93ebfb1b-ea4f-4856-921b-5c7ffdd7eca5 Pamela Hatchfield Head of Objects Conservation (emertis) Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Boston, MA, USA Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION Pamela Hatchfield serves as Project Coordinator for Held in Trust, a collaboration between the National Endowment for Humanities and the Foundation for Advancement in Conservation, evaluating preservation and conservation needs in the United States. She is Emerita Head of Objects Conservation at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, a Fellow of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, the International Institute for Conservation and of the American Academy in Rome. ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2021 Participant 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 about an outdoor sculpture compromised by a myriad of microbiological growth and how to evaluate the risk of further damage from these species. Explore PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

e1a7d865-56dd-4d11-b898-4e9a7c12b811 Constantine Petridis Chair Department of Arts of Africa and the Americas Curator of African Art The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL, USA Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION Constantine (Costa) Petridis has served as chair and curator of Arts of Africa at the Art Institute of Chicago since November 2016. A corresponding member of the Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences, he earned his PhD in art history from Ghent University in his native Belgium. Prior to coming to Chicago, he held research, teaching, and curatorial positions at the Fund for Scientific Research - Flanders, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Case Western Reserve University, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Art Gallery of Ontario, and the Indianapolis Museum of Art. The author of several journal articles, book chapters, exhibition catalogues, and monographs, his latest publications include the book Luluwa: Central African Art Between Heaven and Earth (2018) and the edited volume Speaking of Objects: African Art at the Art Institute of Chicago (2020). ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2021 Steering Committee 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

b791ebec-ae81-4d1b-97b9-5b614f72a9b9 Annissa Malvoisin Post-doctoral fellow African Art Brooklyn Museum New York, NY, USA Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION Annissa’s research specializes in Egyptology, Nubian archaeology, and Museum Studies. Her doctoral thesis investigates the ceramic production and trade industry during Meroitic Nubia and its potential far-reaching networks linking the Nile Valley to Iron Age West African cultures. She examines trade networks by identifying artistic similarities on pottery which she combines with piecing together the objects’ biography in order to better understand Nubian collections in North American museums. ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2021 Participant Art Bio Matters 2021 Virtual Conference Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

14c23f1e-09a7-4598-97db-6e56b70e39c1 Clara Granzotto Associate Conservation Scientist Scientific Research, Department of Conservation and Science The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL, USA Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION Clara Granzotto is associate conservation scientist in the Conservation and Science department at the Art Institute of Chicago. She received her Ph.D. in chemical sciences from the University of Venice, Italy, and the University of Lille, France. Clara conducted post-doctoral research at the Center for Scientific Studies in the Arts at Northwestern University in Evanston (IL), at the scientific department of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. She specializes in the analysis of traditional binding media in works of art by mass spectrometry, with a focus on polysaccharides and proteins, to understand artists’ technique, artworks appearance and condition. ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2023 Team Presenter Big Data from Tiny Samples: unveiling the use of organic materials in the Visconti-Sforza Co-authored with Frank Trujillo. Read the Abstract. Explore Full Abstract ABM 2021 Team Presenter Accretion, accumulation, encrustation? Reconciling scientific and curatorial perspectives when reporting on surface materials on African sculptures Explore Full Abstract ABM 2018 Participant Art Bio Matters 2018 Conference Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

249f7104-f4b6-4329-86d6-10518faba33c Tuuli Kasso PhD Student Beast2Craft and ArcHives University of Copenhagen Copenhagen, Denmark Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2021 Team Presenter ArcHives: Beeswax as a Biomolecular Archive (an exploratory investigation) Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

df8fcd0f-e5c4-40b3-9639-3569b4e93346 Shanan Tobe Senior Lecturer in Forensic Science College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education Murdoch University Perth, Australia Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION Shanan Tobe is a Senior Lecturer in Forensic Science Research and Integrity Advisor Academic Chair Forensic Biology and Toxicology. He currently holds funding with the Australian Research Council and the Australian Plant Biosecurity Fund. He is a molecular biologist/forensic science. He applies his forensic expertise to other scientific problems including evaluation of art using molecular biology. ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2021 Poster Presenter Archaeomicrobiology: Method Development to “Fingerprint” Australian Cultural Ochre Using Microbial DNA Analysis Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

f0324781-65c6-4803-83bc-44d124ba611b Samuel Johns PhD Student University of Bristol Bristol, UK Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION Samuel is a PhD candidate within the Organic Geochemistry Unit at the University of Bristol. His research seeks to address hypotheses surrounding diachronic and geographical changes in the molecular composition of parchment manuscripts and wax seals by GC/MS and HT-GC/MS; determine the isotopic composition of lipids within parchment and wax seals by GC-TC-IRMS and validate novel compound-specific approaches for radiocarbon dating. ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2021 Team Presenter ArcHives: Beeswax as a Biomolecular Archive (an exploratory investigation) Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS ABM Seminar Series - November 2022 Seminar Series Presenter Validating a Novel Lipid Extraction Method for Historic Parchments Explore PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

db42c204-9e71-464d-a449-ae621b32a427 Joshua Henkin Research Associate Field Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION Joshua Matthew Henkin studied at the University of Pennsylvania (B.A., Biochemistry, 2010) and at the University of Illinois at Chicago (Ph.D., Medical Ethnobotany/Pharmacognosy, 2019). He has contributed to the characterization of pre-Roman herbal wine from southern France, as well as to ethnobotanical and phytochemical analysis of ancient chicha de molle brewery remains in southern Peru. Now an amateur Andeanist, Joshua fervently aspires to continue working with archaeological and botanical collections for many years to come. ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2023 Poster Presenter A Preliminary Workflow Towards the Integrative Authentication and Dye Analysis of Ancient Peruvian Textiles at the Detroit Institute of Arts Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

5240beb3-da18-4b75-8f60-17b4a47bfe98 Michael Galardi Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION ABM CONFERENCES ABM MEMBER EVENTS ABM Round Table - March 2024 Round Table Presenter ABM Round Table - March 2024 Question about the lightening/bleaching of sandstone due to microbiological growth. Explore PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

4e4d05bc-b98a-4364-8bf8-3b3755fe250a Christine Sciacca Associate Curator of European Art, 300-1400 CE The Walters Art Museum Baltimore, MD, USA Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION Dr. Christine Sciacca received her Ph.D. in Art History from Columbia University. Her book publications include, Florence at the Dawn of the Renaissance: Painting and Illumination, 1300-1350, Building the Medieval World, and Illuminating Women in the Medieval World. Her current exhibition project at the Walters Art Museum focuses on Ethiopian art. ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2018 Steering Committee Art Bio Matters 2018 Conference Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS