In biothermodynamics, Anthonie W. J. Muller (1951-) is a Danish physical chemist and biophysicist noted for his 1983 thermosynthesis theory, which argues that life originated and currently operates through the model of a biological heat engines operating through the driving mechanism of mini heat cycles. [1]

Education
Muller completed his BS in physical chemistry in 1972 and his MS in experimental biophysics in 1979 both at the Free University of Amsterdam. His thesis work was on protection of phage nucleic acid against gamma radiation and determining the intrinsic viscosity of a bacterial protein. While between jobs, he wrote his first paper on thermosynthesis in 1983. In 1990, Muller completed his PhD in material science, dissertation on the corrosion of dental NiCr alloys, at the school of dentistry of the University of Amsterdam. [2] He has since worked at the geology department at the University of Glasgow (1995-96), the biochemistry department at the University of Edinburg (1995-97), the geology department at the Washington State University (2001-08), and is currently at the Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam. [3]

References
1. Muller, Anthonie W.J. (2009). “Emergence of Animals from Heat Engines - Part 1: Before the Snowball Earths” (abstract), Entropy, 11(3): 463-512.
2. Muller, Anthonie Wilhelmus Joseph (1951-) – WorldCat.org.
3. Anthonie Muller (background) – GeoCities.com (AWJMuller).

Further reading
● Muller, Anthonie W.J. (1995). "Were the first organisms heat engines? A new model for biogenesis and the early evolution of biological energy conversion". Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology 63: 193-231.