In addition to the archetypical mad scientist, there are fictional characters who are scientists and engineers 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. This is a list of fictional scientists and engineers, an alphabetical overview of notable characters in the category.
In literature Martin Arrowsmith (Arrowsmith) Joseph Cavor (The First Men in the Moon) - Inventor of Cavorite, an anti-gravity material. Captain Hagbard Celine (Illuminatus) - Captain who fights the Illuminati from his submarine and with his computer, both designed by himself. Norma Cenva (Legends of Dune) - Inventor of the space folding engine. Captain Jaylen Cresida (The Lost Fleet) - Captain in the Alliance Navy under the command of Captain John "Black Jack" Geary, and an expert on hypernet gates. Dr. Claire Deller (I, Robot and other stories by Isaac Asimov) - Chief robot genius of San Diego Robots and Mechanical Men. Martin Dubois (Project Hail Mary) - Scientist. Leonid Gorbovsky (Noon Universe) - Genius scientist, progressor and spaceship captain, known for his ability to land on planets to survive planet-wide catastrophes and make contact with alien civilizations. Dr. Ryland Grace (Project Hail Mary) - Molecular biologist. Leo Graf (Falling Free) - Space engineer who leads a group of genetically engineered four-armed humans known as "quaddies" to freedom. Olesya Ilyukhina (Project Hail Mary) - Materials specialist and engineer. Professor Alfred Kokintz (The Mouse That Roared and The Mouse on the Moon), portrayed by David Kossoff in the 1959 film adaptation of The Mouse That Roared and the 1963 film adaptation of The Mouse on the Moon. Gennady Komov (Noon Universe) - Xenopsychologist whose main occupation is making contact with and studying alien civilizations. Pardot Kynes (Prelude to Dune) - Planetologist. Melissa Lewis (The Martian) - Biologist and astronaut. Liet-Kynes (Dune) - Planetologist. William Harper "Johnny" Littlejohn (Doc Savage) - Archaeologist and associate of Doc Savage. Lt. Col Andrew Blodgett "Monk" Mayfair (Doc Savage) - Chemist associate of Doc Savage. Dr. Morel (The Invention of Morel) - Inventor of a machine that records and reproduces reality. The Other Mother (Coraline) Captain Nemo (Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas and The Mysterious Island) - Ambiguous-to-villainous figure, who later assumes a heroic role. Mindy Park (The Martian) - Satellite communications engineer, mechanical engineer. Rich Purnell (The Martian) - Astrodynamicist. Leonard of Quirm (Discworld) - Super-intelligent clockpunk engineer. Col John "Renny" Renwick (Doc Savage) - Civil engineer and associate of Doc Savage. Maj Thomas J. "Long Tom" Roberts (Doc Savage) - Electrical engineer and associate of Doc Savage. Rocky (Project Hail Mary) - Engineer. Dr. Clark Savage, Jr., aka. Doc Savage (Doc Savage) - Surgeon, scientist, adventurer, inventor, explorer, and musician. Arne Saknussemm (Journey to the Center of the Earth) - 16th-century Icelandic naturalist, alchemist, and traveler whose messages guide a group of 19th-century adventurers. Hari Seldon (Foundation) - Mathematician who invents psychohistory. Annie Shapiro (Project Hail Mary) - Biologist. Professor Shonku (Byomjatrir Diary, Professor Shonku o Robu, Professor Shonku o Khoka, Professor Shonku o Corvus, Ek Sringo Obhijaan, Swarnaparni and other works by Satyajit Ray) - World's most respected scientist and inventor and a physics professor at Scottish Church College. He invents several inventions while going on adventures he records in his diary. Cyrus Smith (The Mysterious Island) - Literary example of a 19th-century engineer. Doctor Steel - Real-life musician whose stage persona is a roboticist and transhumanist. Franny K. Stein - Child scientist who invents monsters to combat danger. Tom Swift and Tom Swift, Jr. - Father-and-son team of inventors. Crawford Tillinghast ("From Beyond") - Inventor of a machine which allows perception of normally imperceptible things. Professor Abraham Van Helsing (Dracula) - Nemesis of Count Dracula. Alex Vogel (The Martian) - Chemist, astrophysicist, and astronaut. Mark Watney (The Martian) - Botanist, mechanical engineer, and astronaut. Bertrand Zobrist (Inferno)
Live-action films
Individual scientist/engineers in live-action films Eleanor Arroway (Contact) - A scientist who searches for extraterrestrial intelligence. Bruce Banner (Marvel Cinematic Universe) - A renowned scientist with 7 PhDs and a focus in gamma radiation. Buckaroo Banzai (The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension) - A particle physicist, neurosurgeon, test pilot, martial artist, and rock star. Professor Barnhardt (The Day the Earth Stood Still) - An American scientist who organizes a scientific reception for Klaatu's message of peace. Dr. Glenn Barton (The Man and the Challenge) - A human-factors scientist. Blankman - A science whiz-nerd who believes he is a superhero and becomes one himself. Dr. Amelia Brand (Interstellar) - Biologist. Professor John Brand (Interstellar) - Physicist. Dr. Emmett Brown (Back to the Future) - An inventor of the Flux Capacitor, which makes time