series of short stories in 1942–50, and subsequently in three collections in 1951–53, for thirty years the series was ...

'') – mathematician who invents psychohistory * Cyrus Smith (''

'') – great literary example of a 19th-century engineer * Dr. Phineas Waldolf Steel – roboticist, transhumanist and industrial/steampunk musician * Franny K. Stein – child scientist who frequently invents monsters to combat various danger *

Tom Swift Tom Swift is the main character of six series of American juvenile science fiction and adventure novels that emphasize science, invention, and technology. First published in 1910, the series totals more than 100 volumes. The character was ...

and Tom Swift, Jr. (children's stories) – father-and-son team of inventors * Crawford Tillinghast (short story " From Beyond") – inventor of a machine which allows perception of normally imperceptible things * Professor

Abraham Van Helsing Professor Abraham Van Helsing, a fictional character from the 1897 gothic horror novel '' Dracula'', is an aged Dutch polymath doctor with a wide range of interests and accomplishments, partly attested by the string of letters that follows h ...

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Dracula ''Dracula'' is a novel by Bram Stoker, published in 1897. As an epistolary novel, the narrative is related through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles. It has no single protagonist, but opens with solicitor Jonathan Harker taki ...

'') – nemesis of

Bram Stoker Abraham Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912) was an Irish author who is celebrated for his 1897 Gothic horror novel '' Dracula''. During his lifetime, he was better known as the personal assistant of actor Sir Henry Irving and busi ...

; in later incarnations, the professor has not fared so well, and, in some adaptations, is himself a villain * Other Mother (''

Coraline ''Coraline'' () is a dark fantasy horror children's novella by British author Neil Gaiman. Gaiman started writing ''Coraline'' in 1990, and it was published in 2002 by Bloomsbury and HarperCollins. It was awarded the 2003 Hugo Award for Best ...

'') *Mark Watney (

The Martian (Weir novel) ''The Martian'' is a 2011 science fiction debut novel written by Andy Weir. The book was originally self-published on Weir's blog, in a serialized format. In 2014, the book was re-released after Crown Publishing Group purchased the exclusive publ ...

) – botanist, mechanical engineer, astronaut

Mad scientists and evil geniuses

Victor Frankenstein Victor Frankenstein is a fictional character and the main protagonist and title character in Mary Shelley's 1818 novel, ''Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus''.. He is an Italian-Swiss scientist (born in Naples, Italy) who, after studyin ...

(novel ''

Frankenstein ''Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus'' is an 1818 novel written by English author Mary Shelley. ''Frankenstein'' tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific ...

'' by

Mary Shelley Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (; ; 30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel '' Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus'' (1818), which is considered an early example of science fiction. She also ...

; ''

'' film as "Heinrich Von Frankenstein") – scientist who stole body parts from graves and used them to create an undead

monster A monster is a type of fictional creature found in horror, fantasy, science fiction, folklore, mythology and religion. Monsters are very often depicted as dangerous and aggressive with a strange, grotesque appearance that causes terror and fe ...

* Dr. Henry Jekyll (''

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde ''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'' is a 1886 Gothic novella by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. It follows Gabriel John Utterson, a London-based legal practitioner who investigates a series of strange occurrences between his old ...

'') – scientist who searches for alteration of the human body and to separate the evil from the good *

Mad scientists of Stanisław Lem Mad scientists and inventors appear in the fiction of Stanisław Lem in the memoirs of Lem's starfaring vagabond Ijon Tichy, collected in ''The Star Diaries'' and '' Memoirs of a Space Traveller,'' as well as in ''The Cyberiad''. Most of Lem's mad s ...

, quite a few mad geniuses, many of whom strove to "inflict social

panacea In Greek mythology, Panacea (Greek ''Πανάκεια'', Panakeia), a goddess of universal remedy, was the daughter of Asclepius and Epione. Panacea and her four sisters each performed a facet of Apollo's art: * Panacea (the goddess of univers ...

on entire populations", a part of Lem's philosophical analysis of social engineering. * Dr. Moreau ('' The Island of Doctor Moreau'') – vivisectionist who has fled scandal to live on a remote island in the Pacific to pursue his research of perfecting his Beast Folk *

Professor Moriarty Professor James Moriarty is a fictional character and criminal mastermind created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to be a formidable enemy for the author's fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. He was created primarily as a device by which Doyle coul ...

– evil genius antagonist of

Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes () is a fictional detective created by British author Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a " consulting detective" in the stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, deduction, forensic science and ...

* Dr. Julius No ('' Dr. No'')

In live-action films

Individual scientist/engineers

* Eleanor Arroway (''

Contact Contact may refer to: Interaction Physical interaction * Contact (geology), a common geological feature * Contact lens or contact, a lens placed on the eye * Contact sport, a sport in which players make contact with other players or objects * C ...

'') – scientist who searches for extraterrestrial intelligence *

Buckaroo Banzai ''The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension'', often shortened to ''Buckaroo Banzai'', is a 1984 American science fiction film produced and directed by W. D. Richter and written by Earl Mac Rauch. It stars Peter Weller in the ti ...

('' The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension'') – particle physicist, neurosurgeon, test pilot, martial artist and rock star * Professor Barnhardt (''

The Day the Earth Stood Still ''The Day the Earth Stood Still'' (a.k.a. ''Farewell to the Master'' and ''Journey to the World'') is a 1951 American science fiction film from 20th Century Fox, produced by Julian Blaustein and directed by Robert Wise. It stars Michael Re ...

'') – American scientist who organizes a scientific reception for Klaatu's message of peace * Dr. Glenn Barton (''

The Man and the Challenge ''The Man and the Challenge'' is an American adventure fiction television series about a scientist who tests problems of human survival. It stars George Nader and aired on NBC during the 1959–1960 television season. Synopsis Dr. Glenn Barton ...

'') – human-factors scientist * Professor Gerard Beckert (''

Frostbite Frostbite is a skin injury that occurs when exposed to extreme low temperatures, causing the freezing of the skin or other tissues, commonly affecting the fingers, toes, nose, ears, cheeks and chin areas. Most often, frostbite occurs in t ...

'') – geneticist and Nazi

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

veteran creating genetically enhanced

vampires A vampire is a mythical creature that subsists by feeding on the vital essence (generally in the form of blood) of the living. In European folklore, vampires are undead creatures that often visited loved ones and caused mischief or dea ...

out of the unsuspecting youth of a

Norrland Norrland (, "Northland", originally ''Norrlanden'' or "the Northlands") is the northernmost, largest and least populated of the three traditional lands of Sweden, consisting of nine provinces. Although Norrland does not serve any administ ...

-town located above the

Arctic Circle The Arctic Circle is one of the two polar circles, and the most northerly of the five major circles of latitude as shown on maps of Earth. Its southern equivalent is the Antarctic Circle. The Arctic Circle marks the southernmost latitude at ...

Blankman ''Blankman'' is a 1994 American superhero comedy parody film directed by Mike Binder and starring Damon Wayans and David Alan Grier. It was written by Wayans and J. F. Lawton. Plot As kids, Darryl and Kevin Walker grew up as fans of the te ...

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'') – science whiz-

nerd A nerd is a person seen as overly intellectual, obsessive, introverted or lacking social skills. Such a person may spend inordinate amounts of time on unpopular, little known, or non-mainstream activities, which are generally either highly tec ...

who believes he is a superhero, and becomes one * Dr.

Emmett Brown Emmett Lathrop Brown, Ph.D., commonly referred to as Doc Brown, is a fictional scientist character in the ''Back to the Future'' franchise. In the world of the franchise, he is the inventor of the world's first and second time machines, the f ...

aka Aka, AKA or a.k.a. may refer to: * "Also known as", used to introduce an alternative name Languages * Aka language (Sudan) * Aka language, in the Central African Republic * Hruso language, in India, also referred to as Aka * a prefix in the n ...

Doc Brown (''

Back to the Future ''Back to the Future'' is a 1985 American science fiction film directed by Robert Zemeckis, and written by Zemeckis and Bob Gale. It stars Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, and Thomas F. Wilson. Set in 1985, ...

'', ''

Back to the Future Part II ''Back to the Future Part II'' is a 1989 American science fiction film directed by Robert Zemeckis from a screenplay by Bob Gale and a story by both. It is the sequel to the 1985 film '' Back to the Future'' and the second installment in the ...

'', and ''

Back to the Future Part III ''Back to the Future Part III'' is a 1990 American science fiction Western film and the final installment of the ''Back to the Future'' trilogy. The film was directed by Robert Zemeckis, and stars Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Ste ...

'') – inventor of the

Flux Capacitor In the ''Back to the Future'' franchise, the DeLorean time machine is a time travel device made by retrofitting a DMC DeLorean vehicle with a flux capacitor. The car requires 1.21 gigawatts ("jigawatts/jigowatts") of power and needs to travel 88 ...

which makes

time travel Time travel is the concept of movement between certain points in time, analogous to movement between different points in space by an object or a person, typically with the use of a hypothetical device known as a time machine. Time travel is a ...

possible * Seth Brundle ('' The Fly'') – eccentric but brilliant physicist who invented the telepods, machines capable of

teleportation Teleportation is the hypothetical transfer of matter or energy from one point to another without traversing the physical space between them. It is a common subject in science fiction literature and in other popular culture. Teleportation is oft ...

* Sebastian Caine * Dr.

