Gregor Lax completed his thesis project “The ‘linear model of innovation’ in West Germany after World War II: A discourse analysis of the hierarchical relationship between the concepts of basic science and applied science” (2010–14) after being awarded a master’s degree in history, philosophy, and sociology of science from Bielefeld University and the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (ÉHESS) in Paris (2008–10). Since 2014, he has been a research associate on the project “History of Atmospheric Chemistry and Biogeochemistry” at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry (MPIC). Previously, he worked as a research associate on the “Facets of the History of the MPIC” project (MPIC, 2011–13) and in the History Department at Bielefeld University (2010–11), and as a student research fellow at the Flemish Government Agency for Innovation by Science and Technology. As well as having an interest in science, Gregor has studied music and is a jazz piano player.