Priya Nair is the byline of the Who Shares My Birthday Science & Medicine desk. The desk writes our profiles of scientists, doctors, inventors, engineers, mathematicians and technology pioneers: the people whose discoveries changed how we live, heal and understand the world.

Every profile on this desk explains each discovery in plain language, shows why it mattered and how it is used today, and credits the collaborators who shared in the work. Prizes, dates and scientific claims are checked against published reference sources before a profile goes live, and each one follows the same written editorial standard used across the site. It avoids hype, separates established findings from open questions and never presents speculation as fact.