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Derek Alexander Muller (born 9 November 1982) is an Australian-born Canadian science communicator, filmmaker, television personality and inventor, who is best known for his YouTube channel Veritasium. Muller has also appeared as a correspondent on the Netflix web series Bill Nye Saves the World since 2017.
Early life and education
Muller was born to South African parents in Traralgon, Victoria, Australia and moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, when he was 18 months of age.In 2000, Muller graduated as the top student from West Vancouver Secondary School. In 2004, Muller graduated from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario with a Bachelor of Applied Science in Engineering Physics. He moved to Australia to study filmmaking, but instead he enrolled a PhD in physics education research from the University of Sydney, which he completed in 2008 with a thesis: Designing Effective Multimedia for Physics Education. He was still looking for a creative career but did not find a direct path.
Career
Muller has been listed as a team member of the ABC's television program Catalyst since 2008.
During his PhD course, he was also teaching in a tutoring company, where he took a full-time job as science head after he completed the course in 2008. He quit the job at the end of 2010.
In 2011 Muller created his YouTube channel "Veritasium" (see section below), which became his main source of livelihood in a few years.
Since 2011, Muller has continued to appear on Catalyst, reporting scientific stories from around the globe, and on Australian television network Ten as the 'Why Guy' on the Breakfast program. In May 2012, he gave a TEDxSydney talk using the subject of his thesis. In 2015, he presented the documentary Uranium – Twisting the Dragon's Tail, which aired in July/August on several public television stations around the world and won the Eureka Prize for Science Journalism.
On 21 September 2015, Muller hosted the Google Science Fair Awards Celebration for that year.
He has recorded a podcast with Henry Reich of MinutePhysics, which was released on 26 November 2015.
Muller has also won the Australian Department of Innovation Nanotechnology Film Competition and the Australian Webstream Awards for Best Educational & Lifestyle Series 2013.
Starting in April 2017, he appeared as a correspondent on the Netflix series Bill Nye Saves the World.
Muller presented in film Vitamania: The Sense and Nonsense of Vitamins, a documentary by Genepool Productions, released in August 2018. The film answers questions about vitamins and the use of dietary vitamin supplements.
Veritasium and other YouTube channels
In January 2011, Muller created the educational science channel Veritasium on YouTube, the focus of which is "addressing counter-intuitive concepts in science, usually beginning by discussing ideas with members of the public". The videos range in style from interviews with experts, such as 2011 Physics Nobel Laureate Brian Schmidt, to science experiments, dramatisations, songs, and—a hallmark of the channel—interviews with the public to uncover misconceptions about science. The name Veritasium is a combination of the Latin word for truth, Veritas, and the suffix common to many elements, -ium. This creates Veritasium, an "element of truth", a play on the popular phrase and a reference to chemical elements. In its logo, which is a registered trade mark since 2016, the number "42.0" resembles an element on the periodic table. The number was chosen as it is "The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything" in Douglas Adams's famous novel.
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, showcasing behind-the-scenes footage, and for viewer reactions to popular Veritasium videos.
In 2017, Muller began uploading videos on his newest channel, Sciencium, which is dedicated to videos on recent and historical discoveries in science.
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