Derek Muller

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.

Starting in April 2017, he appeared as a correspondent on the Netflix series Bill Nye Saves the World.

In 2017, Muller began uploading videos on his newest channel, Sciencium, which is dedicated to videos on recent and historical discoveries in science.

On 21 September 2015, Muller hosted the Google Science Fair 2015 Awards Celebration.

He has recorded a podcast with Henry Reich of MinutePhysics, which was released on 26 November 2015.

The Kickstarter project for Snatoms was started on 11 November 2015 and hit its funding goal in 3 hours and 13 minutes. The project ultimately raised over 1300% of its target funding.

Muller has also won the Australian Department of Innovation Nanotechnology Film Competition and the Australian Webstream Awards for Best Educational & Lifestyle Series 2013.

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.

Veritasium videos have received critical acclaim. At Science Online 2012, "Mission Possible: Graphene" won the Cyberscreen Science Film Festival and was therefore featured on Scientific American as the video of the week. A video debunking the common misconception that the moon is closer than it is was picked up by CBS News.

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.

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.

Muller has been listed as team member of the ABC's television program Catalyst since 2008.

Muller was born to South African parents in Traralgon, Victoria, Australia and moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, when he was two. 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 Science in Engineering Physics, 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.

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 appeared as a correspondent on the Netflix web series Bill Nye Saves the World since 2017.