Dr Derek Molloy is a Professor in the School of Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Computing, Dublin City University, Ireland. He lectures at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in object-oriented programming with embedded systems, digital and analog electronics, and Connected Embedded Systems. His research contributions are largely in the fields of computer and machine vision, 3D graphics and visualization, IoT, and e-Learning.

Derek produces a popular YouTube series on embedded systems and electronics platform and a wide variety of embedded Linux topics. His videos have introduced millions of people to the BeagleBone, embedded Linux, and digital electronics topics.