Joe Stahlman Tribal Historic Preservation Officer University of Buffalo / Seneca Nation Previous Next ​ MEMBER INFORMATION ​ Dr. Joe Stahlman is the Director of Seneca Nation’s Tribal Historic Preservation Office. Recently, he transitioned from the director of Seneca-Iroquois National Museum-Onöhsagwë:de' Culture Center to his new role. Joe is a scholar and researcher of Tuscarora descent. He has over 30 years of research experience working with First Peoples and allies. His research focuses on culture and history, as well as ongoing socio-economic and health & wellness related endeavors with Native communities. He takes an active role in addressing the spaces Native peoples occupy in North American museums, archaeology, cultural resource management, and scholarship. Joe regularly talks on the need to promote equity, equality, and justice among all peoples in North American society through a number of reconciliatory processes which are inclusive for all and empowers people to express agency through creative and intellectual endeavors. ​ ​ All members

Alessandra Guarascio Conservator, Installation Art M+ Museum for Visual Culture, Hong Kong Previous Next Hong Kong MEMBER INFORMATION Team Presenter 2023 Alessandra Guarascio has been the Installation Art Conservator at M+ since 2018. She obtained her BA in Art Restoration and MA in Conservation of Contemporary Art from Brera Academy of Fine Art in Milan. Before her appointment at M+, she held roles at the ArtScience Museum, National Gallery in Singapore, and the Italian Design Museum in Milan. Previous collaborations also include the Museo del Novecento and Pirelli HangarBicocca. She is a Coordinator for the INCCA-AP Working Group. A multimodal approach to the study of human-derived materials in contemporary artwork Co-authored with Lynn Lee, Chan Oi Yan Michelle and Marc Walton. Read Abstract ​ All members

Composition Conservation Historical Use Case Studies Feathers/horn/hair/nails Feathers, horn, hair, nails, scales, and hooves, all found in vertebrates, are made from a family of structural proteins called keratins. Previous Next Back to Materials Coming Soon We need you to develop new content for the ABM website. Please email info@artbiomatters.org or message in Slack if you are interested in building the ABM website.

Jeremy Wain Hirschberg Physiology and Biophysics — Christopher Mason Lab Weill Cornell Medicine Previous Next ​ MEMBER INFORMATION Poster Presenter 2023 Jeremy Wain Hirschberg is a biologist working in the Mason Lab at Weill Cornell Medicine, conducting genomic and metagenomic research for space missions. Previously, Jeremy worked in diagnostics, developing novel lateral flow immunoassay technology for the detection of Covid- 19, influenza and other biological targets. Now, he aims to apply a biotechnological approach to address the challenges of the future in sending humans to space environments, and answer questions about the past in analyzing historically significant artifacts. Identifying Binders in Mexican Lacquerware: A Tri-Partite Approach Read Abstract ​ All members

Hwai-ling Yeh-Lewis Senior Collections Manager Asian Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art Previous Next New York, NY, USA MEMBER INFORMATION Participant 2021, 2023 Hwai-ling Yeh-Lewis oversees the storage and care of over 37,000 works in the Asian Art collection. This includes all administration procedures related to acquisitions, incoming and outgoing loans, the collection database, exhibitions, and collection inventory. She also manages internal and external requests for access to the collections, and works with the collections team to facilitate gallery installations and implement the highest standards for collection care. She received her MS in education from Indiana University. ​ ​ All members

Stefan Simon Director The Rathgen Research Laboratory The National Museums Berlin Previous Next Berlin, Germany MEMBER INFORMATION Poster Presenter 2021 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 Microbiome reveals history of human-interactions in the museum - a pilot project Read Abstract ​ All members

Stephanie Hornbeck McCarter Chief Conservator Department of Anthropology Field Museum Previous Next Chicago, IL, USA MEMBER INFORMATION Participant 2021 Stephanie E. Hornbeck is McCarter Chief Conservator, Anthropology Collections, Field Museum. From 2010-2017 she was Director of Conservation, Caryatid Conservation Services, her private practice. From 2010-2012, as Chief Conservator, Smithsonian Haiti Cultural Recovery Project, she directed conservation recovery of cultural patrimony damaged in the 2010 earthquake. From 1998-2009, she was Conservator, National Museum of African Art. Stephanie’s research involves identification and regulation of ivory and intersections of conservation practice for indigenous material culture and contemporary art. ​ ​ All members

Lauren Clark Research Assistant American Museum of Natural History Previous Next New York, NY, USA MEMBER INFORMATION Participant 2023 Lauren Clark is the manager of the ancient biomolecules lab at the American Museum of Natural History. In this role, she supports researchers interested in paleogenomic and paleoproteomic techniques while maintaining a clean environment within the lab to limit contamination from human and bacterial sources. Lauren has broadly used genetic methods to determine the identification of archaeological and museological materials ranging from archaeological ungulates of the Rockies to cochineal beetles collected in the early 1900’s. ​ ​ All members

Theanne Schiros Associate Professor, Dept. of Math and Science Fashion Institute of Technology Previous Next ​ MEMBER INFORMATION Steering Committee 2023 Theanne Schiros, PhD is an educator, scientist and National Geographic Explorer, whose research focuses on development of regenerative, high performance materials for a circular economy, including renewable energy technology and biotextiles. She is an Associate Professor at FIT and a Research Scientist at Columbia University, and a co-founder and CSO of Werewool, an early stage startup creating biodegradable textile fibers with DNA-programmed color and performance provided by engineered proteins. Her work has received international recognition, including the 2023 National Geographic Wayfinder Award, and the 2022 Microfiber Innovation Challenge and the 2020 H&M Foundation Global Change Awards (Werewool), and the 2017 National Geographic Chasing Genius Award (KeelLabs), as well as international museum exhibitions of a microbial bioleather innovation. ​ ​ All members

Glennis Rayermann Visiting Assistant Professor, Conservation Science Institute of Fine Arts, New York University Previous Next New York, NY, USA MEMBER INFORMATION Steering Committee 2023 Glennis Rayermann is a cultural heritage scientist. Currently, she the Visiting Assistant Professor of Conservation Science in the Conservation Center at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. She earned her Ph.D. in physical/materials chemistry at the University of Washington in Seattle. Her research is multidisciplinary, spanning materials degradation, development of a novel instrumental technique, biophysical chemistry, and cultural heritage conservation. During the 2020–2021 academic year, she taught the Conservation Science: Inorganic Materials in Art & Conservation lecture and laboratory courses and conducted research in the Patricia H. and Richard E. Garman Art Conservation Department at SUNY Buffalo State. Previously, she was a Research Associate with the Netherlands Institute for Conservation+Art+Science+ (NICAS) project ‘A Global Infrastructure for Heritage Science’, made possible by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. ​ ​ All members