Australia’s top 250 researchers in 2026

Luca Fiorenza
November 28, 2025

For the second consecutive year I have been named among Australia’s Top 250 researchers in the 2026 Research Magazine published by The Australian. I have been recognised as national leader in the field of Anthropology. The Research Magazine’s team looked at the number of citations for each paper published in the best 20 journals of each particular field over the past five years.

This is not only a great result individually, but it also demonstrates the quality of the work produced by each member of our fantastic team. Find out more about Australia’s top researchers in The Australian Research 2026.

Luca Fiorenza

Luca is Head of the Palaeodiet Research Lab and he received his Bachelor/Master degree in Natural Sciences in 2003 at La Sapienza University in Rome (Italy), and completed his PhD in Biological Sciences between the Goethe University and the Senckenberg Research Institute (Frankfurt, Germany) at the end of 2009. During his doctoral degree he was part of an outstanding multidisciplinary network called EVAN (European Virtual Anthropology Network), where he mastered cutting-edge techniques for the study of anatomical variability, including medical imaging, 3D digitisation, display, modelling and programming. Luca’s research interests mostly focus on functional morphology of the masticatory apparatus in human and non-human primates, and on the importance of the role of diet in human evolution.

Australia’s top 250 researchers in 2026

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