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Who is Dan Riskin?
Dan Riskin is a television personality, producer, and evolutionary biologist. Dan Riskin was the host of the Canadian television show Daily Planet. Dan is generally interested in the functional consequences of morphological diversity. He seeks to understand how differences in body shape among species influence differences in performance by using experimental biomechanics in the lab and in the field.
Early Life and Childhood
Dan Riskin was born in Edmonton, Canada, on January 1, 1975. He has 47 years on the clock.
Dan is of mixed ethnicity and holds Canadian citizenship. At the moment, no information about his parents or siblings is available.
Education Details
Dan Riskin graduated from the University of Alberta with a BSc in zoology.
Dan later earned a master’s degree in biology from York University and a doctorate in zoology from Cornell University. He also pursued post-doctoral research at Boston University and Brown University.
Professional Career
Riskin appears as an expert on the Animal Planet shows Monsters Inside Me, which is about parasites.
He has appeared on The Dr. Oz Show, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson several times to promote the show (2010–2014).
Dan has also appeared on Evolve and Bedbug Apocalypse. He co-hosted Daily Planet on Discovery Channel Canada with Ziya Tong in 2010.
Dan’s first book, Mother Nature is Trying to Kill You: A Lively Tour Through the Dark Side of the Natural World, was released on March 4, 2014, by Touchstone Books.
He co-hosted Daily Planet on Discovery Channel Canada with Ziya Tong in 2010. Daily news, discussion, and commentary on the scientific aspects of current events and discoveries are featured on the podcast.
In 1995, the show debuted as @discovery.ca. In 2002, it was renamed Daily Planet. In 2011, it was relaunched in high definition.
Ziya Tong and Dan hosted the show from June 2012 until it ended in May 2018.
As of September 4, 2012, Daily Planet aired on Discovery Channel Canada Monday through Friday at 7 p.m.EST. However, Bell Media canceled it on May 23, 2018, and the final episode aired on June 5, 2018.
Net Worth and Salary
Dan Riskin’s net worth is estimated to be $1 million.
Relationship Status
Dan Riskin is married to the lovely Shelby H. Riskin, a scientist. Sam, born in 2011, and twins Linnea and Wallace, born in 2014, are the couple’s three children.
They both live in Toronto, Ontario.
Body Measurements
He is a man of average stature, standing at 5 ft 8 in (Approx. 1.72 m).
Social Media
His Twitter handle is @riskindan.
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Trivia
- He is the Science and Technology Specialist for CTV News, and he contributes science stories from all disciplines, including space, robotics, health, biology, physics, chemistry, and artificial intelligence.
- Dan is a television personality, producer, and evolutionary biologist from Canada.
- He was the host of the Canadian television show Daily Planet.
- He stands at 5 ft 8 in (Approx. 1.72 m).
- His net worth is estimated to be $1 million.
