Thomas J. J. Müller studied chemistry (1984-1989) at the University of München (LMU) (diploma 1989; Ph.D. 1992). After a post-doctoral stay at Stanford University (1993/1994), he developed his independent research at Technical University Darmstadt and LMU (1994-1999; habilitation 2000). After a professorship at the University of Heidelberg (2002–2006), he became a chaired full professor at the University of Düsseldorf, and since 2019, he has been the spokesman of the Research Training Group 2482 funded by the German Science Foundation (DFG). His research interests encompass the synthetic and physical–organic chemistry of functional chromophores and the design of novel one-pot reactions, documented in more than 350 publications. He was awarded the Feodor Lynen scholarship (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation), a habilitation scholarship (German Science Foundation), a research prize (Dr. Otto Röhm Memorial Foundation), the SYNTHESIS-SYNLETT-Journals Award, and the First Prize of Evonik Call for Research Proposals. He is a member of the German Chemical Society (GDCh and various subsections) and the American Chemical Society, and he is a foreign member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. In
addition, he serves as an associate editor of several chemistry journals, a member of the selection committee of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, a board member of the Dr. Jost Henkel Foundation, and a curator of the Ernst Jäger Foundation.
