Markus H. Thoma is on the board of PVA TePla AG and Nationale Zentrum Für Plasmamedizin eV and Professor-Plasma & Astronautics at the University of Giessen.

In the past Dr. Thoma was Senior Scientist at Max Planck Institute For Extraterrestrial Physics and Research Associate at Duke University.

Dr. Thoma received a doctorate from Technische Universität München and an undergraduate degree from the University of Giessen.