Markus Müller (physician)


Markus Müller is an Austrian pharmacologist. In 2015 he began serving as Rector of the Medical University of Vienna.

Early life

Müller graduated from high school in 1985 at the Theresianum in Vienna and studied medicine at the University of Vienna. He earned his medical doctor in 1993 with sub auspiciis Praesidentis honors.

Career

He specialized in internal medicine at Vienna General Hospital from 1993 to 2000. In 1995, Müller was a visiting researcher at the Laboratory for Diabetes Research in Gothenburg. From 2000 to 2001, he was guest professor at the University of Florida. In 2004, he was appointed full professor and head of the department of clinical pharmacology at the Medical University of Vienna.
Müller has published some 200 research papers, in outlets such as the New England Journal of Medicine.
In 2015 he was elected Rector of the Medical University of Vienna. Two years later, he was re-elected for another four-year term from October 2019 to September 2023.

Honours

Müller was awarded the Tanabe Award 2004 of the American College of Clinical Pharmacology "in acknowledgement of innovations in clinical pharmacology trials". In September 2018, he received the ACCP Honorary Fellowship Award.