Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
November 9, 1982
Place of Birth:
Traralgon, Australia
Social Media
Derek Muller
Biography
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.
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Spider Vision: Decoding Color | Presenter |
| 2020 | Royalty Free: The Music of Kevin MacLeod | Self |
| 2018 | Vitamania: The Sense and Nonsense of Vitamins | Self - Presenter |
| 2016 | Digits: Guardians of the Web | Host |
| Why It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LED | Narrator |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Pindrop | Himself |
| 2019 | Could You Survive The Movies? | Self |
| 2017 | Bill Nye Saves the World | Self - Correspondent |
| 2016 | Digits | Himself - Host |
| 2015 | Uranium: Twisting the Dragon's Tail | Himself - Host |
| 2010 | Veritasium | Presenter |