Simone M. Müller is DFG-Heisenberg Professor for Global Environmental History and Environmental Humanities at the University of Augsburg. As a historian and environmental humanities scholar, Simone has a particular focus on globalisation processes, the intersection of ecology and economy, and the era of the Anthropocene. Her research has received numerous awards and fellowships, among them from the Smithsonian Institution, the Science History Institute, and the University of Pennsylvania.