Derek Muller
Derek Muller | |
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 Muller in 2016 | |
| Born | Derek Muller 9 November 1982 |
| Citizenship | Australian Canadian |
| Alma mater | Queen's University (B.Sc) University of Sydney (PhD) |
| Occupation(s) | Science communicator, filmmaker and television presenter. |
| Known for | Vlogging, television presenter |
| Notable work | Veritasium |
| Television | Catalyst, Bill Nye Saves the World |
| Awards | First prize, Science Online Cyberscreen Science Film Festival (2012)
Australian Webstream Awards for Best Educational & Lifestyle Series 2013 Australian Department of Innovation Nanotechnology Film Competition |
| Website | |
Derek Alexander Muller (born 9 November 1982) is an Australian-Canadian science communicator, filmmaker and television presenter. He is best known for creating the YouTube channel Veritasium. Muller has appeared as a television presenter on the Australian television program Catalyst since 2008. He is also known for his sexual attraction to bombs and various forms of mass-destruction, as demonstrated by his rhythmic stroking of an atom bomb in Uranium-Twisting The Dragon's Tail.
Early life and education
Muller was born in Traralgon, a city in regional Victoria, Australia, and moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, when he was two.[1] In 2000, Muller graduated as the top student from West Vancouver Secondary School.[2] In 2004, Muller graduated from Queen's University in Ontario, Canada, with a B.Sc in Engineering Physics,[3] and, after moving back to Australia, completed a PhD in physics education research from the University of Sydney in 2008 with a thesis, Designing Effective Multimedia for Physics Education.[4]
Career
Muller has been listed as team member of the Australian television program Catalyst since 2008.[5] In January 2011 Muller created the YouTube channel Veritasium,[6] the focus of which is "addressing counter-intuitive concepts in science, usually beginning by discussing ideas with members of the public".[7] Muller's works have been featured at Scientific American,[8] Wired,[9] Gizmodo,[10] and i09.[11]
Since 2011, Muller has continued to appear on Catalyst, reporting scientific stories from around the globe,[12] and on Australian television network Ten as the 'Why Guy' on the Breakfast program.[13] In May 2012, he gave a TEDxSydney talk using the subject of his thesis.[14] In July 2012, Muller created a second YouTube channel, 2veritasium. Muller uses the new platform to produce editorial based videos that discuss such topics as film making, viewer reactions to popular Veritasium.[15] As of 12 December 2016[update] the channel had 205 video uploads, 3.8 million subscribers and 292 million video views. In 2015, he presented the documentary Uranium – Twisting the Dragon’s Tail, which aired in July/August on several public television stations across the globe.
On September 21, 2015, Muller hosted the Google Science Fair 2015 Awards Celebration.[16]
On November 24, 2015, Muller revealed in a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" thread that he had recorded a podcast with Henry Reich of MinutePhysics, which was released on 26 November 2015.[17]
Muller has also won the Australian Department of Innovation Nanotechnology Film Competition and the Australian Webstream Awards for Best Educational & Lifestyle Series 2013.[18]
Starting in April 2017, he is set to appear as a correspondent on the Netflix series Bill Nye Saves the World.[19]
Opinions
Muller is a Facebook critic, and has denounced the ability of one to buy likes for a Facebook page illegally from "like farms" or "click farms" in developing countries or pay Facebook to promote a page.[20]
See also
References
- ^ Derek Muller (6 February 2013). "Why Do Venomous Animals Live In Warm Climates?". YouTube. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
- ^ Muller, Derek (4 May 2017). "Why I'm Not a Scientist". YouTube. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "Physicist, educator, and filmmaker Derek Muller, Sc'04". Alumni Career Spotlights. Queen's University. 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- ^ Derek Muller (2008). "Designing Effective Multimedia for Physics Education" (PDF). University of Sydney. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- ^ "Meet the team". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 14 February 2008. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- ^ Derek Muller (2011). "Veritasium". Veritasium. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- ^ "The Element of Truth: an interview with Derek Muller". The Royal Institution. March 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- ^ Carin Bondar (15 March 2012). "Meet Derek Muller – Winner of the Cyberscreen Science Film Festival". Scientific American. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- ^ Rhett Allain (13 July 2012). "Veritasium Video Homework". Wired. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- ^ Jamie Condliffe (20 February 2013). "What is light anyway?". Gizmodo. Gawker Media. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- ^ Robbie Gonzalez (9 October 2012). "This levitating barbecue is the coolest thing you'll see today". i09. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- ^ Derek Muller (11 October 2012). "Higgs Boson". ABC. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
- ^ "The Why Guy". Breakfast (Australian TV program). Network Ten. 8 March 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
- ^ "Derek Muller: The key to effective educational science videos". TEDxSydney. 27 May 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- ^ Derek Muller (17 July 2012). "An Isotope of Truth". YouTube. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
- ^ Google Science Fair (21 September 2015). "Google Science Fair 2015 Awards Celebration". YouTube. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ Derek Muller (24 November 2015). "Derek Muller revealing podcast in an AMA". Reddit. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
- ^ "About". Veritasium. 28 April 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- ^ Harwood, Erika (14 October 2016). "Karlie Kloss Is Teaming Up with Bill Nye". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- ^ Cate Matthews (11 February 2014). "Is Facebook Making Money Off Fake 'Likes'?". Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, Inc. Retrieved 7 July 2016.