travel possible. Seth Brundle (The Fly) - An eccentric but brilliant physicist who invented the telepods, machines capable of teleportation. Sebastian Caine (Hollow Man) - A scientist part of a team that worked on an invisibility serum and its antidote, tested on animals. He goes insane when the invisibility serum tested on him became irreversible. Joseph Cooper (Interstellar) - Engineer, pilot, and astronaut. Murphy Cooper (Interstellar) - Physicist. Walter Curnow (2010: The Year We Make Contact) - American engineer. Jackson Curtis (2012) - A struggling science-fiction writer. Ian Donnelly (Arrival) - Physicist. Dr. Miles Dyson (Terminator 2: Judgment Day) - He learns of the destructive destiny of his future creation and later destroys his research. Dr. Stephen Falken (WarGames) - The creator of the Joshua computer program. Dr. Charles Forbin (Colossus: The Forbin Project) - The designer of Colossus. Dr. Clayton Forrester (The War of the Worlds) Charlie Frost (2012) - A fringe science conspiracy theorist and radio talk-show host. Dr. Leslie Gaskell (Kronos) - He comes up with a way to destroy the giant machine. Richard Hannay (The Thirty-Nine Steps and Greenmantle) - A British mining engineer who is the hero in John Buchan's World War I-era adventure novels. Adrian Helmsley (2012) - A geologist and chief science advisor to U.S. President Thomas Wilson. Dr. Newton Geiszler (Pacific Rim) - K-Science Officer in the biologist/research team. Dr. Hermann Gottlieb (Pacific Rim) - K-Science Officer in the mathematician/research team. Dr. Stanley Goodspeed (The Rock) - A FBI chemical weapons specialist. Corporal Hardin (Southern Comfort) - A chemical engineer on weekend maneuvers with Louisiana Army National Guard squad in rural bayou country as they antagonize and are hunted down by the local Cajun people. His day job is only relevant to explain his rational sensible approach. Indiana Jones (Indiana Jones) - An adventurous archaeologist. John Koestler (Knowing) - An astrophysicist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who is killed when the solar flare destroys Earth. David Levinson (Independence Day) - A cable-TV engineer who devises the trick that blocks the alien invasion. der Leitende - LI (Das Boot) - The chief engineer of U-96 portrayed by Klaus Wennemann after real-life chief engineer Friedrich (Fritz) Grade. Melissa Lewis (The Martian) - Biologist and astronaut Dr. Emilio Lizardo (The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension) - A physicist whose mind is being controlled by the Black Lectroid, Lord John Whorfin. Ian Malcolm (Jurassic Park) - A mathematician and chaotician who survives several encounters with dinosaurs and other hazards. His mathematical prowess allows him to predict his own fate and that of the park's inhabitants. Dr. Russell A. Marvin (Earth vs. the Flying Saucers) - He invented the weapon that brought down the saucers. Leonora Orantes (Contagion) - A World Health Organization epidemiologist. Q (James Bond) - He makes the gadgets that James Bond uses; he is most often portrayed using the conventional literary trappings of a scientist, such as a white lab coat, though his activities are closer to engineering. Mindy Park (The Martian) - Satellite communications engineer, mechanical engineer. Dennis Parker (Alien) - Engineer. Rich Purnell (The Martian) - Astrodynamicist. Hank Rearden (Atlas Shrugged) - A metallurgist and railroad magnate who created Rearden metal. David Reed (Creature from the Black Lagoon) - In contrast to Mark Williams, a hypermasculine and ultimately destructive scientist. Ellen Ripley (Alien) - An engineer aboard the star ship Nostromo. Romilly (Interstellar) - Astrophysicist. Menlo Schwartzer (Surf II) - A reputedly brilliant chemist. Russian Scientist (The Mouse on the Moon) - A Scientist from Russia, portrayed by Guy Deghy. Erik Selvig (Marvel Cinematic Universe) - An astrophysicist who worked with Jane Foster on her Wormhole research, associate of Thor and former partner of Bruce Banner. He later worked for S.H.I.E.L.D. to study the Tessaract. Dr. Daisuke Serizawa (Godzilla) - A scientist who invents the Oxygen Destroyer and uses it to destroy Godzilla before destroying his notes and sacrificing himself so that his creation can never be misused. Dr. Jeffrey Stewart (The Magnetic Monster) - He personally destroyed the dangerous substance serranium. Dr. Thomas Stockmann (An Enemy of the People) Dr. Ryan Stone (Gravity) - A biomedical engineer at a hospital in Lake Zurich, who becomes a mission specialist at NASA. Satnam Surtani (2012) - An Indian astrophysicist. Alex Vogel (The Martian) - Chemist, astrophysicist, and astronaut, Professor Wayne Szalinski (Honey, I Shrunk the Kids) - The inventor of a shrink ray. Mark Watney (The Martian) - A botanist, mechanical engineer, and astronaut. Dr. William Weir (Event Horizon) - The designer of the titular spacecraft and its FTL propulsion system, the gravity drive. Steve Zissou (The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou) - An eccentric oceanographer who sets out to exact revenge on a shark referred to as a "jaguar shark".
In live-action television
Individual scientist/engineers in live-action television Reginald Barclay (Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Voyager) - A diagnostic technician transferred to the USS Enterprise-D, who later played a key role in a later project which enabled regular contact with the missing Starfleet ship, USS Voyager. Janos Bartok (Legend) - A Hungarian scientist and inventor. Julian Bashir (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) - The chief medical officer on Deep Space Nine. Beaker and Bunsen Honeydew (The Muppet Show) - Beaker is the assistant scientist of Bunsen, scientist and founder of 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 being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, begins manufacturing meth to provide for his family. Carson Beckett (Stargate Atlantis) - A medical doctor and geneticist who discovers the ATA gene and serves as the chief medical officer for the Atlantis expedition. Sam Beckett (Quantum Leap) - A Nobel Prize-winning quantum physicist with multiple doctorates who is 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. Brains (Thunderbirds) - An engineer. Samantha Carter (Stargate SG-1) - A United States Air Force officer and astrophysicist whose scientific knowledge and engineering skills are used to combat various threats to her team and to Earth. Dr. Pierre Chang (Lost) - An astrophysicist. Ravi Chakrabarti (iZombie) - A medical examiner for the Seattle PD. He has studied the biology of zombies and made several attempts to develop a cure for the condition. Dr. Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory) - A theoretical physicist at Caltech. Professor Monty Corndog (The Aquabats / The Aquabats! Super Show!) - An eccentric scientist and inventor whose chemical creations transforms a group of ordinary men into the titular superheroes and rock musicians, who fight crime with the aid of the Professor's gadgets. Zefram Cochrane (Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek: First Contact) - The inventor of the warp drive. Beverly Crusher (Star Trek: The Next Generation) - The chief medical officer of the Enterprise-D. Data (Star Trek: The Next Generation) - The second officer and chief operations officer of the Enterprise-D, whose duties cover that of a science officer. Bill Davis (Family Affair) - A civil engineer. Davros (Doctor Who) - A Universal Genius from the planet Skaro and nemesis of 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 using the Reality Bom, who intended to use it to destroy all life in the universes. Jadzia Dax (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) - A science officer on Deep Space Nine. Ezri Dax (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) - A counselor on Deep Space Nine. Dr. Richard Daystrom (Star Trek: The Original Series) - The inventor of the duotronic computer systems, the basic principles behind the computers on all Starfleet vessels. Dr. Linda Denman (H2O: Just Add Water) - A marine biologist who wanted to prove the existence of merpeople. The Doctor (Doctor Who) - A super-intelligent alien who was educated as a scientist and uses his skills extensively in his adventures. The Doctor (Star Trek: Voyager) - Voyager's Emergency Medical Hologram. Stephen "Steve" Douglas (My Three Sons) - An aeronautical engineer. Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler (The Big Bang Theory) - A neurobiologist portrayed by real-life neuroscientist Mayim Bialik. Professor Sydney Fox (Relic Hunter) - An archaeologist. Stephen Franklin (Babylon 5) Dr. Goodfellow (Buck Rogers in the 25th Century) Dr. Ross Geller (Friends) - A paleontologist working at a museum in research and administration, and lecturer/professor at New York University. Dr. Horace Goodspeed (Lost) - A mathematician. Artemus Gordon (The Wild Wild West) - The brainy complement to James West's brawn. Max Hamilton (H2O: Just Add Water) Professor Roy Hinkley (Gilligan's Island) - The respected de facto leader of the castaways. who usually represents the only real continual hope of rescue. He can make anything out of bamboo and coconuts, but cannot find a way to fix the S.S. Minnow or build a working boat. Dr. Leonard