Maxim Bilovitskiy: Biography and Background

Maxim Bilovitskiy (born in Maardu, Estonia, on 8 November 1992) is an Estonian food scientist, chemist, writer, photographer and YouTuber, Russian-language.

In 2011, he created the Russian YouTube channel "Thoisoi" in Russian. As of December 2022 his channel has amassed over 288 million views and over 1.9 million subscribers. His hobby is popularizing science and creating educational videos. In 2014, he created a second channel for his English-speaking followers. That channel has over 930,000 subscribers and has more than 110 million views.

In 2014, he graduated from Tallinn University of Technology of Chemical and Materials Technology with an undergraduate degree in the Faculty of Food Technology and Product Development. In 2016, he earned his master's degree at the same university.

In 2015, his video of superconductor properties won in the Estonian science photo competition in the category of "other media files," his other photograph of lactose crystals was the second-place winner of the "microscope photographs." His YBCO superconductor video went on to win the European Science Photo Competition in the non-photographic media category.

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