370a7386-b314-4812-9a4f-cd08ec1299c2 Christopher Mason Professor of Genomics, Physiology, and Biophysics Weill Cornell Medicine Director of the WorldQuant Initiative for Quantitative Prediction New York, NY, USA Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION The Mason laboratory develops and deploys new biochemical and computational methods in functional genomics to elucidate the genetic basis of human disease and physiology. We create and deploy novel techniques in genomics and algorithms for: tumor evolution, genome evolution, DNA and RNA modifications, and genome/epigenome engineering. ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2021 Team Presenter Illuminating Genetic Mysteries of the Dead Sea Scrolls Explore Full Abstract ABM 2021 Steering Committee Art Bio Matters 2021 Virtual Conference Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

ee43fc20-d781-4a44-b5c7-fc912a4c1bb2 Stefan Simon Director The Rathgen Research Laboratory The National Museums Berlin Berlin, Germany Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION Stefan Simon is since 2005 Director of the Rathgen Research Laboratory with the National Museums Berlin. Trained as a heritage scientist, Simon earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich. He served as a Council Member and Vice President of ICCROM, the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property. As Inaugural Director of Yale’s Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage and Director of the Yale’s Global ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2021 Poster Presenter Microbiome reveals history of human-interactions in the museum - a pilot project Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS Lukas M Simon [1], Cecilia Flocco [2], Franziska Burkart [2], Anika Methner [2], David Henke [3], Luise Rauer [4, 5 6], Christian L Müller [6], Johannes Vogel [7], Christiane Quaisser [7], Jörg Overmann 2, Stefan Simon [8] Microbial fingerprints reveal interaction between museum objects, curators, and visitors Microbial communities reside at the interface between humans and their environment. Whether the microbiome can be leveraged to gain information on human interaction with museum objects is unclear. To investigate this, we selected objects from the Museum für Naturkunde and the Pergamonmuseum in Berlin, Germany, varying in material and size. Using swabs, we collected 126 samples from natural and cultural heritage objects, which were analyzed through 16S rRNA sequencing. By comparing the microbial composition of touched and untouched objects, we identified a microbial signature associated with human skin microbes. Applying this signature to cultural heritage objects, we identified areas with varying degrees of exposure to human contact on the Ishtar gate and Sam'al gate lions. Furthermore, we differentiated objects touched by two different individuals. Our findings demonstrate that the microbiome of museum objects provides insights into the level of human contact, crucial for conservation, heritage science, and potentially provenance research. Explore

f1c70b4a-8a89-4422-b8e8-ee00ed587bba Laurie Waters Retired Los Alamos National Laboratory in April 2012 Currently doing contract work Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION Laurie Waters is a Nuclear Physicist by training, having received her PhD at the State University of New York in 1990. For 21 years she worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory, doing experimental physics, and extensive simulations of radiation transport. Much experimental work was done at the LANSCE 800 MeV proton accelerator, and she also headed the team that formed the newest division in the American Nuclear Society; the Accelerator Applications Division. All this work has given her much experience in techniques such as AMS and various radiation interrogation measurements. ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2021 Poster Presenter Minimally invasive analysis: Fact or fantasy? The challenge of 14C dating Early Modern material Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

366a5fdd-5e84-403e-a00a-8e01443ac52e David McFadden Retired; formerly Chief Curator and Vice President for Programs and Collections Museum of Arts & Design New York, NY, USA Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION David Revere McFadden served as Chief Curator and Vice President for Programs and Collections at the Museum of Arts & Design from 1997 to 2013. McFadden has organized more than 120 exhibitions, including Dead or Alive: Nature Becomes Art, which brought together artists who use materials such as bones, insects, dead plants, fish, and seeds. ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2018 Participant Art Bio Matters 2018 Conference Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

88fa2d74-114e-4d66-aa17-38966f7ec78e Nathan Wales Lecturer Department of Archaeology University of York York, UK Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION Dr. Nathan Wales is affiliated with the University of York where he directs the ancient DNA laboratory in the Department of Archaeology. He specializes in recovering DNA from degraded plant remains, and his primary research is focused on understanding how humans domesticated species like corn, sunflower, and grapevine. ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2018 Team Presenter The Potential of Analyzing DNA from Ancient and Historic Works of Art Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

