Following his PhD in Geography, Jan Marco Müller's early career included management positions at environmental research centres in Germany, Italy and the UK. After being an Assistant to the Director-General of the Joint Research Centre JRC (2009-2012), he managed the office of the Chief Scientific Adviser to the President of the European Commission (2012-2015) and then helped setting up the Commission's current Scientific Advice Mechanism. 2017-2020 he worked for the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) as Coordinator for Science Diplomacy and Acting Chief Operations Officer. 2020-2022 he served as first Science & Technology Advisor of the European External Action Service (EEAS), before joining the European Commission’s DG Research and Innovation as Coordinator for Science Diplomacy and Multilateral Relations. Jan Marco Müller is a Fellow of the International Science Council.