VERA
Autor: Maeve Nic Samhradáin
Department of Palaeontology (PAL) Team Leaders
Doris NAGEL
Management Board
My research focuses on mammal evolution and ecological niche development especially in carnivorous animals. The different aspects include food preference (microwear methods), locomotion adaption and population development (in co-operation with Michael Hofreiter, DNA-lab, Univ. Potsdam and the Radiocarbon lab in Mannheim). Current projects focus on niche development of Miocene carnivores and climate adaptions of mammals in the Upper Pleistocene (Teufelslucke).
Vienna Environmental Research Accelerator (VERA) Team Leaders
Peter STEIER
Peter Steier is assistant professor at the Faculty of Physics and member of the research group Isotope Physics. Working with accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) techniques he is interested in very heavy ions (actinides), time-of-flight detectors, energy loss and straggling, isobar identification, the 14C dating for archaeology, and application of Bayesian statistics to calibration.
Vienna Institute for Archaeological Science (VIAS) Team Leaders
Günther Karl KUNST
Trained as a palaeontologist working on Ice-Age mammals, I made a change for the “younger stuff” with the founding of VIAS/IDEA in 1994. Since then, I have been involved in various excavation projects in Central Europe, Egypt and Turkey. I prefer excavation projects comprising complicated archaeological situations, like multiphase buildings or settlements. Here, I like to collaborate with colleagues studying archaeological features and other find groups, especially pottery. I have been a lecturer for archaeozoology for almost three decades on various departments of the University of Vienna (Prehistory and Historic archaeology, Palaeontology, Anthropology). Special interests: taphonomy of buildings and complex settlements; butchery studies; relationships between animal bones and pottery remains
News
Universum series shot in Vienna µCT Lab: Prof. Gerhard Weber and the Venus von Willendorf.
The famous 30,000-year-old Venus from Willendorf figurine will be the central theme of a new Universum episode which will be broadcasted on the International Women’s Day on 8th March 2022. Shooting also took place in the new “University Biology Building – UBB” in the Vienna µCT Lab.
