PhDs awarded to a series of singers and actors.

Actress Mayim Bialik is not only famous for the television series The Big Bang Theory but also impresses with her high level of education. She graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Neuroscience and Jewish Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles (USA) before completing her Ph.D. in Neuroscience at the same university. Besides her acting career, she is also involved in promoting women's pursuit of STEM fields through her role as a representative for Texas Instruments. Mayim Bialik is also the author of two books on parenting and vegan living: Beyond the Sling and Mayim's Vegan Table . Photo: Good Housekeeping .

Brian May is considered one of the most academically accomplished artists in the world of music. The Queen guitarist graduated with honors in Mathematics and Physics from Imperial College London before pursuing a PhD in astrophysics. He published research on interplanetary dust in several prestigious scientific journals, including Nature , but had to temporarily suspend his studies to focus on his music career. After more than 30 years of interruption, Brian May returned to complete his program and officially received his PhD in Astrophysics in 2007 from Imperial College London. Photo: NME .

Meanwhile, Greg Graffin , the lead singer of the punk band Bad Religion, possesses a distinguished academic background in the natural sciences. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in Geology and Anthropology and completed a master's degree in Geology from the University of California, Los Angeles. In 2003, the singer earned a doctorate in Zoology from Cornell University with a dissertation researching the relationship between evolution and religion. Besides his music career, he also teaches life sciences and natural history at the University of California, Los Angeles and Cornell University, and has published numerous academic books on evolution. Photo: Forbes .

Dexter Holland , the frontman of the punk rock band The Offspring, also boasts an impressive academic record. He was the valedictorian of Pacifica High School before attending the University of Southern California. There, Dexter Holland earned a Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences in 1988, a Master of Molecular Biology in 1990, and a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology in 2017. He temporarily suspended his doctoral program when The Offspring achieved global fame, before returning to defend his dissertation on HIV and the mechanisms of viral disease. Photo: Billboard .

Milo Aukerman , lead singer of the punk rock band Descendents, possesses an impressive academic background in biology. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of California, San Diego in 1986. In 1993, he earned a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics from the same university before pursuing postdoctoral research in biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. After completing his academic studies, he worked as a botanist and biochemist for DuPont in the United States. (Image: Magnet Magazine )

Comedian and actress Ellen Cleghorne graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School, one of the prestigious specialized high schools in New York (USA). In 1989, she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theater from Hunter College, laying the foundation for her later acting and comedy career. In 2014, she completed her Ph.D. in Performance Studies at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, with research focusing on the social context of comedy within the African American community. Photo: Audacy .