Hofstadter (The Big Bang Theory) - An experimental physicist at Caltech. Paige Howard (Zoey 101 ) Dr. Elias Huer (Buck Rogers) - The chief scientist and inventor in the comic strip, movie serial and television series. Dr. Daniel Jackson (Stargate) - An archaeologist and linguist who figures out how to open the Stargate; his understanding of cultures and languages comes in handy when dealing with other cultures. Jimmy the Robot (The Aquabats / The Aquabats! Super Show!) - An android with advanced skills and knowledge in numerous areas of science and technology. Professor Ko (Q18 Quantum Dice: Allegory of the Quantum) - A quantum scientist. Dr. Raj Koothrappali (The Big Bang Theory) - An astrophysicist at Caltech. Geordi La Forge (Star Trek: The Next Generation) - A chief engineering officer of the Enterprise-D. Li Wei (Q18 Quantum Dice: Allegory of the Quantum) - The engineer of the quantum starlight programming. Lu Chia-chia (Q18 Quantum Dice: Allegory of the Quantum) - A rational engineer. Angus "Mac" MacGyver (MacGyver) - A secret agent who fights the forces of evil using his scientific and engineering knowledge. Quinn Mallory (Sliders) - A graduate student who invents the transdimensional gateway. Lewis McCartney (H2O: Just Add Water) Leonard McCoy (Star Trek: The Original Series) - The chief medical officer of the Enterprise. Dr. Rodney McKay (Stargate) - A brilliant but whiny astrophysicist who saves the lost city of Atlantis on a regular basis. Miles O'Brien (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) - The chief operations officer and engineer on Deep Space Nine. Walter O'Brien (Scorpion) - 197 IQ genius, hacker, and leader of team Scorpion. Dr. Juliet Parrish (V) - A scientist who becomes the principal leader of the resistance against the genocidal alien Visitors. Penley (The Ice Warriors) - A maverick scientist, affiliated with the Brittanicus Base. Played by Peter Sallis. Quinn Pensky (Zoey 101) - A 13-year-old aspiring scientist, best known for her "Quinventions" that help out her friends. Phlox (Star Trek: Enterprise) - The chief medical officer on the Enterprise-NX01. Professor Bernard Quatermass Professor John Robinson (Lost in Space (1965)) - Astrophysicist. Dr. Maureen Robinson (Lost in Space (1965)) - Biochemist. Maureen Robinson (Lost in Space (2018)) - Aerospace engineer. Dr. Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz (The Big Bang Theory) - A microbiologist for a pharmaceutical company. Hoshi Sato (Star Trek: Enterprise) - A communication officer of the Enterprise-NX01 and inventor of the universal translator. Abby Sciuto (NCIS) - A forensic scientist for the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. Montgomery "Scotty" Scott (Star Trek: The Original Series) - The chief engineer of the Enterprise, often described as a miracle worker. Dr. Richard Seaton (Skylark) - A super-scientist. Seven of Nine (Star Trek: Voyager) - A Borg drone with no official rank or post, but was used as an acting science officer on Voyager due to her access to advanced Borg knowledge. Dr. River Song (Doctor Who) - An archeologist, adventurer, and companion of the Doctor. Scientist, (Strangers and Brothers) a fictional Scientist character, portrayed by Tim Bannerman. Noonien Soong (Star Trek: The Next Generation) - An inventor of the positronic brain, which makes intelligent androids possible. Dr. Tolian Soran (Star Trek Generations) - An El-Aurian scientist desperate to return to the Nexus. Spock (Star Trek: The Original Series) - A science officer and second-in-command of the Enterprise. Dr. Mohinder Suresh (Heroes) - An Indian professor of genetics and parapsychology. B'Elanna Torres (Star Trek: Voyager) - The chief engineer of Voyager. T'Pol (Star Trek: Enterprise) - The second-in-command of the Enterprise-NX01, though the crew also relies on her as an acting science officer. Charles "Trip" Tucker III (Star Trek: Enterprise) - The chief engineer of the Enterprise-NX01. Nora Wakeman (My Life as a Teenage Robot) - A scientist and the creator of XJ-9 / Jenny Wakeman. Dr. Rudy Wells (The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman) - A cyberneticist. Howard Wolowitz (The Big Bang Theory) - A aerospace engineer at Caltech.
In animated television Alador Blight (The Owl House) - A workaholic engineer who uses a mixture of witchcraft and technology to build weapons and mechanical bodyguards. Brain from Pinky and the Brain (1993–1998) and (2020–2023) Princess Bubblegum (Adventure Time) - A princess who created the citizens of Candy Kingdom. Minerva Campbell (Adventure Time) - Finn's biological mother. Sandy Cheeks (SpongeBob SquarePants) - An anthropomorphic squirrel who is one of SpongeBob's best friends. Aviva Corcovado (Wild Kratts) - An engineer and inventor who works with the Kratt brothers. Among other inventions, she created the Creature Power Suits, which mimic the abilities of animals. Dexter (Dexter's Laboratory) - A child genius who invents world-saving inventions in his secret laboratory. Professor Hubert Farnsworth (Futurama) - The creator of an atomic monster, various inventions, and the engines that allow space travel. Professor Frink (The Simpsons) - Springfield's greatest scientific and engineering mind. Newton Gimmick (The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin) - An absent-minded inventor whose inventions do not always work, but always come through in the end. Dr. Gross (Adventure Time) - A cyborg. Prince Gumball (Adventure Time) - A gender-swapped version of Princess Bubblegum. Gadget Hackwrench (Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers) - A mouse tinkerer/scientist. Franz Hopper (Code Lyoko) - A genius in quantum physics and computer programming responsible for the creation of the virtual reality Lyoko, malevolent A.I. XANA, and the hardware that supports both. Dr. Fritz Huhnmorder (Robot Chicken) - A scientist who revives a road-killed chicken with cybernetic technology and forces the chicken to watch stop motion comedy sketches. Kowalski (The Penguins of Madagascar) - The team's scientist and inventor. Doctor Krieger (Archer) - The head of the ISIS applied research department. Lisa Loud (The Loud House) - A gifted inventor of the Loud family. Professor Membrane (Invader Zim) - A super-scientist, known as "the man without whom this world falls into chaos, and the inventor of Super Toast". Mametchi (Tamagotchi) Jimmy Neutron (The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius) - A self-proclaimed boy genius. Perceptor (Transformers) - An Autobot scientist. Peridot (Steven Universe) - A Gem scientist and member of the Crystal Gems. Ford Pines (Gravity Falls) - Author of the three journals, who earned his Ph.D. in Backupsmore University. Professor Porter (The Legend of Tarzan) Doctor Prince (Adventure Time) - A gender-swapped version of Doctor Princess. Doctor Princess (Adventure Time) - A medical official in Ooo. Dr. Benton Quest (Jonny Quest) Ratchet (Transformers) - A skilled Autobot medic; in the G1 Comics, he sacrifices himself to kill Megatron. Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty) - A sociopathic alcoholic and the smartest man of the universe, who travels through various dimensions with his grandson Morty. Asami Sato (The Legend of Korra) - A trained engineer, skilled pilot and driver, and competent unarmed combatant; partner of Avatar Korra and CEO of Future Industries. Sokka (Avatar: The Last Airbender) - A self-taught engineer, inventor, and military strategist. Twilight Sparkle (My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic) Susan and Mary Test (Johnny Test) - Johnny's twin sisters, who develop gadgets and chemicals and often test them on Johnny. Professor Utonium (The Powerpuff Girls) - A scientist who created the Powerpuff Girls, serving as their father figure. Varian (Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure) Dr. Thaddeus "Rusty" Venture (The Venture Bros.) - A self-proclaimed super-scientist who re-purposes his father Jonas Venture's old inventions. Dr. Nuvo Vindi (Star Wars: The Clone Wars) Wheeljack (Transformers) - Autobot engineer and inventor. Hange Zoe (Attack on Titan) - A scientist in charge of studying Titans and inventing new weapons for the Survey Corps. Zoidberg (Futurama) - A lobster-like alien doctor who works at Planet Express.
In animated films Dr. Cockroach (Monsters vs. Aliens) - A brilliant engineer with the head, body and abilities of a cockroach. Gru (Despicable Me) - A former criminal genius who redeems himself. Jumba Jookiba (Lilo & Stitch) - An alien genius who created Stitch and the other experiments. Mac (Chicken Run) - A Scottish chicken scientist, who helps the chickens escape the farm using aerodynamics, anatomy, and mechanics. Megamind (Megamind) - An alien genius who later redeems himself and becomes a hero. Dr. Nefario (Despicable Me) - Gru's scientist ally. Victor "Vector" Perkins (Despicable Me) Flint Lockwood (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs)
In comics and graphic novels
DC Comics Barry Allen / Flash - A police scientist and superhero. Brainiac 5 - A Coluan member of the Legion of Super-Heroes who possesses an advanced twelfth-level intellect. Jay Garrick / Flash - A research scientist who is the first Flash and a founding member of the Justice Society of America Carter Hall / Hawkman - An archaeologist who has been reborn many times, using his knowledge acquired through centuries in his anthropological studies. Ted Knight / Starman - An astronomer, expert scientist, and superhero. Mar Londo - A Zuunian scientist who experimented with the element zuunium and created robots to mine it. He gave his son, Brin Londo, superpowers using zuunium and died shortly afterward. Will Magnus - The creator of the Metal Men, a team of advanced artificially-intelligent robots. Jon Osterman / Doctor Manhattan - A nuclear physicist transformed by an accident into a godlike super-being. While publicized as a superhero, Manhattan functions as the ultimate weapon for the United States military and works as one of their sanctioned superheroes. Ray Palmer / Atom - A physics professor at Ivy University; he is able to shrink his body to varying degrees, including sub-atomic level. Doctor Poison - A scientist and enemy of Wonder Woman who specializes in chemistry and poisons. Alan Scott - An engineer who is among the first human Green Lanterns. Angela Spica / Engineer Martin Stein - A Nobel Prize-winning nuclear physicist and professor, Stein became one half of the hero Firestorm after being caught in a nuclear explosion. Tom Strong - A science hero. Bruce Wayne / Batman - Reputedly the world's greatest detective, Batman possesses unsurpassed scientific knowledge and forensic and memory skills.
Marvel Comics Dr. Bruce Banner / Hulk - A scientist who developed a gamma bomb for the US government. An accident at the site of a test led to Banner becoming the Hulk; afterwards, he looked for scientific ways to rid himself of the transformation. Forge - A mutant engineering genius. Dr. Henry (Hank) Philip McCoy / Beast - A world-renowned biochemist and mutant superhero and member of the X-Men. Peter Parker / Spider-Man - A superhero with great knowledge of advanced sciences and teacher at Empire State University, the high school he formerly attended. His father Richard has also been portrayed as a scientist and geneticist in the Ultimate Marvel comics, as well as the films The Amazing Spider-Man and its sequel. Reed Richards / Mister Fantastic (Fantastic Four) - A scientist and inventor, regarded as one of the most intelligent people on Earth, and leader of the Fantastic Four. Ted Sallis - A biochemist who was transformed into the Man-Thing following a failed attempt to recreate the serum that created Captain America. Although struggling with his personal ethics regarding 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. Tony Stark / Iron Man - An industrialist and mechanical engineer of incredible ingenuity and inventive genius, whose technology he uses to fight crime also keeps him alive. Victor and Janet Stein - Founding members of the Pride and the parents of Chase Stein. Professor Charles Francis Xavier / Professor X - The founder, mentor, and occasional leader of the X-Men. Dr. Henry "Hank" Pym - A biochemist, who discovers an unusual set of subatomic particles he names Pym Particles. Entrapping the particles within two separate serums, he creates a size-altering formula and a reversal formula, testing them on himself and becoming the original Ant-Man.
Other comics Adhemar (The Adventures of Nero) - A child prodigy and professor in many different disciplines, as well as a Nobel Prize laureate and teacher at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, Professor Barabas (Suske en Wiske) - An expert in many inventions, including time travel, Brainstorm (The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye) - A 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. Professor Cuthbert Calculus (The Adventures of Tintin) - A brilliant, if distracted, scientist; responsible for developing the first one-person submarine, the first ultrasonic destruction device, and the first white rose, as well as the leader of the first crewed lunar mission. Dilbert - A star engineer of the comic strip series Dilbert. Dilton Doiley (Archie Comics) - A teenage inventor and scientific genius, Donatello (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) - The most intelligent of the four Turtles, who builds advanced devices. Dr. Frankenollie ("Runaway Brain") Gyro Gearloose (Donald Duck universe) Jeremias Gobelijn (Jommeke) - The self-declared "professor in everything". Agatha Heterodyne (Airship Entertainment and Girl Genius) - An heiress to the political background and scientific understanding of the Heterodyne family. Professor Kumulus (Piet Pienter en Bert Bibber) Fran Madaraki (Franken Fran) - An artificial human created by a biologist; like her creator, she possesses immense medical skills. Helen B. Narbon (Narbonic) - A mad geneticist with an odd fascination with gerbils. Professor Philip Mortimer (Blake and Mortimer) - The protagonist, a physicist and gentleman scholar. Professor Snuffel (Piet Pienter en Bert Bibber) Tilly Tailor - A teen wearable technology engineer and leader of the SEWing Circle (Style Engineers Worldwide) Ludwig Von Drake (Donald Duck universe) - A professor of science and psychology. Wally (Dilbert) - A lazy and disillusioned engineer. Dr. Hans Zarkov (Flash Gordon)
In anime and manga
