Andreas G. HEISS

Archaeobotanist with a degree in biology (focus archaeobotany) from the University of Innsbruck. Since 2001, participation in numerous national and international research projects predominantly in central Europe and in the Mediterranean, with research foci on food, agricultural, and mining history. Lecturer at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU), at the University of Vienna, and at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. 2012 recipient of the BOKU Teaching Award. 2015 founding member of the Bioarchaeological Society of Austria (BAG). Since 2016 member of OeAW-OeAI and head of the archaeobotany laboratory, since 2021 head of the research group “Environment and Human Impact in Historical Societies”.