Sylvia Kirchengast is University professor at the Institute for Anthropology at the University of Vienna, Austria. Sylvia Kirchengast completed his Master Degree of Cultural Anthropology Subject of Thesis: "Intercultural comparison of the situation of postmenopausal females with special respect to the situation in southern Africa."

Sylvia Kirchengast skills and expertise are Obesity Epidemic, Obesity, Nutrition, Biological Anthropology, Medical Anthropology, Sociology of Health, Gender and Science, Physical Anthropology.