Derek Muller
Actor
- Born
- November 9, 1982 (age 43) · Traralgon, Australia
Derek Alexander Muller is an Australian-born Canadian science communicator, filmmaker, and television personality, who is best known for creating the YouTube channel Veritasium.
Dr. Derek Muller is the creator of Veritasium, a YouTube channel about science with over 8 million subscribers and almost a billion views, winner of the Streamy award for Science or Education in 2017. He has hosted award-winning documentaries: Uranium: Twisting the Dragon's Tail, Digits, and Vitamania for international broadcast networks. He was also a correspondent on Netflix's Bill Nye Saves the World and a host of the Australian science program, Catalyst. He has appeared live on stage with Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michio Kaku, Space station commander Chris Hadfield, and co-hosted the 2017 March for Science on the Washington Mall. He kickstarted a magnetic molecule-making kit called Snatoms, which exceeded its funding goal in the first hour, sold 10,000 units, and is now available on Amazon.
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Muller completed a degree in Engineering Physics from Queen's University in Canada, and a Ph.D. in physics education research at the University of Sydney. His thesis topic was 'Designing Effective Multimedia for Physics Education'.
Known for
Acting4
- 2024Spider Vision: Decoding Color as Presenter
- 2020Royalty Free: The Music of Kevin MacLeod as Self
- 2018Vitamania: The Sense and Nonsense of Vitamins as Self - Presenter
- 2016Digits: Guardians of the Web as Host
Behind the camera1
- 2018Vitamania: The Sense and Nonsense of Vitamins Executive Producer