Miles Bennett Dyson Doctor Miles Bennett Dyson is a character in the sci-fi franchise '' Terminator''. He is the original inventor of the microprocessor which would lead to the development of Skynet, an intelligent computer system intended to control the United Sta ...

('' Terminator 2: Judgment Day'') – when he learns of the destructive destiny of his future creation, Dyson destroys his research * Dr. Stephen Falken (''

WarGames ''WarGames'' is a 1983 American science fiction techno-thriller film written by Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes and directed by John Badham. The film, which stars Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, and Ally Sheedy, follow ...

'') – creator of the "Joshua" computer program * Dr. Charles Forbin ('' Colossus: The Forbin Project'') – designer of Colossus * Dr. Clayton Forrester (''

The War of the Worlds ''The War of the Worlds'' is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells, first serialised in 1897 by ''Pearson's Magazine'' in the UK and by ''Cosmopolitan (magazine), Cosmopolitan'' magazine in the US. The novel's first appear ...

'') * Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (''

Young Frankenstein ''Young Frankenstein'' is a 1974 American comedy horror film directed by Mel Brooks. The screenplay was co-written by Brooks and Gene Wilder. Wilder also starred in the lead role as the title character, a descendant of the infamous Dr. Victor ...

'') – the descendant of Dr. Victor Frankenstein * Dr.

('' Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus'' by

, and films based on the novel) – creates a creature and gives it life * Kaywinnet Lee Frye ( Serenity) – mechanical engineer * John Kramer ('' Saw franchise'') – a former civil engineer who spends the last months of his life testing people's will to live by kidnapping and placing them in potentially deadly traps * Dr. Leslie Gaskell ('' Kronos'') – came up with a way to destroy the giant machine * Richard Hannay ('' The Thirty-Nine Steps'' and ''

Greenmantle ''Greenmantle'' is the second of five novels by John Buchan featuring the character Richard Hannay. It was first published in 1916 by Hodder & Stoughton, London. It is one of two Hannay novels set during the First World War, the other being ' ...

'') – British mining engineer who is the hero in John Buchan's World War I-era adventure novels; ''The Thirty-Nine Steps'' has been adapted for film three times * Dr. Stanley Goodspeed ('' The Rock'') – FBI chemical weapons specialist * Corporal Hardin (''

Southern Comfort (1981 film) ''Southern Comfort'' is a 1981 American action thriller film directed by Walter Hill and written by Michael Kane, Hill and his longtime collaborator David Giler. It stars Keith Carradine, Powers Boothe, Fred Ward, T. K. Carter, Franklyn Seales ...

'') – chemical engineer in regular life on weekend maneuvers with Louisiana Army National Guard squad in rural bayou country as they antagonize some local Cajun people and become hunted. His day job is only relevant to explain his rational sensible approach. * Professor Eddie Jessup (''

Altered States ''Altered States'' is a 1980 American science fiction body horror film directed by Ken Russell and based on the novel of the same name by playwright and screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky. The film was adapted from Chayefsky's 1978 novel and is his fi ...

'') – heroic at the end *

Indiana Jones ''Indiana Jones'' is an American media franchise based on the adventures of Dr. Henry Walton "Indiana" Jones, Jr., a fictional professor of archaeology, that began in 1981 with the film '' Raiders of the Lost Ark''. In 1984, a prequel, '' Th ...

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archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landsca ...

* David Levinson (''

Independence Day An independence day is an annual event commemorating the anniversary of a nation's independence or statehood, usually after ceasing to be a group or part of another nation or state, or more rarely after the end of a military occupation. Many ...

'') – cable-TV engineer who devises the trick that blocks the alien invasion * der Leitende - LI (

das Boot ''Das Boot'' (, English: "The Boat") is a 1981 West German war film written and directed by Wolfgang Petersen, produced by Günter Rohrbach, and starring Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, and Klaus Wennemann. It has been exhibited both as ...

) -

chief engineer A chief engineer, commonly referred to as "ChEng" or "Chief", is the most senior engine officer of an engine department on a ship, typically a merchant ship, and holds overall leadership and the responsibility of that department..Chief engineer ...

of U-96 portrayed by

Klaus Wennemann Klaus Wennemann (18 December 1940 – 7 January 2000) was a German television and film actor. Wenneman was born in Oer-Erkenschwick, North Rhine-Westphalia. He is perhaps best known for his leading roles as the Chief Engineer, (the LI), in ''D ...

after real-life chief engineer Friedrich (Fritz) Grade * Dr. Emilio Lizardo ('' The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension'') – physicist whose mind is under control of the Black Lectroid, Lord John Whorfin * Ian Malcolm (''

Jurassic Park ''Jurassic Park'', later also referred to as ''Jurassic World'', is an American science fiction media franchise created by Michael Crichton and centered on a disastrous attempt to create a theme park of cloned dinosaurs. It began in 1990 when ...

'') –

mathematician A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems. Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, structure, space, models, and change. History On ...

and chaotician surviving numerous encounters with dinosaurs and other hazards; his mathematical prowess does not help so much as allow him to predict his own fate, and that of the park's inhabitants * Dr. Russell A. Marvin (''

Earth vs. the Flying Saucers ''Earth vs. the Flying Saucers'' (a.k.a. ''Invasion of the Flying Saucers'' and ''Flying Saucers from Outer Space'') is a 1956 American science fiction film from Columbia Pictures. It was produced by Charles H. Schneer, directed by Fred F. Sears ...

'') – invented the weapon that brought down the saucers * Leonora Orantes ('' Contagion'') – World Health Organization epidemiologist * Q (''

James Bond The ''James Bond'' series focuses on a fictional British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short-story collections. Since Fleming's death in 1964, eight other authors hav ...

'') – makes all the gadgets 007 uses; Q is most often portrayed using the conventional literary trappings of a scientist (such as a white lab coat), even though his activities are closer to engineering *

Hank Rearden This is a list of characters in Ayn Rand's 1957 novel ''Atlas Shrugged.'' Major characters The following are major characters from the novel. Protagonists Dagny Taggart Dagny Taggart is the protagonist of the novel. She is vice-president in Ch ...

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Atlas Shrugged ''Atlas Shrugged'' is a 1957 novel by Ayn Rand. It was her longest novel, the fourth and final one published during her lifetime, and the one she considered her ''magnum opus'' in the realm of fiction writing. ''Atlas Shrugged'' includes elemen ...

'') – metallurgist and railroad magnate, inventor of "Rearden metal" * David Reed (''

Creature from the Black Lagoon ''Creature from the Black Lagoon'' is a 1954 American black-and-white 3D monster horror film produced by William Alland and directed by Jack Arnold, from a screenplay by Harry Essex and Arthur Ross and a story by Maurice Zimm. It stars ...

'') – contrasted to Mark Williams, a hypermasculine and ultimately destructive scientist *

Ellen Ripley Ellen Louise Ripley, often referred to simply as Ripley, is a fictional character and protagonist of the ''Alien'' film series, played by American actress Sigourney Weaver. The character earned Weaver worldwide recognition, and the role remain ...

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Alien Alien primarily refers to: * Alien (law), a person in a country who is not a national of that country ** Enemy alien, the above in times of war * Extraterrestrial life, life which does not originate from Earth ** Specifically, intelligent extrater ...

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Aliens Alien primarily refers to: * Alien (law), a person in a country who is not a national of that country ** Enemy alien, the above in times of war * Extraterrestrial life, life which does not originate from Earth ** Specifically, intelligent extrater ...

'') – engineer aboard the star ship Nostromo * Menlo Schwartzer ('' Surf II: The End of the Trilogy'') – reputedly brilliant

chemist A chemist (from Greek ''chēm(ía)'' alchemy; replacing ''chymist'' from Medieval Latin ''alchemist'') is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties. Chemists carefully describe th ...

* Dr. Daisuke Serizawa (''

Gojira Gojira (ゴジラ) is the original Japanese name for Godzilla, a giant monster at the center of a media franchise. It may also refer to: Films * ''Godzilla'' franchise, known as ''ゴジラ'' (''Gojira'') in Japan ** ''Godzilla'' (1954 film), rel ...

''/''

Godzilla is a fictional monster, or '' kaiju'', originating from a series of Japanese films. The character first appeared in the 1954 film '' Godzilla'' and became a worldwide pop culture icon, appearing in various media, including 32 films produ ...

'') – scientist who invents the Oxygen Destroyer, uses it to destroy

, then destroys his notes and sacrifices his own life so his creation can never be misused * Dr. Jeffrey Stewart (''

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'') – personally destroyed the dangerous substance *

Dr. Thomas Stockmann ''An Enemy of the People'' (original Norwegian title: ''En folkefiende''), an 1882 play by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, followed his previous play, ''Ghosts'', which criticized the hypocrisy of his society's moral code. That response incl ...

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'') * Dr. Ryan Stone (''

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'') – biomedical engineer at a hospital in Lake Zurich; later becomes a mission specialist at

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* Dr. Jane Tiptree ('' Carnosaur'') – plans to recreate dinosaurs and destroy humanity * Professor Wayne Szalinski (''

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'') * Dr. William Weir (''

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'') – designer of the titular spacecraft and its FTL propulsion system, the "gravity drive" * Steve Zissou ('' The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004 film)'') – eccentric oceanographer who sets out to exact revenge on the "jaguar shark" * John Koestler ('' Knowing'') – astrophysicist at

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. Killed at the end of the movie when the massive solar flare destroys and ignites Earth. * Adrian Helmsley (''

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'') –

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, chief science advisor to U.S. President Thomas Wilson * Charlie Frost, (''

'') –

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conspiracy theorist and radio talk-show host. Killed in the scene where

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erupted * Jackson Curtis, (''

'') – struggling science-fiction writer * Satnam Surtani, (''

'') – astrophysicist *Dr Newton Geiszler, (

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) – K-Science Officer (biologist/research team) *Dr Hermann Gottlieb (

) – K-Science Officer (mathematician/research team) * Dr Robert Bruce Banner ( The Incredible Hulk, The Avengers, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Thor: Ragnarok, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame) – renowned scientist with 7 PhDs (focus in gamma radiation) * Eric Selvig (

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, The Avengers, Thor:The Dark World, Avengers: Age of Ultron)- Astrophysics, worked with Jane Foster on her Wormhole research, associate of

and former partner of Bruce Banner. Latter worked for

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to study Tessaract. *Mark Watney (

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) – botanist, mechanical engineer, astronaut

Mad scientists

* Conal Cochran ('' Halloween III: Season of the Witch'') – plans to resurrect macabre aspects of the Gaelic festival Samhain, which he connects to witchcraft * Nathan Bateman * Dr. Simon Barnister (''

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'') * Dr. Ralph Benson ('' The Mad Doctor of Market Street'') * Mr. Barron * Dr. Theodore Bohmer ('' The Ghost of Frankenstein'') * Dr. Paul Carruthers (''

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'') * Dr. Phillip Channard * Dr. Franz Edelmann (''

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'') – honourable doctor, until he was transfused with the blood of

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; he then went insane and became a murderer * Dr. Evil (''

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'') * Dr. Finkelstein (''The Nightmare Before Christmas'') * Casanova Frankenstein (''Mystery Men'') * Frederick Frankenstein (''

'') – grandson of

, who at first is so embarrassed by his grandfather's deeds that he insists his name is pronounced "Fronkensteen," but eventually creates his own

, equipped with an "enormous" Schwanzstücker. * Dr. Frank N. Furter (''The Rocky Horror Picture Show'') * Dr. Gogol (''Mad Love (1935 film), Mad Love'') * List of Saw characters#Lawrence Gordon, Doctor Gordon (''Saw (2004 film), Saw'' and ''Saw 3D, Saw 3D: The Final Chapter'') – uncaring surgeon until he survived a "test" orchestrated by the Jigsaw (Saw character), Jigsaw Killer. After the experience changed his viewpoint on life, Gordon became Jigsaw's apprentice and began applying his medical skills to Jigsaw's traps which kidnapped victims were forced to endure. Following Jigsaw's death, Gordon became his successor. * Dr. Josef Heiter (''The Human Centipede (First Sequence)'') – Josef Mengele-esque surgeon known for his surgical atrocity he calls the "Human Centipede" * Dr. Hoenneger (''The Wolfman (2010 film), The Wolfman'') – German doctor who worked at an insane asylum and used medical torture to "treat" Larry Talbot, Lawrence Talbot's belief that he transformed into a werewolf every full moon * Dr. Horrible (''Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog'') * Ashley Kafka, Dr. Ashley Kafka (''The Amazing Spider-Man 2'') – Germany, German doctor who experimented on the patients of the Ravencroft Institute for the Criminally Insane * Dr. Mannering (''Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man'') * Dr. Wolfe MacFarlane (''The Body Snatcher (film), The Body Snatcher'') * Dr. Cal Meacham (''This Island Earth'') – earth scientist (a radio engineer in the novel) kidnapped to solve the problem of defending the planet Metaluna * Dr. Harold Medford (''Them!'') – led the team that wiped out the giant ants * Dr. Gustav Niemann (''House of Frankenstein (1944 film), House of Frankenstein'') – mad doctor who escaped prison for revenge, took over a horror carnival exhibit that included

and later encountered Frankenstein's monster and Larry Talbot, the Wolf Man * Philo (''UHF (film), UHF'') * Doctor Septimus Pretorius, Dr. Septimus Pretorius (''Bride of Frankenstein'') – mad doctor who followed in Henry Frankenstein's footsteps in creating living beings; blackmailed Frankenstein into helping him to create a Bride of Frankenstein (character), female companion for Frankenstein's monster * Rotwang (''Metropolis (1927 film), Metropolis'') * Dr. Shinzo Mafune (''Terror of Mechagodzilla'') – bitter oceanographer who had previously been ridiculed for his obsessive research into the brain patterns of sea creatures, he allies with the invading Black Hole Planet 3 Aliens, unleashing the mind-controlled kaiju Titanosaurus (Godzilla), Titanosaurus – whom he had personally discovered – to assist their newly rebuilt Mechagodzilla. * Dr. Carl Stoner (''Sssssss'') - delusional scientist attempting to create a method of transforming humans into reptiles * Dr. Strangelove (film of the same name) – former Nazi scientist who was the scientific advisor to the President of the United States during the brink of apocalypse * Dr. Alexander Thorkel (''Dr. Cyclops'') * Dr. Sy N. Tist (The Mad Scientist, fhe 1988) * Dr. Richard Vollin (''The Raven (1935 film), The Raven'') * Dr. Eric Vornoff (''Bride of the Monster'') * Herbert West, Dr. Herbert West (''Herbert West–Reanimator'' and ''Re-Animator'') * List of Jurassic Park characters#Dr. Henry Wu, Dr. Henry Wu (''

'', ''Jurassic World'', and ''Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom'') * Prometheus (2012 film), Peter Weyland * Dr. XXX (''The Mad Doctor (1933 film), The Mad Doctor'' animated film) * Dr. Golden Glory (''The 5th Monkey'') - deranged but brilliant Brazilian scientist who repeatedly attempts to torture monkeys in the hopes of discovering the cure for autism * Dr. Nick Laslowicz (''The Centrifuge Brain Project'')

