Alba Alvarez Postdoctoral Fellow Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Research Fellow University of Antwerp Previous Next All members Antwerp, Belgium MEMBER INFORMATION Participant 2021 Alba Alvarez is currently a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Antwerp and the Rijksmuseum. From 2017 to 2019, she was a postdoctoral fellow at the Smithsonian’s Museum Conservation Institute. She holds a M.Sc. in Conservation Science and a PhD in Analytical Chemistry. Her research is focused on optimizing mass spectrometry protocols for the analysis of organic materials, with special interest in preventive conservation. ​ ​ ⚠️ Member pages are undergoing improvements! Some features may not work today. Thank you for your patience!

Barbara Berrie Head of Scientific Research National Gallery of Art Previous Next All members Washington, DC, USA MEMBER INFORMATION Steering Committee 2018 Dr. Barbara Berrie’s work has focused on artists’ materials and methods. Her publications are varied and reflect her wide range of interests and responsibilities. She is particularly interested in painters’ materials and methods, and investigates artists use of color through the lens of scientific analysis. Proteins: Building Blocks of Art Read Abstract ​ ⚠️ Member pages are undergoing improvements! Some features may not work today. Thank you for your patience!

Cecil Krarup Andersen The Royal Danish Academy Previous Next All members Copenhagen, Denmark MEMBER INFORMATION Team Presenter 2021 Cecil’s research focuses on painting’s technique, mechanical properties in paints and painting material including mechanical degradation related to climate control in museums/collections and the effect of structural conservation of canvas paintings. At present Cecil is involved with the Horizon2020 EU research and innovation project CollectionCare. The aim of this project is to create an integrated decision support system for small and medium size collections with regards to preventive conservation. This involves computer simulation of degradation scenarios for canvas paintings. Cecil is chair of the advisory board and member of the steering committee in this project. Non-traditional materials in the ground layer of paintings from the Danish Golden Age identified via MS-based proteomics Read Abstract ​ ⚠️ Member pages are undergoing improvements! Some features may not work today. Thank you for your patience!

Ilaria Bonaduce Associate Professor Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry University of Pisa Previous Next All members Pisa, Italy MEMBER INFORMATION Participant 2018, 2021 Ilaria Bonaduce is Associate Professor at the Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry of the University of Pisa. She teaches Analytical Chemistry for the master course and the bachelor course in Chemistry. Her research focuses on the development and implementation of analytical methods for characterising organic materials collected from artworks, as well as understanding physico-chemical processes involved in paint film formation and degradation. Her research is mainly based on the use of mass spectrometry and analytical pyrolysis. ​ ​ ⚠️ Member pages are undergoing improvements! Some features may not work today. Thank you for your patience!

Lisa Bruno Conservator Carol Lee Shen Chief Conservator Brooklyn Museum Previous Next All members New York, NY, USA MEMBER INFORMATION Participant 2021 Lisa Bruno is the Carol Lee Shen Chief Conservator at the Brooklyn Museum. She is an objects conservator by training with a MS in Art Conservation from the University of Delaware/Winterthur Museum. Interests are in materials identification to understand the construction and deterioration of art materials. Past research projects analyzed materials used in ancient Egyptian mummification practices and currently the lab has begun a project to examine and identify materials used to construct Kachinas. ​ ​ ⚠️ Member pages are undergoing improvements! Some features may not work today. Thank you for your patience!

Beatrice Behlen Senior Curator, Fashion & Decorative Arts Museum of London Previous Next All members London, UK MEMBER INFORMATION Team Presenter 2023 ​ Silk, stains and science of a knitted waistcoat: The lab is a foreign country but do they do things differently there? Co-authored with Paula Nabais and Jane Malcolm-Davies. Read Abstract ​ ⚠️ Member pages are undergoing improvements! Some features may not work today. Thank you for your patience!

Nylah Byrd NEA Book Fellow Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts Previous Next All members Philadelphia, PA, USA MEMBER INFORMATION Community Coordinator 2023 Nylah Byrd is a NEA Book Fellow at the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts. She received her B.A. with Honors in Archaeology from Stanford University in 2018 and her M.S. in Art Conservation from the Winterthur/ University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation in 2022. She is currently a Core Group member of the AIC Ethics Core Documents Revision Task Force and a founding member of the Black Art Conservators group. Her research interests include equity and inclusion in conservation, preserving ephemera, and fabrication of inorganic objects. She is particularly passionate about public engagement and community connections within art conservation and cultural heritage institutions in the United States. Her long-term career goal is to practice people-centered conservation as a community conservator. She wishes to offer her conservation skills to a local marginalized community (especially if Black and/or Indigenous) for the preservation and continuation of their culture through caring for objects. ​ ​ ⚠️ Member pages are undergoing improvements! Some features may not work today. Thank you for your patience!

Aniko Bezur Wallace S. Wilson Director of Scientific Research Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage Yale University Previous Next All members West Haven, CT 06516, USA MEMBER INFORMATION Team Presenter 2021 Aniko Bezur is the Wallace S. Wilson Director of theTechnical Studies Laboratory at Yale’s Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage. Decoding the materiality of objects in Yale’s museums and the library is at the heart of their activities and expertise, carrying out materials analysis to address questions related to objects in Yale’s collections which emerge during their scholarly study, conservation, and during their use in teaching and exhibition. She oversees a research group that includes scientists and a conservator. A key mandate of her position is to increase our capacity to characterize materials by improving our capacity to use existing analytical tools and data analysis; by researching and advocating the purchase of new instrumentation; and by developing new instrumentation or tools and analytical methodologies. Extracting Stories from DNA preserved by 19th century Americana Read Abstract ​ ⚠️ Member pages are undergoing improvements! Some features may not work today. Thank you for your patience!

Lyudmyla Babadzhanova Book Conservator Center for Jewish History Previous Next All members New York, NY, USA MEMBER INFORMATION Participant 2023 Lyudmyla (Luda) Babadzhanova is a Book Conservator at the Center for Jewish History. She is a library and archives conservator by training with a MA in Art Conservation from Buffalo State University. As a professional in conservation of library and archival materials, she looks to build strong ties in the non-profit cultural and educational institutions of New York City. At the same time contribute her experience and demonstrates her devotion to and passion for the field. ​ ​ ⚠️ Member pages are undergoing improvements! Some features may not work today. Thank you for your patience!

Lauren Audi Genomics Lab Manager American Museum of Natural History Previous Next All members New York, NY, USA MEMBER INFORMATION Participant 2023, Poster Presenter 2021 Lauren Audi is the Senior Genomics Lab Manager at the American Museum of Natural History and a plant biologist. In this position she supports the interdisciplinary research of curators, scientists, students and affiliates at the museum. This includes providing expertise in molecular biology and genetic techniques across a wide discipline of research questions -- from evolution, ecology, conservation and disease detection. DNA Barcoding of Northwest Coast Objects: A method for fostering reciprocal relationships between museums and communities Read Abstract ​ ⚠️ Member pages are undergoing improvements! Some features may not work today. Thank you for your patience!