Attila László Nemesi is a linguist and communication researcher, currently serving as Vice-Dean for Academic Affairs and Head of the Department of Hungarian Linguistics at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Pázmány Péter Catholic University. His main research interests include implicatures, figurative language use, and the pragmatics of humor. He is a regular speaker at Hungarian interdisciplinary humor conferences, and in 2017 he also served as one of the organizers. He co-edited the volumes Humor Styles and Strategies (2018) and On the Paths of Humor (2021). His monograph The Pragmatic Mechanisms of Humor was published in 2022, summarizing his research findings on humor to date.