In live-action television

Individual scientist/engineers

* Reginald Barclay (''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' and ''Star Trek: Voyager'') – diagnostic technician transferred to the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D), USS ''Enterprise''-D who later played a key role in a later project which enabled regular contact with the missing Starfleet ship, USS Voyager (Star Trek), USS ''Voyager'' * Janos Bartok (''Legend (TV series), Legend'') – Hungarian scientist and inventor * Chuck Bartowski (''Chuck (TV series), Chuck'') – nerd who uses his skills to save the day many times * Julian Bashir (''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'') – chief medical officer on Deep Space Nine (fictional space station), Deep Space Nine * Beaker (Muppet), Beaker (''The Muppet Show'') – assistant scientist at Muppet Labs. * Beakman (''Beakman's World'') – a general scientist who, in a funny and entertaining manner, teaches that science is a fact of life * Walter White (Breaking Bad) – a former chemist who, after getting diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, starts manufacturing meth to provide for his family * Carson Beckett (''Stargate Atlantis'') – medical doctor and geneticist who discovers the ATA gene and serves as the chief medical officer for the Atlantis expedition * Sam Beckett (''Quantum Leap'') – Nobel-prize winning quantum physicist (with multiple doctorates) caught in his own time-travel experiment; "leaping" into many lives along the span of his own lifetime, he must change the histories of those around him for the better before he can return home * Dr. Walter Bishop (''Fringe (TV series), Fringe'') – genius and literally mad scientist; responsible for opening a doorway into another universe in order to save an alternate version of his son Peter from dying; his actions resulted in the gradual breakdown of both universes and inadvertently started a war between them * Brains (Thunderbirds), Brains (''Thunderbirds (TV series), Thunderbirds'') – engineer * Samantha Carter, Lieutenant Colonel Samantha Carter, Ph.D. (''Stargate SG-1'') – United States Air Force officer and astrophysicist whose scientific knowledge and engineering skills are used to resolve various threats to her team and to Earth * Ravi Chakrabarti (''iZombie (TV series), iZombie'') – medical examiner for the Seattle PD. He has studied the unique biology of zombies and has made several attempts to develop a cure for the condition. * Dr. Sheldon Cooper (''The Big Bang Theory'') – theoretical physicist at California Institute of Technology, Caltech * Professor Monty Corndog (''The Aquabats'' / ''The Aquabats! Super Show!'') – eccentric scientist and inventor whose chemical creations turned a group of ordinary men into superhero rock musicians who fight crime with the aide of The Professor's gadgets and contraptions * Zefram Cochrane (''Star Trek: The Original Series'' and ''Star Trek: First Contact'') – inventor of the warp drive (Star Trek), warp drive * Beverly Crusher (''Star Trek: The Next Generation'') – chief medical officer of the ''Enterprise''-D * Data (Star Trek), Data (''Star Trek: The Next Generation'') – second officer and chief operations officer of the ''Enterprise''-D, but his duties covered that of a science officer * Bill Davis (''Family Affair'') – civil engineer * Davros (''Doctor Who'') – Universal Genius from the planet Skaro and nemesis from the Doctor, he invented the Reality Bomb – a moon sized machine which creates a wavelength with the ability to cancel the electrical field that holds atoms together, he intended to use it to destroy all life in his own, and all other Universes in existence * Jadzia Dax (''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'') – science officer on ''Deep Space Nine'' * Ezri Dax (''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'') – counselor on ''Deep Space Nine'' * Dr. Richard Daystrom ("The Ultimate Computer") (''Star Trek: The Original Series'') – inventor of the duotronic computer systems, the basic principles behind the computers on all Starfleet vessels * Dr. Linda Denman (''H2O: Just Add Water, H₂O: Just Add Water'') * Doctor (Doctor Who), The Doctor (''Doctor Who'') – super-intelligent alien who was educated as a scientist and uses his skills extensively in his adventures * Doctor (Star Trek: Voyager), The Doctor (''Star Trek: Voyager'') – ''Voyager''s Emergency Medical Hologram * Stephen "Steve" Douglas (''My Three Sons'') – aeronautical engineer * Dr. List of The Big Bang Theory characters#Amy Farrah Fowler, Amy Farrah Fowler (''The Big Bang Theory'') – neurobiologist; played by real-life neuroscientist Mayim Bialik * Professor Sydney Fox (''Relic Hunter'') – archaeologist * Stephen Franklin (Babylon 5), Stephen Franklin (''Babylon 5'' and ''Crusade (TV series), Crusade'') * Kaywinnet Lee Frye (Firefly (TV series), Firefly) – mechanical engineer * Dr. Goodfellow (''Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV series), Buck Rogers in the 25th Century'') * Dr. Ross Geller (''Friends'') – Paleontologist working at a museum in research and administration. Lecturer/Professor at NYU * Artemus Gordon (''The Wild Wild West'') – brainy complement to James West's brawn * Max Hamilton (''H2O: Just Add Water, H₂O: Just Add Water'') * The Professor (Gilligan's Island), Professor Roy Hinkley, a.k.a. The Professor (Gilligan's Island), The Professor (''Gilligan's Island'') – respected ''de facto'' leader of the castaways and usually represents the only real continual hope of rescue * Dr. Leonard Hofstadter (''The Big Bang Theory'') – experimental physicist at California Institute of Technology, Caltech * Dr. Bunsen Honeydew (''The Muppet Show'') – scientist and founder of Muppet Labs. * Paige Howard (''Zoey 101'') * Dr. Elias Huer (''Buck Rogers'') – chief scientist and inventor in the comic strip, movie serial and television series * Daniel Jackson (Stargate), Dr. Daniel Jackson (''Stargate (film), Stargate and Stargate SG-1'') – archaeologist and linguist who figures out how to open the Stargate; his understanding of cultures and languages typically comes in handy when dealing with the bewildering array of cultures in the Stargate universe * Jimmy the Robot (''The Aquabats'' / ''The Aquabats! Super Show!'') – Android (robot), android with advanced skills and knowledge in numerous areas of science and technology * Dr. Raj Koothrappali, Rajesh Koothrappali (''The Big Bang Theory'') – astrophysicist at California Institute of Technology, Caltech * Geordi La Forge (''Star Trek: The Next Generation'') – chief engineering officer of the ''Enterprise''-D * Angus MacGyver, Angus "Mac" MacGyver (''MacGyver (1985 TV series), MacGyver'') – secret agent who fights the forces of evil using his scientific and engineering knowledge to his advantage * Quinn Mallory (''Sliders (TV series), Sliders'') – graduate student who invents the transdimensional gateway * Lewis McCartney (''H2O: Just Add Water, H₂O: Just Add Water'') * Leonard McCoy (''Star Trek: The Original Series'') – chief medical officer of the ''Enterprise'' * Dr. Rodney McKay (''Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis'') – brilliant but whiny astrophysicist who manages to save the lost city of Atlantis on a regular basis (and never lets anyone forget it) * Miles O'Brien (Star Trek), Miles O'Brien (''Star Trek: Deep Space 9'') – chief operations officer on ''Deep Space Nine'', which doubles as a chief engineer * Walter O'Brien (fictional character), Walter O'Brien – 197 IQ genius, hacker, and leader of team ''Scorpion (TV series), Scorpion'' * Dr. Juliet Parrish (''V (1984 TV series), V'') – scientist who becomes the principal leader of the resistance against the genocidal alien Visitors * Quinn Pensky (''Zoey 101'') – 13-year-old mad scientist, best known for her "Quinventions" * Phlox (Star Trek), Phlox (''Star Trek: Enterprise'') – chief medical officer on the ''Enterprise''-NX01 * Professor Bernard Quatermass (various TV series and movies) * Dr. List of The Big Bang Theory characters#Bernadette, Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz (''The Big Bang Theory'') – microbiologist for a pharmaceutical company * Hoshi Sato (''Star Trek: Enterprise'') – communication officer of the ''Enterprise''-NX01 and inventor of the universal translator * Abby Sciuto (''NCIS (TV series), NCIS'') – forensic scientist for the Naval Criminal Investigative Service * Montgomery Scott, a.k.a. Scotty (''Star Trek: The Original Series'') – chief engineer of the ''Enterprise'', often described as a miracle worker * Dr. Richard Seaton (''Skylark (series), Skylark'') – super-scientist * Seven of Nine (''Star Trek: Voyager'') – Borg drone with no official rank or post, but due to her access to advanced Borg knowledge, she was used as an acting science officer on ''Voyager'' * River Song (Doctor Who), Dr. River Song (''Doctor Who'') – archeologist, adventurer, and companion of the Doctor * Noonien Soong (''Star Trek: The Next Generation'') – inventor of the positronic brain, which makes intelligent androids possible * Dr. Tolian Soran (''Star Trek Generations'') – El-Aurian scientist desperate to return to the Nexus * Spock, Mr. Spock (''Star Trek: The Original Series'') – science officer and second-in-command of the ''Enterprise'' * Dr. Mohinder Suresh (''Heroes (U.S. TV series), Heroes'') – professor of genetics and parapsychology from India * B'Elanna Torres (''Star Trek: Voyager'') – chief engineer of ''Voyager'' * T'Pol (''Star Trek: Enterprise'') – second-in-command of the ''Enterprise''-NX01, though the crew relied on her as an acting science officer as well * Trip Tucker, Charles Tucker III, a.k.a. "Trip" (''Star Trek: Enterprise'') – chief engineer of the ''Enterprise''-NX01 * Mrs. Wakeman (''My Life as a Teenage Robot'') – XJ-9's creator * Dr. Rudy Wells (novel ''Cyborg (novel), Cyborg'' by Martin Caidin; ''The Six Million Dollar Man'', ''The Bionic Woman'') – cyberneticist * Howard Wolowitz (''The Big Bang Theory'') – aerospace engineer at California Institute of Technology, Caltech * Dr. Horace Goodspeed, (''Lost (TV series), Lost'') – mathematician * Dr. Pierre Chang, (''Lost (TV series), Lost'') – astrophysicist

Mad scientists

* Davros (''Doctor Who'') - the creator of the Daleks. * Dr. Arthur Arden, a.k.a. Hans Grüper (''American Horror Story: Asylum'') * Walter Bishop (Fringe), Walter Bishop (''Fringe (TV series), Fringe'') * Stranger Things, Martin Brenner * Dollmaker (comics)#Barton Mathis, The Dollmaker (''Arrow (TV series), Arrow'', ''Gotham (TV series), Gotham'', ''Batman vs. Robin'', and DC Comics) – serial killer and insane surgeon who makes dolls out of human flesh * Dr. Laurence Erhardt (''Mystery Science Theater 3000'') * Dr. Clayton Forrester (Mystery Science Theater 3000), Dr. Clayton Forrester (''Mystery Science Theater 3000'') * Kinga Forrester (''Mystery Science Theater 3000'') * Pearl Forrester (''Mystery Science Theater 3000'') * Dr. Benjamin Jeffcoat (''My Secret Identity'') * Kamen Rider 555, Masahiko Minami * Dr. Loveless (''The Wild Wild West'') * TV's Frank (''Mystery Science Theater 3000'') * The Master (Doctor Who), The Master (''Doctor Who'') - a renegade alien who seeks universal conquest. *Dr. Jonathan Reiss (Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life, Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life) *Professor Roy Curien (House of the Dead 2 (film), House of the Dead 2)

