23d95059-d0ac-4140-b352-db4794169f43 Tom Sakmar Richard M. & Isabel P. Furlaud Professor The Rockefeller University New York, NY, USA Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION Dr. Tom Sakmar is a physician-scientist and molecular biologist who studies how drugs affect the function of cell surface receptors called GPCRs. He has developed a toolbox of drug-discovery technologies that are now being applied to search for genetic material in art and cultural objects. ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2018 Steering Committee Art Bio Matters 2018 Conference Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

b7dc7019-3f88-4634-9ab0-21b0855675ac Trish Biers Curator Cambridge, UK Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION Trish is the Curatorial Manager of the Duckworth laboratory (biological anthropology) in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge. She teaches in the Department about ethics, repatriation, treatment of the dead, and osteology. She is currently the Museum Representative, on the Board of Trustees, British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology (BABAO) and organises their Taskforce on the Trade and Sale of Human Remains. Her research interests include ancient and modern death work, osteoarchaeology and paleopathology, and museum studies focusing on the curation, ethics, and display of the dead. ABM CONFERENCES ABM MEMBER EVENTS ABM Roundtable Discussion - August 2024 Roundtable Speaker Perceptions of Human Remains - Continued Following the overwhelming response to our March 27th session. We are pleased to announce an upcoming online Roundtable discussion on the topic of human remains in museums, cultural centers, and religious spaces. This session will offer an opportunity to examine the ongoing ethical and practical challenges surrounding the display, handling, storage, treatment, and scientific analysis of human remains. It will also provide a space to share diverse institutional experiences and foster thoughtful dialogue across disciplines. 
Our goal is to generate actionable insights that can support professionals navigating these responsibilities, and to encourage a respectful, informed approach to working with human remains in varied contexts. We welcome participants from across the field to join us for what promises to be a meaningful and necessary conversation. Explore PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

2f21ec7c-0b17-44a1-833c-61ff56208198 Rachel Winter Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION ABM CONFERENCES ABM MEMBER EVENTS ABM Seminar Series - December 2023 Seminar Series Presenter The cause of much chagrin: using marine shagreen for the marine historical ecology of elasmobranchs Explore PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

6db5385d-e96e-4ff4-b6a5-79ca2d4a2def Paula Nabais Junior Researcher NOVA School for Science and Technology Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2023 Team Presenter Silk, stains and science of a knitted waistcoat: The lab is a foreign country but do they do things differently there? Co-authored with Beatrice Behlen and Jane Malcolm-Davies. Read the Abstract. Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS ABM Seminar Series - May 2023 Seminar Series Presenter Silk and Science: Collaborative research into a knitted waistcoat associated with Charles I Explore PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

59dfa39a-84b5-4b97-b3ef-4cd420b1ace7 Laura Hendriks Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION ABM CONFERENCES ABM MEMBER EVENTS ABM Seminar Series - April 2023 Seminar Series Presenter Compound Specific Radiocarbon (14C) Dating of Our Colorful Past: from Theory to Practice Explore PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

313e3686-19dc-4569-81a2-452bb0b0f8b5 Oi Yan Michelle Chan Conservation Research Assistant M+ Museum for Visual Culture, Hong Kong Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2023 Team Presenter A multimodal approach to the study of human-derived materials in contemporary artwork Co-authored with Lynn Lee, Alessandra Guarascio and Marc Walton. Read the Abstract. Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

03ea1693-3d7a-4f99-8fc1-b62e4663d4d1 David Peggie Senior Scientist The National Gallery London, UK Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION David obtained a Masters degree in Chemistry at The University of Edinburgh (2002) and then a PhD (2006) for research into the identification of dyes on historical textiles (in collaboration with the National Museum of Scotland). He joined the scientific department at the National Gallery, London, where he is now a Senior Scientist, using a variety of chromatographic and spectroscopic techniques for the characterisation of materials in support of conservation treatments and for the understanding of painting technique. ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2021 Participant Art Bio Matters 2021 Virtual Conference Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

e322e6e8-c8d7-48ae-893e-10c0436ce371 Kathryn Kenney Book and Paper Conservator Folger Shakespeare Library Washington D.C., DC, USA Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION Kathryn Kenney (she/her/hers) is a Book and Paper Conservator at the Folger Shakespeare Library. She earned a B.A. in anthropology from Wellesley College and was an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Library and Archives Fellow at SUNY Buffalo State University, graduating with an M.A. and C.A.S. in Art Conservation. Prior to joining Folger, she worked at Harvard Library’s Weissman Preservation Center and was an Advanced Book Conservation Intern at the Library of Congress. ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2023 Participant Art Bio Matters 2023 Conference Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

2e72b910-f633-4833-b665-88242d1ff23d Jennifer Jae Gutierrez Executive Director Image Permanence Institute Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY, USA Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION Jennifer Jae Gutierrez is Executive Director of the Image Permanence Institute, a preservation research laboratory at Rochester Institute of Technology. She has a M.S. in Art Conservation from the University of Delaware specializing in photograph conservation and has published on photographic preservation, photographer’s work processes, and conservation education. ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2018 Participant Art Bio Matters 2018 Conference Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

b48f4f7a-98c9-42b7-87fd-0a09d447f86a Richard Hark Conservation Scientist Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage, Yale University Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2023 Team Presenter New Thoughts on Old Wood: Differentiation of Mahogany and Its Look-alikes Using Laser-induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Co-authored with John Stuart Gordon. Read the Abstract. Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS