ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBER
Dr Jan Marco Müller holds a PhD in Geography from the University of Marburg, Germany, and began his career in management positions at environmental research centres in Germany, Italy and the UK.
After serving as Assistant to the Director-General of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) from 2009 to 2012, he managed the office of Dame Anne Glover, the first Chief Scientific Adviser to the President of the European Commission, from 2012 to 2015. He subsequently helped establish the European Commission’s Scientific Advice Mechanism.
From 2017 to 2020, Dr Müller worked at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) as Coordinator for Science Diplomacy and Acting Chief Operations Officer. From 2020 to 2022, he served as Science and Technology Advisor to the European External Action Service (EEAS), before joining the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG Research and Innovation), where he coordinated the development of a European Union Framework for Science Diplomacy.
Dr Müller is a Fellow of the International Science Council and currently chairs the global Foreign Ministries Science & Technology Advice Network (FMSTAN).