800efaf4-c77f-4b43-8797-dea15dc3a90b Beate Fuecker Project Lead Institute of Art Technology and Conservation (IKK) Germanisches National museum Nuremberg, Germany Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION Beate Fücker is currently head of a research project in art technology of the late medieval panel paintings from southern Germany that are part of the collection of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg. They have been investigating panel paintings for the last 8 years, so far resulting in two comprehensive collection catalogues. The ongoing serial examination of all panels follows the exact same scheme and involves radiography, infrared imaging, UV-fluorescence-photography, X-ray fluorescence analysis, wood species analysis, and microscopic examination as well as sampling and dendrochronology in selected cases. ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2021 Poster Presenter Animal tendon on late medieval wooden artefacts – Problems of Analysis and Questions of historic Preparation of Tendon Material Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

cd051f34-32be-4d17-bbc8-9b4b0915128c Ahmed Tarek Head of Human remains Laboratory Conservation Specialist The Grand Egyptian Museum Giza District, Giza Governorate, Egypt Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION Ahmed Tarek has Ph.D. & M.S. from Conservation Department, Cairo University. He is Head of the Human Remains Laboratory & Conservation Specialist of Organic Materials at the Grand Egyptian Museum Conservation Center (GEM CC). He is interested in materials & conservation science; manufacturing techniques of archaeological objects; analysis of deterioration and documentation. Currently, he has started a postdoctoral (Andrew W. Mellon Conservation Fellowship, Objects Conservation) from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2021 Participant Art Bio Matters 2021 Virtual Conference Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

f1a5d9cc-1d2e-4bb2-97e3-daaa1b04d5a4 Theanne Schiros Associate Professor, Dept. of Math and Science Fashion Institute of Technology Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION Theanne Schiros, PhD is an educator, scientist and National Geographic Explorer, whose research focuses on development of regenerative, high performance materials for a circular economy, including renewable energy technology and biotextiles. She is an Associate Professor at FIT and a Research Scientist at Columbia University, and a co-founder and CSO of Werewool, an early stage startup creating biodegradable textile fibers with DNA-programmed color and performance provided by engineered proteins. Her work has received international recognition, including the 2023 National Geographic Wayfinder Award, and the 2022 Microfiber Innovation Challenge and the 2020 H&M Foundation Global Change Awards (Werewool), and the 2017 National Geographic Chasing Genius Award (KeelLabs), as well as international museum exhibitions of a microbial bioleather innovation. ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2023 Steering Committee Art Bio Matters 2023 Conference Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

97b3ac56-6dcf-4485-903b-58cc80551690 Asher Newsome Research Physical Scientist Smithsonian's Museum Conservation Institute Suitland-Silver Hill, MD, USA Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION G. Asher Newsome received his doctorate in Analytical Chemistry from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill in 2009, where he designed new instrumentation and methods for ion trap mass spectrometry. Since joining the Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute in 2017, he has been particularly focused on adapting ambient ionization methods to cultural heritage analysis. His research places special consideration on minimizing sample damage and analyzing objects too physically large for standard methods. ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2021 Poster Presenter Non-proximate Ambient Mass Spectrometry Sampling of Large, Intact Cultural Heritage Objects Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

22931b07-df48-4bbf-87de-0cbb857b34c8 Stepanka Kuckova Associate Professor University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague Prague, Czechia Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION Assoc. Prof. Stepanka Kuckova, Ph.D., is the Deputy Head of the Laboratory of Applied Proteomics at the University of Chemistry and Technology. She works also at the Faculty of Education at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. 19 years ago, as the first in the world her group has explored the utilization of mass spectrometry for the protein identification in insoluble matrices (artworks, mortars, bones). Authored 52 publications at WOS with more than 1100 citations. ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2023 Poster Presenter Proteomic analysis of blood coatings and determination of the animal species origin of blood Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

