Derek Muller
Derek Muller | |
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Born |
Derek Muller 9 November 1982 Traralgon, Victoria, Australia |
Alma mater |
Queen's University (B.Sc) University of Sydney (PhD) |
Occupation | Science communicator, filmmaker and television presenter. |
Known for | Vlogging, television presenter |
Notable work | Veritasium |
Awards | First prize, Science Online Cyberscreen Science Film Festival (2012) |
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.
Early life and education
Muller was born in Traralgon, a city in regional Victoria, Australia, and moved to Vancouver, Canada, when he was two.[1] In 2004, Muller graduated from Queen's University in Ontario with a B.Sc in Engineering Physics[2] and completed a PhD in physics education research from the University of Sydney in 2008 with a thesis, Designing Effective Multimedia for Physics Education.[3]
Career
Muller has been listed as team member of the Australian television program Catalyst since 2008.[4] In January 2011 Muller created the YouTube channel Veritasium,[5] the focus of which is "addressing counter-intuitive concepts in science, usually beginning by discussing ideas with members of the public".[6] As of 22 January 2016 it had 228 video uploads, 3,517,713 subscribers and 246,257,884 video views. Muller's works have been featured at Scientific American,[7] Wired,[8] Gizmodo,[9] and i09.[10]
Since 2011 Muller has continued to appear on Catalyst, reporting scientific stories from around the globe,[11] and on Australian television network Ten as the 'Why Guy' on the Breakfast program.[12] In May 2012, he gave a TEDxSydney talk using the subject of his thesis.[13] 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.[14] As of 22 January 2016 the channel had 31 video uploads, 327,582 subscribers and 8,184,452 video views. In 2015 he presented the documentary Uranium β Twisting the Dragonβs 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.[15]
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 26th November 2015.[16]
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.[17]
See also
References
- β Derek Muller (6 February 2013). "Why Do Venomous Animals Live In Warm Climates?". YouTube. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
- β "Physicist, educator, and filmmaker Derek Muller, Scβ04". Alumni Career Spotlights. Queen's University. 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- β Derek Muller (2008). "Designing Effective Multimedia for Physics Education" (PDF). University of Sydney. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- β "Meet the team". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 14 February 2008. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- β Derek Muller (2011). "Veritasium". Veritasium. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- β "The Element of Truth: an interview with Derek Muller". The Royal Institution. March 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- β Carin Bondar (15 March 2012). "Meet Derek Muller β Winner of the Cyberscreen Science Film Festival". Scientific American. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- β Rhett Allain (13 July 2012). "Veritasium Video Homework". Wired. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- β Jamie Condliffe (20 February 2013). "What is light anyway?". Gizmodo. Gawker Media. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- β Robbie Gonzalez (9 October 2012). "This levitating barbecue is the coolest thing you'll see today". i09. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- β Derek Muller (11 October 2012). "Higgs Boson". ABC. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
- β "The Why Guy". Breakfast (Australian TV program). Network Ten. 8 March 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
- β "Derek Muller: The key to effective educational science videos". TEDxSydney. 27 May 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- β Derek Muller (17 July 2012). "An Isotope of Truth". YouTube. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
- β Google Science Fair (21 September 2015). "Google Science Fair 2015 Awards Celebration". YouTube. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- β Derek Muller (24 November 2015). "Derek Muller revealing podcast in an AMA". Reddit. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
- β Cate Matthews. February 2014 "Is Facebook Making Money Off Fake 'Likes'?" Check
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