Derek Muller Height, Age, Wife, Family, Biography
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Wife: Raquel Nuno
Age: 41 Years
Hometown: Los Angeles
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Full Name | Derek Alexander Muller |
Other Name(s) | Dr. Derek Muller, Derek from Veritasium |
Profession(s) | Science Communicator, Televison Personality, Entrepreneur |
Physical Stats & More | |
Height (approx.) | 5' 10" (178 cm) |
Eye Colour | Light Brown |
Hair Colour | Salt and Pepper |
Career | |
Debut | TV: Catalyst (ABC, Australia) (2011-present) |
Awards, Honours | • Winner of Cyber Screen Science Film Festival at Science Online 2012 for his film Mission Impossible: Graphene • Australian Webstream Award for the Best Educational and Lifestyle series in 2013 • Honorary Member of one of the oldest and most prestigious Honor societies, Sigma Xi at Cornell University in 2014 • Winner of Department of Industry, Innovation and Science Eureka Prize for Science Journalism in 2016 • Richtmyer Lecture Memorial Award (by the American Association of Physics Teachers - AAPT) for outstanding contributions to Physics and effectively communicating them to educators for his video, Why Some Confusion Is Good-Evidence for How to Make Learners Think, in 2016 • Won the Australian Department of Innovation Nanotechnology Film Competition • 7th Annual Streamy Awards in the Best Science and Education Channel, Show or Series Category in 2017 • Honorary Member of the Utah Science Teaching Association • Won the Annual Streamy Awards in the Learning and Education in 2021 [1]Variety |
Personal Life | |
Date of Birth | 9 November 1982 (Tuesday) |
Age (as of 2023) | 41 Years |
Birthplace | Traralgon, Victoria, Australia |
Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
Nationality | Australian, Canadian, American |
Hometown | Los Angeles |
School | West Vancouver Secondary School (WVSS) |
College/University | University of Sydney |
Educational Qualification(s) | • Ph.D in Physics Education Research • B. Sc in Engineering Physics |
Religion/Religious Views | Nihilist [2]Veritasium-YouTube |
Food Habit | Vegetarian/Non-Vegetarian |
Hobbies | Acting, Singing |
Relationships & More | |
Marital Status | Married |
Family | |
Wife/Spouse | Raquel Nuno (Planetary Scientist) |
Children | Son(s)-2 Daughter-1 |
Parents | Father- Anthony Muller Mother- Shirley Du Toit |
Siblings | Sister(s)- 2 • Kirstie • Marilouise Muller |
Money Factor | |
Net Worth (approx.) | $ 8.5 million as of 2021 [3]Nas Academy |
Social Media | |
Veritasium | |
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YouTube | Veritasium |
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Some Lesser Known Facts About Derek Muller
- Derek Muller’s parents are originally from South Africa.
- He was born in Australia, where the family shifted as his father got a job as an engineer at a paper and pulp company.
- He acted as Tiny Tim in A Christmas Carol on stage when he was 11.
- He received the Governor General Bronze Academic Medal for academic excellence as he was the top student among the 425 International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma graduates.
- He wished to be a filmmaker but did not choose that option as there is no defined academic or career path.
- He received the chancellor’s scholarship for all the years (2000-2004) of his engineering graduation at the Queen’s University in Canada.
- He created two documentary films for the drama department of Queen’s University in 2003-2004.
- He graduated at an average of 90 per cent, in the top 15th position among the 625 engineering graduates.
- He received the Australian Postgraduate Award, a scholarship given to students with exceptional research potential.
- He was the Physics Laboratory Demonstrator and Tutor in second-year computational and experimental labs at the University of Sydney.
- During his research training (2005-2008) at the University of Sydney, he was the first author to publish five papers in internationally refereed journals and seven papers in internationally refereed conference proceedings.
- His dissertation was on Designing Effective Multimedia For Physics Education.
- He was the project coordinator for facilitating a grant to make multimedia for high school physics topics.
- He created films for the physics modules of Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC) Examinations and distributed the DVDs across schools in Australia.
- He worked as a Physics teacher (2006-2013) for grade 11 and 12 students at Matrix Education: Sydney. He developed teaching resources and educational videos for teaching the students.
- He has been the creative director and CEO of Thought Works, Sydney, since 2010, creating the first YouTube channel Veritasium and providing educational consultancy.
- He coined Veritasium to mean an element of truth by combining the Latin word, veritas (truth) and -ium, the suffix for a metal element.
- He has two other YouTube channels, 2veritasium (an isotope of truth) and Sciencium (an element of knowledge).
- Veritasium has a subscriber base of more than 15 million (as of April 2024)
- He was also the Head of Science at the same institution from 2008 to 2012. He implemented a new CRM database and was also responsible for the marketing.
- He was popular as a researcher and presenter of the Why Guy segment of the Breakfast program aired on Channel Ten. [4]Veritasium- Youtube
- Derek was the speaker at the TEDxSydney in 2012 and TEDxSyney in 2013.
- He was also the keynote speaker and host at conferences and education summits.
- He was one of the three hosts of Catalyst on The Road, a television series, in 2013.
- He appeared as an engineering expert, researcher, and presenter on ancient Egypt, monuments, and technology on a program called Ancient Impossible on the History Channel in 2014.
- He was the researcher, writer, and host of the award-winning documentary series, Uranium – Twisting the Dragon’s Tail (2015), broadcast on PBS Network.
- In 2015, Derek Muller hosted a backstage show live before the Nobel Peace Prize Concert.
- He was featured on the BBC Show, QI, and Discovery television show, You Have Been Warned.
- He is also the founder of Snatoms, a teacher’s aid and a learning resource containing magnetic atoms that can be put together to form various shapes of molecules.
- He likes the pistachio flavour or a rocky road in ice cream.
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