88af70b2-6bc3-4f56-a25c-490ab48c2bb9 Amy Tjiong Associate Conservator American Museum of Natural History New York, New York, USA Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION Amy Tjiong is a trained conservator and a museum specialist at the American Museum of Natural History. Her professional interests include researching the properties and uses of cultural heritage materials and working to support community-led museum practices. She holds graduate degrees from New York University and Columbia University, and is currently enrolled in the Anthropology doctoral program at the CUNY Graduate Center. ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2023 Participant Art Bio Matters 2023 Conference Explore Full Abstract ABM 2021 Steering Committee Art Bio Matters 2021 Virtual Conference Explore Full Abstract ABM 2021 Team Presenter Art Bio Matters 2021 Virtual Conference Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS ABM Round Table - March 2024 Round Table Presenter ABM Round Table - March 2024 Question on alternative methods for shark tooth identification other than DNA analysis. Explore PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

6ca9881d-0b6e-42e7-b1cd-4384621ef877 Ellen Carrlee Conservator, Alaska State Museum Juneau, AK, USA Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION Ellen Carrlee has been working in Alaskan museums for twenty years and has been the conservator at the Alaska State Museum since 2006. She holds an M.A. in Art History and Art Conservation from New York University (2000) and a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Alaska Fairbanks (2020). Her research interests include material culture made from plants and animals as well as collaborative projects that explore the networks of relationships among human and non-human agents. ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2021 Team Presenter The Chilkat Dye Project Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

8b5fa65c-00aa-4f17-a67f-90b683a7500d Ken Sutherland Director, Scientific Research Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL, USA Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION Ken Sutherland is Andrew W. Mellon Director of Scientific Research in the Department of Conservation and Science at the Art Institute of Chicago, where his main research interests concern the characterization of organic materials in works of art, using mass spectrometric and other analytical techniques, to inform an understanding of their technique, condition and appearance. ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2023 Participant Art Bio Matters 2023 Conference Explore Full Abstract ABM 2021 Participant Art Bio Matters 2021 Virtual Conference Explore Full Abstract ABM 2018 Participant Art Bio Matters 2018 Conference Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

fca9c205-e57c-4d02-84d1-797f0cfb5401 Joe Stahlman Tribal Historic Preservation Officer University of Buffalo / Seneca Nation Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION Dr. Joe Stahlman is the Director of Seneca Nation’s Tribal Historic Preservation Office. Recently, he transitioned from the director of Seneca-Iroquois National Museum-Onöhsagwë:de' Culture Center to his new role. Joe is a scholar and researcher of Tuscarora descent. He has over 30 years of research experience working with First Peoples and allies. His research focuses on culture and history, as well as ongoing socio-economic and health & wellness related endeavors with Native communities. He takes an active role in addressing the spaces Native peoples occupy in North American museums, archaeology, cultural resource management, and scholarship. Joe regularly talks on the need to promote equity, equality, and justice among all peoples in North American society through a number of reconciliatory processes which are inclusive for all and empowers people to express agency through creative and intellectual endeavors. ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2023 Invited Speaker Art Bio Matters 2023 Conference Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

62ebad1d-a5b7-4edf-9b77-8c6432b6c9df Frank Trujillo Drue Heinz Book Conservator The Morgan Library & Museum New York, NY, USA Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION Frank Trujillo is the Drue Heinz Book Conservator in the Thaw Conservation Center at the Morgan Library & Museum. He holds a MSLIS with an Advanced Certificate in Conservation from the University of Texas at Austin and a BA from the University of Notre Dame. His research has focused on the materials and techniques of medieval manuscripts with a particular focus on French Romanesque bindings and the ninth and tenth century Coptic bindings collection at the Morgan. ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2023 Team Presenter Big Data from Tiny Samples: unveiling the use of organic materials in the Visconti-Sforza Co-authored with Clara Granzotto. Read the Abstract. Explore Full Abstract ABM 2021 Steering Committee Art Bio Matters 2021 Virtual Conference Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS