Kari Byron

Kari Elizabeth Byron (born December 18, 1974) is an American television host, best known for her role on MythBusters on the Discovery Channel and on the Netflix series White Rabbit Project. Byron was born in the San Francisco Bay Area in California and graduated from San Francisco State University in 1998 with a Bachelor of Arts in film and sculpture. Byron was a cast member of MythBusters from 2005 to 2014 where she was part of "The Build Team". From 2010 to 2011, Byron hosted Head Rush, aimed at science education and teens, and Large, Dangerous Rocket Ships. From 2011 to 2014, she presented Punkin Chunkin on the Science Channel. She co-hosted Netflix's White Rabbit Project in 2016 and was the presenter of Crash Test World. Byron is also the co-founder of EXPLR Media, an education streaming service. Outside of television, Byron is an artist and author. She wrote a memoir titled Crash Test Girl in 2018.