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

805f43c6-0810-4d63-9d3e-d019e9ba7ff3 Marguerite Mangin Senior Advisor The Richard Lounsbery Foundation New York, NY, USA Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION Marguerite Mangin advises the Richard Lounsbery Foundation on both scientific projects and French-American efforts. Marguerite is also the Secretary and Project Coordinator for the Leonardo da Vinci DNA Project, overseeing an international group of scientists, anthropologists and art historians. Her lifelong passion for scientific research and education began in Paris, where she received her Ph.D. in Molecular Biology. She then spent 10 years at Yale University where she purified a new peptide hormone implicated in bone cancer, before joining The Rockefeller University as administrator. ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2021 Participant Art Bio Matters 2021 Virtual Conference Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

f472b844-7ddb-47a1-95df-c5b44a2de58d Eugenia Geddes Da Filicaia PhD Student University of Bristol Bristol, UK Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION After studying first chemistry and then conservation of wall painting, and working as a conservator and lecturer, Eugenia Geddes da Filicaia is currently undertaking a PhD under the supervision of David Peggie and Richard Evershed. Her project, a collaboration between the scientific department at the National Gallery and the chemistry department at the University of Bristol, aims to apply advanced mass spectrometry techniques to the study of organic materials in art to aid the conservation of paintings. ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2021 Participant Art Bio Matters 2021 Virtual Conference Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

39ff309c-9a84-402d-b9cf-f63c242861f7 Sara Levin Assistant Conservator Department of Objects Conservation The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY, USA Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION Sara Levin joined The Met in 2017 as a project conservator, focusing on the examination and treatment of decorative arts for the renovation of the British Galleries. She is now dedicated to the care and study of indigenous works from sub-Saharan Africa and Oceania. Sara received an MS in art conservation from the University of Delaware/Winterthur Museum, with a focus on archaeological artifacts. She previously held positions at the Brooklyn Museum and Abigail Mack Art Conservation. 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 MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

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