In television animation

* Dr. Namba (Pokémon (anime), Pokémon) – evil scientist who works for List of Pokemon characters#team rocket, Team Rocket. * Vlad Plasmius (''Danny Phantom'') – half-ghost evil inventor * Marvin the Martian (''Looney Tunes'') – would-be planet conqueror * Miles Dredd (''Max Steel'') – main antagonist * Megatron (''Transformers'') – leader of the Decepticons nemesis of Optimus Prime and Autobot, the Autobots. * Twilight Sparkle (''My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic'') * List of Tamagotchi! characters#Mametchi, Mametchi - (''Tamagotchi! (TV series), Tamagotchi'') * Princess Bubblegum (''Adventure Time'') – beautiful princess who invents and creates the citizens of Candy Kingdom in the land of Ooo * Entrapta, Princess Entrapta (''She-Ra: Princess of Power'' and ''She-Ra and the Princesses of Power'') robotics engineer and inventor * Professor Bug (''The Backyardigans'') – pseudo-steampunk mad scientist portrayed by Pablo who bugs all the robots in Mega City * Professor Frink (''The Simpsons'') – Springfield's greatest scientific and engineering mind * Newton Gimmick (''The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin'') – absent-minded inventor whose inventions do not always work, but who always comes through in the end * Gadget Hackwrench (''Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (TV series), Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers'') – mouse tinkerer/scientist * Franz Hopper (''Code Lyoko'') – genius in quantum physics and computer programming responsible for the creation of the virtual reality Lyoko, malevolent AI XANA and the advanced hardware that support both * Van Kleiss (''Generator Rex'') – main antagonist * List of Madagascar (franchise) characters#Kowalski, Kowalski (''Penguins of Madagascar)'' – team's scientist and inventor * List of Archer characters#Dr. Krieger, Doctor Krieger (''Archer (2009 TV series), Archer'' TV series) – head of the ISIS applied research department * Professor Membrane (''Invader Zim'') – super-scientist; "the man without whom this world falls into chaos, and the inventor of Super Toast" * Doctor Mindbender (''G.I. Joe: Renegades'') – mad young genius in charge of Cobra's secret Bio-Viper project * Sandy Cheeks (''SpongeBob SquarePants'') - major character, one of Spongebob's best friends. * Jimmy Neutron (''The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius'') – boy genius * Perceptor (''Transformers (toyline), Transformers'') – Autobot scientist * Peridot (''Steven Universe'') – gem scientist and guardian of the crystal gems * Stanford "Ford" Pines (''Gravity Falls'') – author of the three journals and earned his Ph.D. in Backupsmore University * Dr. Benton Quest (''Jonny Quest'') *Sokka (''Avatar: The Last Airbender'') – self-taught engineer, inventor, and military strategist * Asami Sato (''The Legend of Korra'') – trained engineer, skilled pilot and driver, and competent unarmed combatant; partner of Avatar Korra and CEO of Future Industries * Ratchet (''Transformers series, Transformers'' series) – skilled Autobot medic; in the G1 Comics, he sacrifices himself to kill Megatron (Transformers), Megatron * Professor Utonium (''Powerpuff Girls'') – father/scientist who created the Powerpuff Girls, among several other wacky things *List of The Venture Bros. characters#Dr. Thaddeus "Rusty" Venture, Dr. Thaddeus "Rusty" Venture (''The Venture Bros.'') – self proclaimed super-scientist who primarily re-purposes his father Jonas Venture's old inventions. Parody of Dr. Benton Quest * Wheeljack (''Transformers'') – Autobot engineer and inventor * Doctor Zoidberg (''Futurama'') – lobster-like creature working as the company doctor for Planet Express * Aviva Corcovado (Wild Kratts) – engineer and inventor * Dr. Claw (Inspector Gadget series) * Dr. Arkeville (''The Transformers (TV series), The Transformers'' TV series) – self-proclaimed evil genius who allies himself with the Decepticons * Professor Bug (''The Backyardigans'') – pseudo-steampunk mad scientist portrayed by Pablo who bugs all the robots in Mega City * Professor Finbarr Calamitous (''The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius'') * Dexter (''Dexter's Laboratory'') – child genius who whips up dazzling, world-saving inventions in his secret laboratory * Mandark (''Dexter's Laboratory'') – Dexter's rival, an evil genius who wants to destroy Dexter's laboratory and take over the world * Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz (''Phineas & Ferb'') – mad scientist whose goal is to take over the tri-state area * List of Kim Possible characters#Dr. Drakken, Dr. Drakken (''Kim Possible'') – blue-skinned mad scientist determined to take over the world in order to prove his genius * Professor Hubert Farnsworth (''Futurama'') – creator of an atomic monster, various inventions, and the engines that allow space travel * Dr. Fritz Huhnmorder (''Robot Chicken'') – scientist who revives a roadkill, road-killed chicken with cybernetic technology and forces the chicken to watch various stop motion sketch comedy, comedy sketches * List of Attack on Titan characters#Hange Zoe, Hange Zoe (''Attack on Titan'') – quirky scientist in charge of studying titans and inventing new weapons for the Survey Corps. * Mane-iac (''My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'') – mad scientist in chemical engineering, specializing in the production of detergents * Dr. Alphonse Mephesto (''South Park'') – mad scientist who specializes in genetic engineering; creates strange creatures with his talents; also performs experiments ranging from simple DNA tests to creating a genetic clone of Stan Marsh for his son's science project * Lisa Loud (''The Loud House'') * Mojo Jojo (''Powerpuff Girls'') – mad scientist's chimpanzee that plots to take over the world and destroy the Powerpuff Girls; he was also Professor Utonium's former pet and partially responsible for the creation of the Powerpuff Girls * Plankton and Karen#Plankton, Plankton (''SpongeBob SquarePants'') – evil genius who specializes in building robotic inventions, including his sidekick Plankton and Karen#Karen, Karen * Rick Sanchez (''Rick and Morty'') – sociopathic, alcoholic but the smartest man of the universe who travels various dimensions with his grandson Morty. * Dr. Weird (''Aqua Teen Hunger Force'') – smartest, madest, and scientistest scientist in the universe whose experiments often cause problems for the Aqua Teens. * Jack Spicer (''Xiaolin Showdown'') – evil boy genius * Dr. Cinnamon J Scudworth (''Clone High'') - A mad scientist who created all the clones of historic figures, employed by The Secret Board of Shadowy Figures * Professor Venomous (''OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes'') – international terrorist and evil inventor * Lord Boxman (''OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes'') – evil robotics engineer and CEO of Boxmore. * Dr. Flug (''Villainous (web series), Villainous'') - An intelligent and inventive mad scientist who creates all the gadgets and machines that Black Hat attempts to sell. * Dr. Anton Sevarius (''Gargoyles (TV series), Gargoyles'') - mad scientist, geneticist involved in several projects in the ''Gargoyles'' storyline. His most notable act is the creation of Talon and the Mutates. * Susan and Mary Test (''Johnnt Test'') - twin sisters who develop all sorts of gadgets and chemicals, usually tested by Johnny with unexpected results. * List of Atomic Betty characters#Dr. Cerebral, Dr. Cerebral (''Atomic Betty'') - a mad alien scientist, consisting of a brain with a face floating within a glass tank upon a mechanical body who seeks to control the universe and wipe out all organics due to a belief mechanical beings be more efficient. * Hugo A-Go-Go (''Batfink'') - Batfink's most recurring enemy. * Professor Porter (''The Legend of Tarzan (TV series), The Legend of Tarzan'') * Alador Blight (''The Owl House'') - a workaholic engineer that uses a mixture of witchcraft and technology in order to craft weapons and mechanical bodyguards.

In animated films

* Megamind (''Megamind'') * * Professor Porter (''Tarzan (1999 film)'') * List of Tamagotchi! characters#Mametchi, Mametchi - (''Tamagotchi: The Movie'') * Twilight Sparkle (''My Little Pony: The Movie'', 2017) * Dr. Cockroach (''Monsters vs. Aliens'') – brilliant professor and a mad scientist with the head, body and abilities of a cockroach * Gru (''Despicable Me'') * Dr. Jumba Jookiba (''Lilo & Stitch'', 2002) *Buddy Pine a. k. a. Syndrome (The Incredibles, 2004) - Mr. Incredible's fan-turned-supervillain, who uses his scientific prowess to give himself enhanced abilities. * Dr. Nefario (''Despicable Me'') * Victor "Vector" Perkins (''Despicable Me'') * Dr. Wily, Dr. Albert W. Wily (''Mega Man'') * Mac (''Chicken Run'')- Scottish Chicken Scientist, helps other chickens escape the farm using aerodynamics, anatomy, mechanics.

In comics and graphic novels

DC Comics

* Flash (Barry Allen), Barry Allen, a.k.a. Flash (DC Comics character), The Flash (''The Flash (comic book), The Flash'') – police scientist and superhero * Querl Dox, a.k.a. Brainiac 5 (''Legion of Super-Heroes'') – reputed to have a brain exponentially more powerful than a normal human * Flash (Jay Garrick), Jay Garrick, a.k.a. Flash (DC Comics character), The Flash (''The Flash (comic book), The Flash'') – research scientist, superhero and founding member of the Justice Society of America * Poison Ivy (comics), Dr. Pamela Lillian Isley, a.k.a. Poison Ivy (comics), Poison Ivy (''Batman'') – supervillain scientist with an affinity towards poisonous plant. * Starman (Ted Knight), Ted Knight, a.k.a. Starman (''Starman (DC Comics Golden Age), Starman'') – astronomer, expert scientist and superhero * Dr. Jon Osterman, a.k.a. Dr. Manhattan (''Watchmen'') – nuclear physicist transformed by accident into a godlike super-being; while publicized as a superhero, he functions as the ultimate weapon for the United States military * Atom (Ray Palmer), Ray Palmer, a.k.a. Atom (comics), Atom (''The Atom'') – professor of physics at Ivy University; able to shrink his body to varying degrees, even to sub-atomic level, and able to alter his mass to near infinite levels * Doctor Poison (''Wonder Woman (2017 film), Wonder Woman'') – DC Comics supervillain, a mad scientist who specializes in chemistry and poisons * Alan Scott (''Green Lantern'') – engineer and the first Green Lantern * Doctor Sivana, full name Thaddeus Bodog Sivana – world's wickedest scientist; arch-enemy of Captain Marvel (DC Comics), Captain Marvel (DC Comics) * Angela Spica, a.k.a. Engineer (comics), Engineer II (''The Authority (comics), The Authority'') * Tom Strong (''Tom Strong'') – science hero * Bruce Wayne, a.k.a. Batman (''Detective Comics'', ''Batman'') – world's greatest detective (reputedly), with incredible scientific knowledge and forensic and memory skills that are second to none * Hawkman (Carter Hall), Carter Hall, a.k.a. Hawkman (''Hawkman'') – archaeologist who has been reborn many times, using his knowledge acquired through centuries to aid him on his anthropological studies

Mad scientists

* Carter/Wizard (DC Comics), The Wizard (''Batman and Robin (serial), Batman and Robin'') * Anti-Monitor * Mr. Freeze * Man-Bat * Orca (DC Comics), Orca * Ultra-Humanite * Gorilla Grodd * T. O. Morrow * Professor Ivo – DC Comics supervillain, creator of Amazo and obsessed with immortality * Dr. Tito Daka (''Batman (serial), Batman'') * Doctor Death (comics), Doctor Death (DC Comics) – first super-villain Batman ever faces, Doctor Death is a chemist and producer of biological weapons * Lex Luthor (Superman in film, ''Superman'' films and DC Comics) – scientific genius and corrupt businessman who is the nemesis of Superman * Hugo Strange, Professor Hugo Strange (DC Comics)

Marvel Comics

* Hulk, Dr. Bruce Banner, a.k.a. The Incredible Hulk (''Hulk'') – scientist who developed the "Gamma Bomb" for the US government; an accident at the site of a test led to his becoming the Hulk; for a long period after, while in the form of Bruce Banner, he looked for scientific ways to rid himself of the transformation * Forge (comics), Forge (''X-Men'') – mutant engineering genius * Beast (comics), Dr. Henry (Hank) Philip McCoy, a.k.a. Beast (''X-Men'') – world-renowned biochemist and mutant superhero * Peter Parker, a.k.a. Spider-Man (''Spider-Man'') – superhero with great knowledge of advanced sciences; now teaches at the high school he formerly attended. His father Richard and Mary Parker, Richard has also been portrayed as a scientist and geneticist in the Ultimate Marvel comics as well as the films ''The Amazing Spider-Man (film), The Amazing Spider-Man'' and its The Amazing Spider-Man 2, sequel. * Reed Richards, a.k.a. Mister Fantastic (''Fantastic Four'') – scientist and inventor, regarded as one of the most intelligent people on Earth, leader of the Fantastic Four * Man-Thing, Ted Sallis – duplicator of the serum that created Captain America; transformed into The Man-Thing;although he had serious problems with his personal ethics when it came to women and girls, he abandoned Operation Sulfer on moral grounds, and elected to remain as Man-Thing rather than allow innocents to be killed by the demon Thog (comics), Thog * Tony Stark, a.k.a. Iron Man (''Iron Man'') – industrialist and mechanical engineer of incredible ingenuity and inventive genius, whose technology to fight crime keeps him alive as well; he suffers from alcoholism * The Steins#The Steins, Victor and Janet Stein (''Runaways (comics), Runaways'') – founding members of The Pride (comics), the Pride; parents of Chase Stein * Victor Von Doom, a.k.a. Doctor Doom (''Doctor Doom'') – evil scientist, engineer, genius, conqueror; like Mister Fantastic, he is regarded as one of the most intelligent people on Earth, even though he is a villain * Professor X, Professor Charles Francis Xavier, a.k.a. Professor X (''X-Men'') – founder, mentor, and sometime leader of the X-Men *Hank Pym#Fictional character biography, Dr. Henry "Hank" Pym biochemist, discovers an unusual set of subatomic particles he labels "Pym particles". Entrapping these within two separate serums, he creates a size-altering formula and a reversal formula, testing them on himself. Becomes original Ant-Man.

Mad scientists

* Curt Connors – college professor who created a formula to regrow his missing arm; turning himself into "The Lizard" * Dr. Cyrus Maldor/Scarab (Marvel Comics), The Scarab (''Captain America (serial), Captain America'') * Otto Gunther Octavius, a.k.a. Doctor Octopus (''Spider-Man 2'' and Marvel Comics) – narcissistic roboticist and nuclear physics, nuclear physicist who was fused to his four mechanical tentacles; has a vendetta against Spider-Man *Miles Warren a.k.a. Jackal (Marvel Comics character), Jackal - a college professor who has a vendetta against Spider-Man due to the death of his girlfriend Gwen Stacy, whom he secretly loved, created multiple clones of the hero as well as a clone of Gwen herself to attack and torment him and eventually turning himself into a beast. *Norman Osborn a.k.a. Green Goblin (''Spider-Man (2002 film), Spider-Man'' and Marvel Comics) - billionaire CEO of Oscorp who is at times portrayed as a scientist with brilliant intellect and who crafts a halloween themed costume. Spider-Man's nemesis. * Dr. Arnim Zola (Captain America in other media, ''Captain America'' films and Marvel Comics) – former Nazi scientist who escaped death by transferring his consciousness into a mechanical body; in the present day, he is a member of the Hydra (comics), HYDRA terrorist organization * Il Dottore from Genshin Impact (introduced in the webtoon) – a harbinger and scientist, known for his unethical experiments on children and co-workers. * Morbius, the Living Vampire, Morbius * Heinrich Zemo, also known as Baron Zemo * Mandarin (comics), Mandarin * Kang the Conqueror * Leader (comics), Leader * MODOK * Bolivar Trask * Vulture (Marvel Comics), Vulture * Mister Sinister * Apocalypse (comics), Apocalypse

Other

* Adhemar (comic book character), Adhemar (''The Adventures of Nero'') – child prodigy; professor in many different disciplines; Nobel Prize laureate; teaches at the university of Oxford and Cambridge * Professor Barabas (''Suske en Wiske'') – expert in many inventions, including

* Professor Cuthbert Calculus (''The Adventures of Tintin'') – brilliant, if distracted, scientist; responsible for developing the first one-person submarine, the first ultrasonic destruction device, and the first white rose; leader of the first crewed lunar mission. Also very hard of hearing. * Dilbert (character), Dilbert – star engineer of the comic strip series ''Dilbert'' * Dilton Doiley (''Archie Comics'') – teenage inventor and scientific genius * Donatello (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Donatello (''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'') – most intelligent of the four Turtles, he builds a lot of advanced devices, often in the heat of battle * Gyro Gearloose (Donald Duck universe) * Jeremias Gobelijn (''Jommeke'') – self-declared "professor in everything" * Agatha Heterodyne (''Airship Entertainment'', ''Girl Genius'') – heiress to the political background and scientific understanding of the Heterodyne family * Professor Kumulus (''Piet Pienter en Bert Bibber'') * Franken Fran#Characters, Fran Madaraki (''Franken Fran'') – artificial human created by a biologist; like her creator, she possesses immense medical skills * Will Magnus (''Metal Men'') – creator of a team of advanced artificially intelligent robots * Professor Philip Mortimer (''Blake and Mortimer'') – main character, physicist and gentleman scholar * Helen B. Narbon (''Narbonic'') – mad geneticist with an odd fascination with gerbils. *Norman Osborn * Dr. Jonathan Septimus (''Blake and Mortimer'') –

vengeful due to perceived slights by his colleagues, appears in The Yellow "M" and The Septimus Wave * Joachim Sickbock (''Tom Poes'') –

who often proves to be a threat to the protagonists * Professor Snuffel (''Piet Pienter en Bert Bibber'') * Baxter Stockman (''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'') * Othar Tryggvassen (''Girl Genius'') – powerful "spark", or

, bent on destroying all sparks, including himself * Ludwig Von Drake (''Duck universe'') – professor of science and psychology * Wally (Dilbert character), Wally – lazy and disillusioned engineer of the comic strip series in the Dilbert universe * Dr. Hans Zarkov (''Flash Gordon'') * Dr. Frankenollie (''Mickey Mouse'') *Brainstorm (The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye) – scientific genius who invented time travel in order to save his best friend's husband, the consequences of which technically began the Autobot-Decepticon civil war.

In anime and manga

Individual scientist/engineers

*Jotaro Kujo (''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'') – marine biologist, while unrelated to his role in the various plot arcs he appears in, Jotaro earns a doctorate in marine biology sometime during the summer of 1999 in the series' original timeline; dolphin and anchor motifs were added to his clothing designs to reflect his new occupation *Lloyd Asplund (''Code Geass'') – Britannian scientist who designed the Lancelot Knightmare Frame, a bipedal, humanoid superweapon entrusted to Japanese pilot Suzaku Kururugi * Cyborg 009, Professor Brown * Bulma (''Dragon Ball (franchise), Dragon Ball'') – creator of the Dragon Radar and a time machine allowing Future Trunks, Trunks to avert the conquest of the world by evil androids * Kiranin Colbock (''Space Runaway Ideon'') – member of a science academy * Caesar Clown (''One Piece'') – former marine scientist and former partner of Doctor Vegapunk; he created mass destruction weapons and human experimentation but was fired and arrested due to his unethical research methods * The Doctor (Hellsing), The Doctor (''Hellsing'') – lead scientist of Millennium who created the Nazi vampires and the catboy Schrödinger * List of characters in Neon Genesis Evangelion#Kouzou Fuyutsuki, Professor Kouzou Fuyutsuki (''Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise, Neon Genesis Evangelion'') – right-hand man to Supreme Commander Gendo Ikari and second in command of Nerv * List of Hollows in Bleach#Szayelaporro Grantz, Szayelaporro Grantz (''Bleach (Manga), Bleach'') * Heaven Canceller (''A Certain Magical Index'') – doctor and medical scientist * Doctor Hogback (''One Piece'') – doctor of Gecko Moria's crew who modified dead bodies to create a zombie army with the help of his captain * Ri Kohran (''Sakura Wars'') * Jonathan Joestar (''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'') – although he was going to be an archaeologist, he never got to actually do it because his blond stepbrother burnt his dog * Harumi Kiyama (''A Certain Scientific Railgun'') – creator of the Level Upper * Dr. Cinnamon (''TwinBee'') – A genius scientist who is the creator of TwinBee and WinBee. * Dr. Emil Lang (Robotech), Emil Lang (''Robotech'') – responsible for much of the Earth-based Robotechnology; briefly seen in the original series, he played a much larger role in the aborted series ''Robotech II: The Sentinels'', which was adapted as a comic book series * Professor Ochanomizu – surrogate father of Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy * Manami Okuda (''Assassination Classroom'') * Tochiro Oyama (''Captain Harlock'') – designer and some say the soul of Harlock's spaceship ''Arcadia'' * Dr. Tem Ray (''Mobile Suit Gundam'') – father of Amuro Ray; led the design team that created the RX-78 Gundam * Dr. Aki Ross (''Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within'') – biologist vowing to stop the aliens that plague the Earth * Shiro Sanada (''Star Blazers'') – chief technician or chief mechanic of the Space Battleship Yamato, called Sandor in ''Star Blazers'' * Hanji Zoe (''Attack on Titan'') – head scientist in the survey corps, performs experiments on captured titans hoping to find a new way to save humanity * Professor Noriyasu Seta (''Love Hina'') * Skuld (Oh My Goddess!), Skuld (''Oh My Goddess!'') – goddess who has the ability to build robots and machines from scrap material * James Ray Steam (''Steamboy'') – boy genius who helps his father and grandfather save Victorian era, Victorian London from a greedy corporation's superweapons * Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, Precia Testarossa * Doctor Vegapunk (''One Piece'') – leading scientist in the employment of the Marines; his work includes discovering the secrets and uses of Seastone as well as the secrets of how Devil Fruit powers work *Wu Tomoki (''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'') – Orthopedic surgery, orthopedic surgeon and Dermatology#Cosmetic dermatology, cosmetic dermatologist employed at the T.G. University Hospital, notable for his research of the Rokakaka fruit

Mad scientists

* List of Love Hina characters#Kaolla Su, Kaolla Su (''Love Hina'') – exchange student who is the princess of the island of Molmol. She frequently invents dangerous devices and wants to turn her kingdom into a technological powerhouse that will conquer Japan. * List of Made in Abyss characters#Bondrewd, Bondrewd (''Made in Abyss'') – White Whistle of ill repute, "Bondrewd the Novel" is in charge of Idofront, the Cave Riders' forward Operating Base in the fifth layer. He was the one responsible for several unethical experiments on children, including the one which transformed Nanachi and Mitty into Hollows. * Dr. Hiroshi Agasa (''Case Closed (manga), Case Closed'') – an absent-minded professor who invents several devices to help out Jimmy Kudo * List of Neon Genesis Evangelion characters#Naoko Akagi, Naoko Akagi (''Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise, Neon Genesis Evangelion'') * List of Neon Genesis Evangelion characters#Ritsuko Akagi, Ritsuko Akagi (''Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise, Neon Genesis Evangelion'') – daughter of the above *List of Soul Reapers in Bleach#Mayuri Kurotsuchi, Mayuri Kurotsuchi (''Bleach (manga), Bleach'') – a sadistic and cruel shinigami who uses his position as the leader of the Soul Society's Shinigami Research and Development Institute to conduct his experiments. * Desty Nova (''Battle Angel Alita'') – wicked genius whose work is fueled by philosophy; highly skilled at nanotechnology * Franken Stein (''Soul Eater (manga), Soul Eater'') *List of My Hero Academia characters, Ujiko Daruma (''My Hero Academia'') – mad scientist associated with the series' main antagonists, League of Villains. * Orochimaru (Naruto), Orochimaru (''Naruto'') – a ninja, shinobi obsessed with immortality and obtaining knowledge of all jutsu. He conducted many illegal and unethical experiments that resulted in him becoming a wanted criminal. * Kabuto Yakushi (''Naruto'') – Orochimaru's assistant who takes part in many of his master's illegal experiments in addition to conducting his own, which include raising the dead. *Dr. Hell (''Mazinger Z'') - a mad scientist that is obsessed with taking over the world with his army of robotic monsters known as Mechanical Beast or Kikaiju. *Rintaro Okabe (''Steins;Gate'') - an eccentric yet kind-hearted inventor who embraces the typical image of a mad scientist. His experiments lead to the invention of

In video games

Scientists

* Albert Wesker (''Resident Evil'') – microbiologist working for the pharmaceutical enterprise Umbrella and co-creator of the T-virus; he was killed in the first ''Resident Evil'' game by Tyrant T-002, a powerful biological weapon, and was resurrected with super-human powers after self-injecting the T-virus * Catherine Elizabeth Halsey, MD, PhD (''Halo (franchise), Halo'' series) – scientist of the Office of Naval Intelligence, best known as the creator of the SPARTAN-II Program and Mjolnir Powered Assault Armor * Dr. Alphys (''Undertale'') – stout Lizard monster, and Asgore's royal scientist; extremely timid; the creator of the robot Mettaton and the Amalgamates; has a crush on Undyne, captain of the Royal Guard * Dr. Andonuts (''EarthBound'') – father of Jeff, one of the Chosen Four * Dr. Bosconovitch (''Tekken'' series) * Cave Johnson (Portal), Cave Johnson (''Portal 2'') – eccentric former owner of Aperture Science, and creator of the portal gun * Ciel (''Mega Man Zero'') – young human scientist who awakens Zero (Mega Man), Zero in order to save the world * Daro'Xen vas Moreh (first appeared in ''Mass Effect 2'') – quarian admiral and scientist who believes that the geth, a synthetic race created by the quarians, who subsequently rebelled and drove their masters from their homeworld, should be controlled by the quarians once again; Admiral Xen also performed surgery on her childhood toys, much to the quarian squadmate Tali'Zorah's disgust *Egon Stetmann (''StarCraft II'') – creator of the Mecha Swarm, paranoid, and prone to terrazine-induced hallucinations, he was once chief science adviser aboard the Hyperion. * Professor E. Gadd (Nintendo games) *List of Crash Bandicoot characters#Coco Bandicoot, Coco Bandicoot (''Crash Bandicoot'') - she is Crash Bandicoot's younger sister.She has a deep intelligence and a love of science, which makes her the opposite of her brother. He is an electronics engineer specializing in hacking, computer programming and machine building *Dr. Gast (''Final Fantasy VII'') – former head of the Shinra Company's science department; has a much stronger moral compass than his successor * Dr. Gordon Freeman, Ph.D. (''Half-Life (video game), Half-Life'') – theoretical physicist who fights a one-man battle against invading aliens, US Marines and Combine forces with a crowbar and other weapons; his associates are Drs. Isaac Kleiner, Eli Vance, Judith Mossman (Half Life), Judith Mossman and Arne Magnusson * Dr. Krieger (''Far Cry (video game), Far Cry'') – renowned scientist and creator/controller of the Trigens in the first ''Far Cry'' game *Kurisu Makise (''Steins;Gate'') – famous Japanese neuroscientist who lives in the United States, builds a machine that allows the user's memories to be converted into data. * Dr. Light (Mega Man), Dr. Light (''Mega Man (series), Mega Man'') – creator of the revolutionary robot Mega Man (character), Mega Man * Love Lab scientists (''Rhythm Heaven'') – male and female scientist pass ingredients to each other to make potion, love potions to the rhythm of the music * Lucrecia Crescent (''Final Fantasy VII'') – Shinra scientist and lover of Vincent Valentine * Grimoire Valentine (''Final Fantasy VII'') – Shinra scientist and father of Vincent Valentine * Hojo (''Final Fantasy VII'') – Head of the Shinra Company's science department; a sociopathic, amoral bioengineer whose experiments drive the game's plot forward * Mei (Overwatch), Mei (''Overwatch (video game), Overwatch'' and ''Heroes of the Storm'') – climatologist, and one of the heroes in both games and comic series *Moira (Overwatch), Moira (''Overwatch'') – geneticist, and one of the playable heroes in the game * Mordin Solus (first appeared in ''Mass Effect 2'') – member of fictional alien species known as salarians (who have fast metabolisms, talk fast, walk fast and think fast); a brilliant biologist and a tech specialist * Neuron (''City of Heroes'') * Dr. Otto Wolfgang Ort-Meyer (''Hitman (franchise), Hitman'') – creator of Agent 47 and other clone assassins *Pieter Van Eckhardt (Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness, ''Tomb Rider: The Angel of Darkness'') *Plague Knight (''Shovel Knight''), rouge member of the Order of No Quarter, tries to harvest their Essence for the Ultimate Potion to win over someone's heart. *Reed Wahl (''BioShock 2'') * Rikako Asakura (''Touhou Project'') – titled "Scientist Searching for Dreams", she is one of the few people in Gensokyo to value using science over magic. While she still uses magic in order to enhance her science at times, she tries to refrain from using magic due to a natural distaste of it. *Dr. Samuel Hayden (''Doom (franchise)'') – Head of the UAC, physicist. * Tobias Planck (''Pirate Galaxy'') – named after Max Planck, he is a theoretical physicist and field scientist with a parietal lobe 15% larger than average * Dr. W.D. Gaster (''Undertale'') – former royal scientist; only appears a few times while the player visits the CORE; speaks in the Wingdings font * William Birkin (''Resident Evil 2'') – microbiologist working for the pharmaceutical enterprise Umbrella Corporation; creator of the G-virus; he was wounded and injected himself with his G-virus, mutating him into a monster * Dr. Zed (''Borderlands (series), Borderlands'') – "Doctor" from the –Borderlands– series *Tails (Sonic the Hedgehog), Miles “Tails” Prower (Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic The Hedgehog)

Mad scientists

* Viktor from League of Legends - scientist who replaced his body with a machine and wants to enhance the human race. * Dr. Daniel Dickens from Angels of Death (video game), Angels of Death - the main character's therapist. * Doctor Eggman, Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik (''Sonic the Hedgehog (series), Sonic the Hedgehog'') – mad scientist who is the archenemy series' titular hero, Sonic the Hedgehog (character), Sonic the Hedgehog, specializes in robotics and other fields of engineering, who invents various kinds of aircraft, robots and vehicles in various sizes; he imprisoned animals in the inside of working robotic shells, and experimented with kinds of mutations. He aims to capture the Chaos Emeralds. * Dr. "Mundo" Edmundo (''League of Legends'') – sociopath medical doctor who only specializes in one field: the study of the pain response and how to inflict pain;his experiments have caused him to take on a monstrous form reminiscent of Frankenstein's Monster and a deceptively dimwitted speech pattern; out of all the scientists in the game, Dr. Mundo stands out as the only one who is a danger to both himself and others, evident in his self experiments. * Dr. Muto (video game of the same name). * Doctor Neo Cortex (''Crash Bandicoot'') – evil doctor who is the creator and arch-enemy of franchise's titular hero Crash Bandicoot (character), Crash Bandicoot with an oversized head, who has plans to conquer the world, using Power Crystals. * Doctor Nitrus Brio (''Crash Bandicoot'') – timid and meek scientist who assisted Doctor Neo Cortex in the first game, often using beakers of chemicals. * Doctor N. Gin (''Crash Bandicoot'') – masochistic scientist who assists Neo Cortex in the second game onward. * Dr. Wily (''Mega Man'') – primary antagonist of the original ''Mega Man'' series. * Dr. Nefarious (‘’Ratchet and Clank (series), Ratchet and Clank’’) – A recurring adversary to Ratchet (Ratchet and Clank), Ratchet, Clank (Ratchet and Clank), Clank and Captain Qwark. * GLaDOS, GLaDOS/Caroline (''Portal (series), Portal'') - the main antagonist of the Portal (series), Portal franchise. She was Cave Johnson's assistant, before taking over the facility. * Medic (Team Fortress 2), The Medic (''Team Fortress 2'') – one of nine playable classes who rejects the Hippocratic Oath. He is able to heal other characters and make them invincible (by using Übercharge) for a limited time with his Medigun. He previously had a medical licence, but lost it due to misplacing a patient's skeleton. * Vexen/Even (''Kingdom Hearts (series), Kingdom Hearts'') – A founding member of Organization XIII. A brilliant scientist who carries out research on various Organization projects. He was in charge of the Replica Program at Castle Oblivion, but someone disposed of him. * Dr. M (''Sly Cooper (series), Sly Cooper'') – He is a mandrill and was the brains of Sly's father's gang he felt he was being held back, so he set up a fortress on Kaine Island to break into the Cooper Vault and claim the wealth. *Professor Monkey-For-A-Head (''Earthworm Jim'') *Professor Von Kriplespac (''Conker's Bad Fur Day'') *Rintarō Okabe, a.k.a. Kyōma Hōōin (''Steins;Gate'') – self proclaimed mad scientist in his Kyōma Hōōin persona (which in reality is taken from a television show he watched as a child). *Yuri (''Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2, Red Alert 2'', and Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge, expansion pack) – Soviet psychic and founder of the Psychic Corps. During the Second World War, he took part in Stalin's secret project, whose aim was to create a mind control technology, and army which specialized in psychic warfare. * List of Dead or Alive characters#Victor Donovan, Victor Donovan (''Dead or Alive (franchise), Dead or Alive'') – main antagonist of ''Dead or Alive'' series. * Characters of the Final Fantasy VII series#Professor Hojo, Professor Hojo (''Final Fantasy VII'') – head of the Shinra Science Research Division. He infused his unborn child Sephiroth (Final Fantasy), Sephiroth with Jenova cells to turn him into a super soldier, and in the present aids Jenova/Sephiroth's plans in the name of scientific research.

Engineers

* Recurring elements in the Final Fantasy series#Common elements, Cid (''Final Fantasy'') – although there are many different individuals with the name of Cid in many different ''Final Fantasy'' games, most of them are some sort of engineer. His existence is a tradition on par with the Chocobo in the series. * Engineer (Team Fortress 2), The Engineer (''Team Fortress 2'') – one of nine playable classes who is capable of building sentry guns for area denial and other constructions which may support other characters * Isaac Clarke (''Dead Space (series), Dead Space'') – space engineer tasked with investigating the U.S.G. Ishimura, and later fighting the Necromorphs * Otacon (''Metal Gear'') – designer of Metal Gear REX and ally of Solid Snake * Rory Swann (''StarCraft II'') – New Yorker and engineer who runs the mothership of Jim Raynor * Shion Uzuki (''Xenosaga'') – "geeky engineer" and "unlikely heroine" who creates KOS-MOS, an "armored gynoid" * Torbjörn (Overwatch), Torbjörn (''Overwatch (video game), Overwatch'') – Sweden, Swedish engineer and weapons designer, and a founding member of Overwatch. * Engineer (Deep Rock Galactic) – Dwarven engineer and employee of the Deep Rock Galactic corporation.

Other

* Dr. Baron von Kluckinstein (''The Radioactive Chicken Heads'') *Henry Emily (''Five Nights at Freddy's'') Henry was the creator of the springlock animatronics, and possibly the original four animatronics. He is business partners with William Afton and is the father of Charlie Emily and Sammy Emily. * Morgus the Magnificent was a horror host of late-night science fiction and horror movies and television shows that originated in the New Orleans, Louisiana market. * Professor Nebulous (''Nebulous'') – leader of an eco-troubleshooting team * Prof. Jocelyn Peabody (''Dan Dare'') – scientific brains behind many of the team's most inventive ideas

Teams of scientists/engineers

* A team of scientists who investigate a deadly disease in ''The Andromeda Strain'' * Arcot, Wade, and Morey stories by John W. Campbell, Arcot, Wade and Morey – scientist-inventors in science fiction stories by John W. Campbell * The Baltimore Gun Club in ''From the Earth to the Moon'' – three of its wealthy members (Victor Barbicane, Stuyvesant Nicholl, Ben Sharpe) build a giant gun which launches an occupied capsule to the Moon * Bunsen Honeydew, Bunsen and Beaker (Muppet), Beaker in ''The Muppets'' * ''Challengers of the Unknown'' – four scientific explorers * Eureka (Eureka (American TV series), Eureka) - a hidden-away town in Oregon where everyone, even the young children, are scientific geniuses. * Forensic science, Forensic scientists who use their skills to solve crimes in ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', ''CSI: NY'' and ''CSI: Miami'' * Edward Elric and Alphonse Elric – Alchemy, alchemist brothers who seek the legendary Philosopher's stone, and end up saving their country with their alchemical skills * ''Ghostbusters'' – most of the central characters (Peter Venkman, Raymond Stantz, Egon Spengler and Winston Zeddemore) are parapsychology, parapsychologists who battle ghosts and other supernatural menaces with equipment of their own design *Global Dynamics (Eureka (American TV series), Eureka) - a major research facility in the town of Eureka, where most of America's top-secret government experiments are conducted. * The Kihara family of mad scientists are dedicated to the pursuit of science whatever the cost, in ''A Certain Magical Index''; individual members are often antagonists * ''The Last Three of Venus'' – Venusian scientists, adversaries of Dan Dare * ''The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen'' * ''The Lone Gunmen'' – ardent conspiracy theorists and computer hackers who frequently assist central ''X-Files'' characters Mulder and Scully, though they sometimes have their own adventures * LOVEMUFFIN (League of Villainous Evildoers Maniacally United For Frightening Investments in Naughtiness) – group of evil

s in ''Phineas and Ferb'', including Dr Heinz Doofenshmirtz * STUDY – group of frustrated young adult scientists acting as antagonists in ''A Certain Scientific Railgun S'' * The Speedwagon Foundation – group consisting of doctors and archaeologists founded by Robert E. O. Speedwagon somewhere between the story arcs of Phantom Blood and Battle Tendency in ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure''; extremely knowledgeable on Stands, Pillar Men and DIO * ''Unorthodox Engineers'' – misfit bunch of engineers who solve problems of alien technology/weird planets in the future * The K-science team: Hong Kong Shatterdome (Newton Geiszler and Hermann Gottlieb) – heads of the kaiju science research team (''

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