Sven Haakanson Jr., Ph.D. Curator of North American Anthropology, Burke Museum, Professor and Chair in Anthropology, University of Washington Previous Next Seattle, Washington, USA MEMBER INFORMATION Steering Committee 2023 Sven Haakanson Jr., Ph.D., is Sugpiaq from Old Harbor, Alaska. He is a Curator of North American Anthropology at the Burke Museum, Professor and Chair in Anthropology at the University of Washington. He is a recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship (2007), the Museums Alaska Award for Excellence (2008), the ATALM Guardians of Culture and Lifeways Leadership Award (2012), and his work on the Angyaaq led it to be inducted into the Alaska Innovators Hall of Fame (2020). He joined the University of Washington in 2013. He engages communities in cultural revitalization using material reconstruction as a form of scholarship and teaching. His projects have included the reconstruction of full-sized angyaaq traditional open boats from ethnographic models, as well as halibut hooks, masks, paddles, and traditional processing of bear gut into waterproof material for clothing. He has and continues to collaborate with the community of Akhiok at their Akhiok Kids camp since 2000. ​ ​ All members

Composition Conservation Historical Use Case Studies Textiles Natural polymeric fibres used in textiles can have both plant (cellulosic) and animal (proteinaceous) origins. 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.

Sue Ann Chui Associate Conservator J. Paul Getty Museum Previous Next Los Angeles, CA, USA MEMBER INFORMATION Steering Committee 2018 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. ​ ​ All members

Aude Semat Assistant Curator, Department of Egyptian Art Metropolitan Museum of Art Previous Next New York, NY, USA MEMBER INFORMATION Participant 2023 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. ​ ​ All members

Laurence Douny Research Associate Humboldt University, Berlin Previous Next ​ MEMBER INFORMATION Steering Committee 2023 Laurence Douny is a social anthropologist and research associate at the Excellence cluster ‘Matters of Activity. Image Space Material’ at Humboldt University, Berlin. She specializes in the anthropology and history of materials and techniques with a focus on West African wild silks and natural dyes. She is the principal investigator of the project ‘West African wild silks techniques: Preserving Marka-Dafing’s heritage of knowledge’ awarded by the Endangered Material Knowledge Program (EMKP) at The British Museum and funded by Arcadia. ​ ​ All members

Laurie Waters Retired Los Alamos National Laboratory in April 2012 Currently doing contract work Previous Next ​ MEMBER INFORMATION Poster Presenter 2021 Laurie Waters is a Nuclear Physicist by training, having received her PhD at the State University of New York in 1990. For 21 years she worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory, doing experimental physics, and extensive simulations of radiation transport. Much experimental work was done at the LANSCE 800 MeV proton accelerator, and she also headed the team that formed the newest division in the American Nuclear Society; the Accelerator Applications Division. All this work has given her much experience in techniques such as AMS and various radiation interrogation measurements. Minimally invasive analysis: Fact or fantasy? The challenge of 14C dating Early Modern material Read Abstract ​ All members

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Composition Conservation Historical Use Case Studies Pigments / Dyes Dyes are substances used to impart color to textiles, paper, leather, and other materials such that the coloring is not readily altered by washing, heat, light, or other factors to which the material is likely to be exposed. Pigments, on the other hand, are finely ground solids dispersed in a liquid, such as paint or ink, or blended with other materials. Most dyes are organic compounds, whereas pigments may be inorganic compounds or organic compounds. 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.

Jennifer Jae Gutierrez Executive Director Image Permanence Institute Rochester Institute of Technology Previous Next Rochester, NY, USA MEMBER INFORMATION Participant 2018 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. ​ ​ All members

Eric Monroe Head, Scientific Laborary Section Preservation Research Testing Division Library of Congress Previous Next Washington, DC, USA MEMBER INFORMATION Participant 2021 Dr. Eric Monroe is the Head of the Scientific Laboratory Section in the Preservation Research and Testing Division at the Library of Congress. He received his PhD from the University of Illinois in Analytical Chemistry. Prior to coming to the Library of Congress, his research career centered on the application of analytical chemistry techniques and methods to neuroscience, virology, and materials science in both academic and industrial settings. ​ ​ All members