Ruth Müller is a researcher in the interdisciplinary research field of Science & technology studies. She has studied molecular biology (M.Sc.; 2000-2007) and sociology (Ph.D.; 2007-2012) at the University of Vienna, Austria. During her studies, she conducted research on breast cancer at the Medical University of Vienna (2001-2005) before she started to work on issues of life sciences, society & policy at the Department of Science and Technology Studies at the University of Vienna (2005-2011). She held postdoctoral positions at the Austrian Institute of International Affairs (2012-2013) and at the Research Policy Institute, Lund University, Sweden (2013-2015), and she has been recurring visiting research at the Science & Justice Research Center, University of California Santa Cruz, U.S. In February 2015, she was appointed Assistant Professor of Science & Technology Policy at the Munich Center for Technology in Society, a co-appointment with the TUM School of Management and the TUM School of Life Sciences.
