Michael Wagreich is a professor of geology at the Department of Geology, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Geography and Astronomy, University of Vienna. His main areas of research include geo-events and global change related to palaeoclimate and sea level change, stratigraphy, sedimentation and tectonics in mountain basins, and Cretaceous, Quaternary and Anthropocene sedimentology and stratigraphy. He has been involved in research on the Anthropocene definition and starting date(s), including interdisciplinary projects and initiatives on the Anthropocene such as work on urban anthropogenic sediments, unravelling Anthropocene stratigraphy. He is principal investigator of an UNESCO International Geoscience Programme project on the Anthropocene.