17ae9c6d-2cdf-4338-942f-1f404c6ac7f8 Cordula van Wyhe Senior Lecturer, History of Art Department University of York, UK York, UK Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION Cordula’s intellectual journey began in the Low Countries, where she developed her interests in seventeenth-century religious and political imagery, female spirituality, and court culture. She is committed to a humane art history that strives to understand how our visual and tactile engagement with form and matter creates meaning. Her research and teaching extends to dress history beyond early modern Europe. She is passionate about teaching as a collaborative venture of co-discovery and knowledge creation. ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2023 Team Presenter Victorian Parasols: Scientists, Artisans, Historians and Curators in Conversation Co-authored with Vanessa Jones. Read the Abstract. Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

b462e744-2cfb-435b-9836-08296ed19db5 Susan Gagliardi Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
Emory University Art History Department Atlanta, GA, USA Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION Susan E. Gagliardi is an associate professor of art history at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. She is also a core faculty member of Emory’s Institute of African Studies, and currently serves as director of graduate studies for Emory’s PhD program in art history. Her research and teaching focuses on the arts of Africa. She has spent a total of more than twenty-one months in Burkina Faso, where she has worked with power association leaders and other community members to study the organizations and their arts. She has also conducted archival and museum-based research in Africa, Europe, and North America. ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2021 Poster Presenter Accretion, accumulation, encrustation? Reconciling scientific and curatorial perspectives when reporting on surface materials on African sculptures Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

41dbb70e-1ab8-45b0-a037-525495f1dc15 Laura Allen Curator of Native American Art Montclaire Art Museum Montclair, NJ, USA Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION Laura J. Allen is an interdisciplinary scholar and the Curator of Native American Art at the Montclair Art Museum. She holds a B.S. in Biology from Bates College and an M.A. in Decorative Arts, Design History, and Material Culture from Bard Graduate Center. Her research focuses on Northwest Coast Native material culture, particularly dress and textiles. She has supported the American Museum of Natural History, the University of Alaska Museum of the North, and other organizations in both cultural and scientific projects. ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2021 Participant Art Bio Matters 2021 Virtual Conference Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

70ef1c89-7d4f-4776-ac96-fa926941131d Daniella Berman Vice President Historians of Eighteenth-Century Art and Architecture (HECAA) Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION An art historian specializing in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century art, Daniella Berman has a particular interest in artists’ materials and techniques. Having earned her B.A. at Yale University and her M.A. and Ph.D. at NYU’s Institute of Fine Arts, Dr. Berman has held positions at the National Gallery of Art and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, among others. She has contributed to many exhibitions and publications, and is currently Vice President of the Historians of Eighteenth-Century Art and Architecture (HECAA). ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2023 Participant Art Bio Matters 2023 Conference Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

d86031bd-b787-4731-8218-54cd3d3e7fd5 Halina Piasecki New York University - Institute of Fine Arts New York, NY, USA Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION Halina Piasecki (she/her) is a third-year objects conservation graduate student at the Conservation Center at NYU's Institute of Fine Arts. Halina's background is in classical languages, art, and archaeology. Her special interests within objects conservation include Greek and Roman archaeological artifacts, composite decorative arts objects, and 15th - 18th century objects displayed in northern European kunstkammern. Halina has worked in conservation roles at institutions such as the Brooklyn Museum, the American Museum of Natural History, the Museum of Chinese in America, the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, and the Central Park Conservancy. Halina has participated in three different archaeological excavations, and is especially interested in the ethical considerations at play in the extraction and preservation of archaeological cultural heritage from its burial context. She is also an artist working with diverse media, and in her free time she enjoys wheel throwing ceramics, drawing, printmaking, and classical goldsmithing. Halina has limited technical analytical experience and is excited to gain insight from the Art Bio Matters community. ABM CONFERENCES ABM MEMBER EVENTS ABM Round Table - July 2024 Round Table Presenter ABM Round Table - July 2024 How to identify organic residues preserved within the pipe bowls to investigate the object’s history and material evidence of modern opium smoking practices. Explore PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS