After completing a diploma thesis in the field of "Soft Matter Physics" at the Vienna University of Technology, Lukas switched to the atmospheric sciences in 2010, starting to work as a Praedoc Assistent in the Group of Theoretical Meteorology. In the past five years, he conducted research on wave-induced flow separation in complex terrain, besides teaching activities in the meteorology BSc programme.

Lukas' scientific contributions, as presented in his thesis by publication, put into question the extant idealized conceptual models of turbulent horizontal vortices ("rotors") in the lee of mountain ridges. His analysis of airborne radar measurements and numerical simulations have revealed the complexity of the real-world occurrences of the phenomenon.

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