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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

3ff9369e-8dca-40ad-a496-5b873c64bab5 Manu Frederickx Associate Conservator Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY, USA Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION Manu Frederickx is an Associate Conservator at The Met’s Objects Conservation Department, where he is responsible for the conservation and technical study of musical instruments. Previously he was a lecturer and head of the Musical Instrument Making program at University College Ghent and worked as a conservator at the Musical Instrument Museum in Brussels. He is currently conducting a PhD study at Ghent University, focusing on the construction of virginals in 16th- and 17th-century Antwerp. ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2021 Participant Art Bio Matters 2021 Virtual Conference Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

33ab88e7-e25c-4038-9067-f77d2a35a7ac Ophélie Ranquet PhD Student Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Institute of Mechanical Process Engineering and Mechanics Applied Mechanics Group Karlsruhe, Germany Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION Ophélie Ranquet is a PhD Student at the KIT in Germany, at the Institute of Mechanical Process Engineering and Mechanics. She completed her studies in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering in France at the ENSCL (École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Lille) and at the ECPM (University of Strasbourg). Her PhD project, focused on a multi-analytical approach, is held in collaboration with Ilaria Bonaduce and Celia Duce (University of Pisa), Norbert Willenbacher (KIT) and Patrick Dietemann (Doerner Institute). She investigates the role of addition of egg yolk in linseed oil-based paints and tempera paints by using tools and technologies from different fields: rheology, physical and analytical chemistry. ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2021 Team Presenter From egg tempera to oil painting – case studies of Domenico Ghirlandaio and Sandro Botticelli and the chemistry and microstructure of paints Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

a6cdf1a9-9a1b-4463-9c75-d0bfbc4e52b0 Aleksandra Popowich Research Associate Department of Scientific Research The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY, USA Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION Aleks Popowich has been at The Met since 2020 where she studies the many uses of proteins and lipids in works of art using mass spectrometry. Previously, she was a postdoctoral fellow at the Smithsonian’s Museum Conservation Institute. She holds a PhD in chemistry from the University of Alberta, where she studied the interactions of carcinogenic arsenic compounds with proteins using mass spectrometry and immunoassays. ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2023 Team Presenter Identifying trace amounts of brain-tissue-specific proteins in emulsion cured animal skins Co-authored with Christine Giuntini. Read the Abstract. Explore Full Abstract ABM 2021 Team Presenter A Tripartite Approach to Biomolecule Analysis for the Identification of Chia Oil in Paintings and Lacquerware from New Spain (Mexico) Explore Full Abstract ABM 2021 Coordinator Art Bio Matters 2021 Virtual Conference Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS Catherine Gilbert, Vaclav Krupicka, Francesca Galluzi, Aleksandra Popowich, Stéphane Claverol, Julie Arslanoglu, Caroline Tokarski Species identification of ivory and bone museum objects using minimally invasive proteomics Ivory is a highly prized material in many cultures since it can be carved into intricate designs and have a highly polished surface. Due to its popularity, the animals from which ivory can be sourced are under threat of extinction. Identification of ivory species is not only important for CITES compliance, it can also provide information about the context in which a work was created. Here, we have developed a minimally invasive workflow to remove minimal amounts of material from precious objects and, using high-resolution mass spectrometry–based proteomics, identified the taxonomy of ivory and bone objects from The Metropolitan Museum of Art collection dating from as early as 4000 B.C. We built a proteomic database of underrepresented species based on exemplars from the American Museum of Natural History, and proposed alternative data analysis workflows for samples containing inconsistently preserved organic material. This application demonstrates extensive ivory species identification using proteomics to unlock sequence uncertainties, e.g., Leu/Ile discrimination. Explore

c196b141-b1f6-4b32-b0a1-0b77a88602a1 Niv Allon Associate Curator Department of Egyptian Art Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY, USA Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION Associate Curator in the Department of Egyptian Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where he focuses on art of the Ramesside Period (ca. 1295-1070 B.C.) and on textual objects throughout Egyptian history. He earned his MA from the Hebrew University, Jerusalem in Biblical Studies and his PhD in Egyptology from Yale University and has published on scribes, literacy, and concepts of violence in ancient Egypt. ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2021 Participant Art Bio Matters 2021 Virtual Conference Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

4097b79f-5366-411b-9978-6c15afcc3e27 Laura Cartechini Research Scientist Institute of Molecular Science and Technologies (ISTM) – National Research Council (CNR) Milan, Padova, Perugia, ITALY Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION Laura Cartechini received her Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Perugia in 1998. Her research activity is aimed at understanding the chemical and physical properties of art historical materials and relative degradation processes for diagnostic and conservation purposes. ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2018 Team Presenter Immunodetection of proteins in paint media by ELISA and IFM Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

2b842932-2407-4e4b-8a3f-dff107a4cd8c Kate Duffy Research Scientist Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia, PA, USA Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION Dr. Kate Duffy is the senior scientist in the conservation department of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. She received a degree in chemistry from Hood College, Frederick, MD, and completed her PhD at the University of Birmingham, UK, on the application of metabolomics to the study of archaeological finds. ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2021 Participant Art Bio Matters 2021 Virtual Conference Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS