c299af86-22da-4890-a051-5101feff087e Martha Singer Principal Material Whisperer LLC New York, NY, USA Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION Martha Singer is an art conservator who specializes in modern and contemporary sculpture in the New York City area. She is responsible for the Nevelson Chapel as well as public and private collections that feature indoor and outdoor contemporary art. Martha received a BA from Bard College and a diploma in conservation from New York University. Martha has published on modern artists, their intentions and working techniques. Martha is a Fellow of the AIC. ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2023 Participant Art Bio Matters 2023 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

d9a1bfd8-3cd7-4291-9408-5d27d4ce3bc9 Aude Semat Assistant Curator, Department of Egyptian Art Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY, USA Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION Aude Semat is an Assistant Curator in the Department of Egyptian Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Her research focuses on painting and imagery, particularly during the New Kingdom (ca. 1550-1070 BCE), as well as the history of collecting and museums in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Aude studied art history and Egyptology at the École du Louvre and the Sorbonne (Paris), receiving her PhD in Egyptology in 2017. She has taken part in exhibitions and cataloguing projects in museums in France and the US, and taught at the École du Louvre until 2018. ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2023 Participant Art Bio Matters 2023 Conference Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

f53c5c98-bd71-4efa-ad5c-87fd3c37629f Elizabeth Kornhauser Alice Pratt Brown Curator of American Paintings and Sculpture The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY, USA Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION Dr. Elizabeth (Betsy) Kornhauser is Curator of American Paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art where she has curated numerous exhibitions, most recently: Thomas Cole’s Journey: Atlantic Crossings. Many have featured collaborative conservation components. She served as the Deputy Director, Chief Curator, and Curator of American Painting at the Wadsworth Atheneum from 1997 to 2010. ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2018 Participant Art Bio Matters 2018 Conference Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

240fc157-447b-47da-be3e-6f87d4149a64 Sue Ann Chui Associate Conservator J. Paul Getty Museum Los Angeles, CA, USA Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION At the Getty since 2005, Sue Ann Chui is a specialist in the conservation of panel paintings. Her areas of interest include Italian painting to 1600, wood technology, gilding, and X-radiography. She has presented and published on the materials and techniques of artists such as Taddeo Gaddi, Andrea del Sarto, and those from Leonardo da Vinci’s workshop. ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2018 Steering Committee Art Bio Matters 2018 Conference Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

f15ee3ad-b7ec-4960-a259-65fcc5974952 Rachel Popelka-Filcoff Rock Art Australia Minderoo Chair in Archaeological Science School of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science University of Melbourne Melbourne VIC, Australia Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION Professor Rachel Popelka-Filcoff is the Rock Art Australia Minderoo Chair in Archaeological Science in the School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Melbourne, where she leads archaeological science initiatives. Her laboratory integrates advanced characterisation, spectroscopic and statistical-driven approaches, in the areas of archaeological science and cultural heritage chemistry. Her research is to the first comprehensive integrative characterisation of Australian natural mineral pigments on cultural heritage materials by several analytical methods to answer questions about provenance and composition. Rachel holds a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Missouri as a National Science Foundation Research Fellow and completed a National Research Council postdoc at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). 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

444568eb-9c2f-413b-aae3-9859490848f9 Ruth Ann Armitage Professor of Chemistry Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan Ypsilanti, Michigan, USA Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION Ruth Ann Armitage is a Professor of Chemistry at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan. She studied chemistry at Thiel College and obtained her Ph.D. at Texas A&M University in analytical chemistry. Her broad research interests include determining the composition and age of rock paintings and developing ambient ionization mass spectrometric methods for characterizing dyes in ancient textiles. ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2023 Participant Art Bio Matters 2023 Conference Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS ABM Member Conversations - June 2024 Member Conversations Host An interdisciplinary conversation: Chemistry and anthropology insights on wild silk materials Explore PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

b25be158-bdc8-4518-8913-52662c4e0e1d John Stuart Gordon Benjamin Attmore Hewitt Curator of American Decorative Arts Yale University Art Gallery 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 Richard Hark. Read the Abstract. Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

9cde2529-5224-4b21-9ed6-082f5544caea Christine Giuntini Conservator Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY, USA Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION Christine Giuntini is a conservator working with the collections of the Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas at the MMA. Her research interests focus on fibrous organic materials, their associated attachments, fabrication/construction methods, and mount-centered display in lieu of invasive treatments. She has written or contributed to technical and historical essays and articles on West and Central African woven textiles, and Peruvian archeological featherworks and textiles. ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2023 Team Presenter Identifying trace amounts of brain-tissue-specific proteins in emulsion cured animal skins Co-authored with Aleksandra Popowich. Read the Abstract. Explore Full Abstract ABM 2018 Participant Art Bio Matters 2018 Conference Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS

3deffd66-ee2e-430e-b26a-54cb99e16a7b Monica Grasty Laboratory Assistant Yale University New Haven, CT, USA Previous Next All members MEMBER INFORMATION Monica Grasty is the laboratory assistant at Yale’s Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage, where she supports research operations among their laboratory groups. She also works as a research technician on grant work in collaboration with the Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry department at Yale, utilizing her background in molecular biology and genomics to recover and characterize trace amounts of DNA from historical objects. ABM CONFERENCES ABM 2021 Participant Art Bio Matters 2021 Virtual Conference Explore Full Abstract ABM MEMBER EVENTS PUBLICATIONS + PROJECTS