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    Meet 'Dr. Tatiana,' the professor getting people on TikTok excited about physics

    Videos of Tatiana Erukhimova's enthusiastic teaching style have gone viral on social media. The secret to her success? It didn't happen overnight.
    by Emma Bowman Feb 05, 2024 3 minutes
    During a Summer Science Safari demonstration at Texas A&M University in 2022, Dr. Tatiana hits a knife down to make the potato go up. It's not magic, it's inertia.

    College professors these days face an ever-higher bar to grab the attention of their students, forced to compete with the stimuli of smartphones and laptops in large lecture halls.

    But when your professor is a social media star, it's a little bit easier.

    Tatiana Erukhimova, who teaches physics at Texas A&M University, has managed to get her students, as well as future generations, excited about the science.

    Known as "Dr. Tatiana" to her students and online fan base, the professor performs

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