Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Luca 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, www.evan.at), where he mastered cutting-edge techniques for the study of anatomical variability, including medical imaging, 3D digitisation, display, modelling and programming. Luca is the Head of the Palaeodiet Research Lab (www.palaeodiet.org) and his research focuses 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. He has published peer-reviewed articles in top tier multidisciplinary science journals such as Nature (Senior Author), Nature, Ecology & Evolution and Current Biology, as well as high-impact anthropological journals such as Journal of Human Evolution and the American Journal of Physical Anthropology. He has been listed among the Australia's Top Researchers by The Australian's Research 2020 Magazine as Leader in the field of Anthropology. He has attracted competitive internal and external research funding totalling >$1.1M AUD, including two ARC-Discovery Projects. He has wide experience in running research-intensive training workshops in cranio-dental functional morphology, digital anatomy and biomechanics.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
External positions
Adjunct Senior Lecturer in Palaeoanthropology, University of New England (Australia)
2015 → …
Research area keywords
- Anthropology
- Biomechanics
- Human Evolution
- Palaeodiet
- Functional Morphology
- Occlusion
- Masticatory System
- Neanderthals
- Palaeontology
- Primatology
- Dental Anatomy
- Archaeology
- Climate Change Adaptation
- Ecology
Network
Projects
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A real-time biomechanical study of Neanderthal anterior dentition
Fiorenza, L., Benazzi, S. & Sarig, R.
1/09/19 → 30/11/22
Project: Research
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Understanding the evolution of human diet through digital anatomy and dental biomechanics
Fiorenza, L. & Yuzuru, H.
25/03/16 → 30/11/16
Project: Research
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Understanding the evolution of human diet through digital anatomy and dental biomechanics
Fiorenza, L., Adams, J., Herries, A. I. R., Joannes-Boyau, R., Wroe, S. W., Benazzi, S., Kullmer, O. & Evans, A.
1/01/16 → 31/12/16
Project: Other
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Leading-edge digital reconstruction and biomechanical modelling meet the Neanderthal skull: So why the long face?
Wroe, S. W., Fiorenza, L. & Parr, W. C. H.
1/01/14 → 31/12/16
Project: Research
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A Dual Discriminator Adversarial Learning Approach for Dental Occlusal Surface Reconstruction
Tian, S., Huang, R., Li, Z., Fiorenza, L., Dai, N., Sun, Y. & Ma, H., 2022, In: Journal of Healthcare Engineering. 2022, 14 p., 1933617.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus) -
DCPR-GAN: Dental Crown Prosthesis Restoration Using Two-stage Generative Adversarial Networks
Tian, S., Wang, M., Dai, N., Ma, H., Li, L., Fiorenza, L., Sun, Y. & Li, Y., Jan 2022, In: IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics. 26, 1, p. 151-160 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
11 Citations (Scopus) -
Dental macrowear analysis of the Neanderthal mandible Bourgeois-Delaunay 1 (Charente, Southwestern France)
Hernaiz Garcia, M., Benazzi, S., Sarig, R., Zanolli, C. & Fiorenza, L., 2022, p. 76. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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Dental macrowear reveals ecological diversity of Gorilla spp.
Harty, T., Berthaume, M. A., Bortolini, E., Evans, A. R., Galbany, J., Guy, F., Kullmer, O., Lazzari, V., Romero, A. & Fiorenza, L., Dec 2022, In: Scientific Reports. 12, 1, 10 p., 9203.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access2 Citations (Scopus) -
Dietary and ecological information of the Neanderthal specimen Bourgeois-Delaunay 1 (Charente, Southwestern France) derived from dental macrowear analysis
Hernaiz, M., Zanolli, C., Mazurier, A., Benazzi, S., Sarig, R. & Fiorenza, L., 2022.Research output: Contribution to conference › Other › peer-review
Open Access
Prizes
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Monash BDI Awards for Outstanding Achievement
Adams, Justin (Recipient) & Fiorenza, Luca (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Press/Media
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Humans were changing the planet earlier than we knew
30/08/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Neanderthals commonly suffered from surfer's ear
15/08/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Early humans breastfed their young for a year, study says
Renaud Joannes-Boyau, Ian Moffat, Justin Adams, Luca Fiorenza & Alistair Evans
15/07/19 → 16/07/19
18 items of Media coverage, 2 Media contributions
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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Breastfeeding in our earliest human ancestors
16/07/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Profile/Interview