Individual scientist/engineers in anime and manga Jotaro Kujo (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) - An oceanographer. While unrelated to his role in the various plot arcs he appears in, Jotaro earns a doctorate in oceanography sometime during the summer of 1999 in the series' original timeline, and dolphin and anchor motifs were added to his clothing to reflect his new occupation. He also earns the title of a marine biologist, studying in dolphins and starfish specifically. Leeron Littner (Gurren Lagann) - The mechanic for team dai-gurren, able to repair and make Gunmen, It is unknown how he knows how to do this, but he is exceptionally intelligent and naturally talented with machinery. Professor Brown (Cyborg 009) Bulma (Dragon Ball) - The creator of the Dragon Radar and a time machine, which allowed Trunks to travel back in time and avert the conquest of the world by evil androids. Heaven Canceller (A Certain Magical Index) - A doctor and medical scientist. Kiranin Colbock (Space Runaway Ideon) - A member of a science academy. Dr. Cinnamon (TwinBee) - A genius scientist who is the creator of TwinBee and WinBee. Caesar Clown (One Piece) - The 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 lead scientist of Millennium, who created the Nazi vampires and the catboy Schrödinger. Professor Kozo Fuyutsuki (Neon Genesis Evangelion) - The right-hand man to Supreme Commander Gendo Ikari and second in command of Nerv. Szayelaporro Grantz (Bleach) - An Arrancar scientist. Doctor Hogback (One Piece) - The doctor of Gecko Moria's crew who modified dead bodies to create a zombie army with the help of his captain. Mototsugu Inukai (Corrector Yui) - A scientist and engineer who developed the virtual reality platform ComNet and the Correctors who fight to maintain it. Harumi Kiyama (A Certain Scientific Railgun) - The creator of the Level Upper. Ri Kohran (Sakura Wars) Lloyd Asplund (Code Geass) - A Britannian scientist who designed the Lancelot Knightmare Frame, a bipedal, humanoid superweapon entrusted to Japanese pilot Suzaku Kururugi. Makise Kurisu (Steins;Gate) - A neuroscientist who graduated from university at the age of 17, inspired by her father's work to write a thesis on time travel. She currently works as a researcher at the Viktor Chondria University in the United States. Dr. Emil Lang (Robotech) - He was responsible for much of the Earth-based Robotechnology; briefly seen in the original series, he played a much larger role in Robotech II: The Sentinels. Professor Ochanomizu - The surrogate father of Astro Boy. Manami Okuda (Assassination Classroom) Tochiro Oyama (Captain Harlock) - A designer on Harlock's spaceship Arcadia Dr. Tem Ray (Mobile Suit Gundam) - The father of Amuro Ray; led the design team that created the RX-78 Gundam. Dr. Aki Ross (Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within) - A biologist vowing to stop the aliens that plague the Earth. Shiro Sanada (Star Blazers) - The chief technician of the Space Battleship Yamato, called Sandor in Star Blazers. Professor Noriyasu Seta (Love Hina) Dr. Sid (Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within) Skuld (Oh My Goddess!) - A goddess who has the ability to build robots and machines from scrap material. James Ray Steam (Steamboy) - A boy genius who helps his father and grandfather save Victorian London from a greedy corporation's superweapons. Umataro Tenma (Astro Boy) - A genius engineer who built the titular Astro Boy as a replacement for his deceased son Tobio, only to end up rejecting him. Precia Testarossa (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha) - A scientist whose grief at her daughter's death drove her to clone said daughter and, later, to pursue the mythical land of Al-Hazard to resurrect her daughter for real. Washu (Tenchi Muyo!) - Scientist from the planet Jurai Wu Tomoki (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) - An orthopedic surgeon and cosmetic dermatologist employed at the T.G. University Hospital, notable for his research of the Locacaca fruit. Doctor Vegapunk (One Piece) - The leading scientist in the employment of the Marines. His work includes discovering the secrets and uses of Seastone, the secrets of how Devil Fruit powers work, how to get an item to "eat" a Devil Fruit, and other futuristic inventions. Hanji Zoe (Attack on Titan) - The head scientist in the survey corps, who performs experiments on captured titans in hopes of finding a way to save humanity.
In video games
Scientists in video games Dr. Alphys (Undertale) - A timid lizard monster and Asgore's royal scientist, who is the creator of the robot Mettaton and the Amalgamates. She has a crush on Undyne, captain of the Royal Guard. Dr. Andonuts (EarthBound) - The father of Jeff, one of the Chosen Four. Dr. Alex Mercer ([PROTOTYPE]) - The creator of the Blacklight virus. Rikako Asakura (Touhou Project) - Known as the "Scientist Searching for Dreams", she is one of the few people in Gensokyo to value using science over magic. Though occasionally using magic in order to enhance her science, she tries to refrain from using magic due to her natural distaste of it. Coco Bandicoot (Crash Bandicoot) - Crash Bandicoot's younger sister. who has a deep intelligence and a love of science. This is in opposition to her brother, an electronics engineer specializing in hacking, computer programming and machine building. William Birkin (Resident Evil 2) - A microbiologist working for the pharmaceutical enterprise Umbrella Corporation and creator of the G-virus. He was wounded and injected himself with the G-virus, mutating him into a monster. Dr. Bosconovitch (Tekken) Ciel (Mega Man Zero) - A young human scientist who awakens Zero in order to save the world. Lucrecia Crescent (Final Fantasy VII) - A Shinra scientist and lover of Vincent Valentine. Penny Crygor (WarioWare) - Dr. Crygor's granddaughter. Dr. Casper Darling (Control) - Head of paranatural research at the United States Federal Bureau of Control. Pieter Van Eckhardt (Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness) Dr. Gordon Freeman (Half-Life) - A theoretical physicist who fights against invading aliens, US Marines and Combine forces with a crowbar and other weapons, alongside doctors Isaac Kleiner, Eli Vance, Judith Mossman and Arne Magnusson. Professor E. Gadd (Super Mario series) Dr. Gast (Final Fantasy VII) - The former head of the Shinra Company's science department, who has a much stronger moral compass than his successor. Dr. W. D. Gaster (Undertale) - A former royal scientist who speaks in the Wingdings font. Nicoletta "Nico" Goldstein (Devil May Cry) - Creator of various robotic arms that the player can use when playing as Nero. Catherine Halsey (Halo) - The scientist of the Office of Naval Intelligence and creator of Cortana and the SPARTAN-II Program and Mjolnir Powered Assault Armor, as well as supervising the creation of the template for third-generation smart AI. Dr. Samuel Hayden (Doom) - Head of the UAC, physicist. Viktor Humphries (Slime Rancher) Kirin Jindosh (Dishonored 2) - Grand Inventor to Duke Luca Abele and founder of Jindosh Clockworks, which created the Clockwork Soldiers and Clockwork Sentinels. Cave Johnson (Portal 2) - The eccentric former owner of Aperture Science, and creator of the portal gun. Plague Knight (Shovel Knight) - A rogue member of the Order of No Quarter, who tries to harvest their Essence for the Ultimate Potion to win over someone's heart. Dr. Krieger (Far Cry) - A renowned scientist and creator/controller of the Trigens in the first Far Cry game Love Lab scientists (Rhythm Heaven) - A male and female scientist who pass ingredients to each other to make love potions to the rhythm of the music Dr. Light (Mega Man) - The creator of Mega Man, Roll, Proto Man, X, and various other robots. Kurisu Makise (Steins;Gate) - A Japanese neuroscientist who lives in the United States, who builds a machine that allows the user's memories to be converted into data. Mei (Overwatch) - A climatologist and one of the heroes in the games and comic series. Moira (Overwatch) - A geneticist and one of the playable heroes in the game. Daro'Xen vas Moreh (Mass Effect 2) - A Quarian admiral and scientist who believes that the geth, a synthetic race created by the quarians, who 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. Dr. Otto Wolfgang Ort-Meyer (Hitman) - The creator of Agent 47 and other clone assassins. Tobias Planck (Pirate Galaxy) - Named after Max Planck, he is a theoretical physicist and field scientist with a parietal lobe 15% larger than average. Miles "Tails" Prower (Sonic the Hedgehog) - An anthropomorphic fox inventor and ally of Sonic. Mordin Solus (Mass Effect 2) - A Salarian biologist and tech specialist. Egon Stetmann (StarCraft II) - The creator of the Mecha Swarm, who is paranoid and prone to terrazine-induced hallucinations. He was once chief science adviser aboard the Hyperion. Dr. Yi Suchong (Bioshock) - A scientist in the city of Rapture, known for creating the Big Daddies, plasmids such as telekinesis and enrage, and helping to turn Jack into Frank Fontaine's "ace in the hole". Grimoire Valentine (Final Fantasy VII) - A Shinra scientist and Vincent Valentine's father. Wilhelm "Doktor" Voigt (Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance) - A robotics engineer working for Maverick Security Consulting, who assists the player throughout the game. Reed Wahl (BioShock 2) - The co-founder of Rapture Central Computing, and co-inventor of the Thinker, main antagonist of the Minerva's Den DLC. Albert Wesker (Resident Evil) - A 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, but resurrected with super-human powers via the T-virus. Dr. Zed (Borderlands) - A "doctor". Red (Rainbow Friends (game) on Roblox) - The creator of the Rainbow Friends. Yi Sang (Limbus Company) Sinner #1 of Limbus Company, former researcher, discoverer of the "mirror worlds" (alternate realities) and inventor of "the mirror" (a window into them), he is often described as "The ideal researcher".
Engineers in video games Cid (Final Fantasy) - A recurring character throughout the series, often with the occupation of engineer. Isaac Clarke (Dead Space) - A space engineer tasked with investigating the U.S.G. Ishimura, and later fighting the Necromorphs. The Engineer (Deep Rock Galactic) - A dwarf enginee