Peter J. Schwendinger (born 27 April 1959 in

Dornbirn, Austria Dornbirn () is a city in the westernmost Austrian state of Vorarlberg. It is the administrative centre for the district of Dornbirn, which also includes the town of Hohenems, and the market town Lustenau. Dornbirn is the largest city in Vorarlber ...

) is an Austrian arachnologist. He graduated from

Innsbruck University The University of Innsbruck (german: Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck; la, Universitas Leopoldino Franciscea) is a public research university in Innsbruck, the capital of the Austrian federal state of Tyrol, founded on October 15, 1669. I ...

in 1985, and in 1990 with a PhD, where he studied with

Konrad Thaler Konrad Thaler (born 19 December 1940 in Innsbruck, Austria – died 11 June 2005) was an Austrian arachnologist. Peter J. Schwendinger, other Austrian arachnologist, studied with Konrad Thaler, in Innsbruck University. Tributes The specific epit ...

. He was a lecturer at

, from 1989 to 1999. He taught at

Chiang Mai University Chiang Mai University ( CMU; th, มหาวิทยาลัยเชียงใหม่) is a public research university in northern Thailand founded in 1964. It has a strong emphasis on engineering, science, agriculture, and medicine. It ...

from 1996 to 1997. He is a curator at the

Natural History Museum of Geneva The Natural History Museum of Geneva (in French: ') is a natural history museum in Geneva, Switzerland. Louis Jurine’s collections of Hymenoptera, Coleoptera, Lepidoptera and Hemiptera are held by the museum. Other displays include a ...

. He is an editor of the journal ''Zootaxa''.

Works

*Peter J. Schwendinger and Jochen Martens, , Proceedings of the 15th International Congress of Arachnology

References

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* * Austrian arachnologists 1959 births University of Innsbruck alumni Academic staff of the University of Innsbruck People from Dornbirn Living people {{zoologist-stub