Priv. Doz. Dr. Mag. Alexander Lukeneder - bornin 1972 in Steyr, Austria, is a leading Austrian paleontologistand geoscientist. He studied Earth Sciences and Paleontologyin Vienna and has been a scientist and curator at the Natural History Museum Vienna since 2004, specializing in Mesozoic collections. In 2016, he earned his habilitationin paleontologyat the University of Vienna, where he also lectures.
Hehas led multiple FWF-funded research projects on the Mesozoic era, including the discovery of Austria's first Pliosaurin 2019 and recent studies on the latest Cretaceous Austrian ichthyosaurs. As a prolific author, he has published over 180 scientific and popular articles and several books, including Abenteuer Dolomiten, Akte Dinosaurier, Wandernin die Welt der Dinos, and UNESCO Global Geopark Steirische Eisenwurzen. He is also an active science communicator, giving hundreds of talks and leading outreach programs, such as the FossilfinderProject with an innovative app launched in 2020.
Since 2019, Dr. Lukenederhas served as a scientific advisor to the Styrian EisenwurzenUNESCO Geopark. Currently, he is leading a collaborative research project on the global CarnianCrisis (~235 million years ago), funded by the Federal Government of LowerAustria, the Austrian Academy of Sciences, and the Society of Friends of the Natural History Museum [...] is a member of the scientific editorial teams of Scientific Reports, Papers in Palaeontology, Palaeontology, and Historical Biology.

1. Historical overview: the Carnian Pluvial Episode in Austria.- 2. 150 Research of the Carnian Polzberg Konservat-Lagerstätte.- 3. Collections in Austria with Carnian Pluvial Episode material.- 4. The Carnian Pluvial Episode belt.- 5. New findings of Carnian fish from the Polzberg Konservat-Lagerstätte.