Lars-Jochen Thoms is a postdoctoral researcher at the binational Chair of Science Education at the University of Konstanz and the Thurgau University of Education. He was awarded a PhD in 2018 for his dissertation on the investigation of knowledge acquisition in inquiry-based learning in distance laboratories. His research interests are in school-based (inquiry) learning using authentic contexts and in teacher education, specifically on digital learning technologies and digital competencies for science education. He is a member of several national and international professional societies (GIREP, EPS, DPG, GDCP, DINAT, ÖPG, MNU) and president of MPTL (Multimedia in Physics Teaching and Learning). He is a member of the Working Group Digital Core Competencies, junior member of the Working Group Digitalisation in Chemistry Education and Alumni Fellow of the Kolleg Didaktik:digital.