Reinhard F. Sachsenhofer is head of Petroleum Geology at the Montanuniversitaet Leoben, Austria. He has an MSc in Economic Geology and a PhD in Geology (Leoben). Previously, he was Humboldt-Fellow at the Institute of Petroleum and Organic Geochemistry, Research Center, Jülich, Germany and Visiting Professor at the Donetsk National Technical University, Ukraine. He is also an Honorary Guest Professor at the Jilin University, China. His main research interests are in basin analysis, hydrocarbon systems, source rocks, coal, and organic petrology. He has won awards from the Austrian Geological Society, the regional Government of Styria, Austria, and the AAPG. He is on the editorial board of several journals including the International Journal of Coal Geology.
Leoben Mining University