Matthew Collins The GLOBE Institute University of Copenhagen, Denmark Previous Next Copenhagen, Denmark MEMBER INFORMATION Team Presenter 2021 Matthew supports a team of postdoctoral and PhD students who are exploring the potential of parchment as a biomolecular archive. His background is almost as mixed as his research team, starting as a marine zoologist, followed by a Geology PhD at (Glasgow), postdoctoral positions in biochemistry and chemistry labs and a stint lecturing in environmental geochemistry before settling down as an archaeologist. ArcHives: Beeswax as a Biomolecular Archive (an exploratory investigation) Read Abstract ​ All members

Juliet Graver Istrabadi Curator of Ancient Art Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University Previous Next Bloomington, IN, USA MEMBER INFORMATION Participant 2023 Juliet Graver Istrabadi is the Curator of Ancient Art at the Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana (from 2009). She oversees a collection of 10,000 art objects that chronologically span a period from 10,000 BCE-1000 CE and geographically include the regions around the Mediterranean and the Near East/Middle East (areas in Africa, Asia, and Europe). Her research interests are broad, but a major area of focus is ancient jewelry. ​ ​ All members

Ellen Carrlee Conservator, Alaska State Museum Previous Next Juneau, AK, USA MEMBER INFORMATION Team Presenter 2021 Ellen Carrlee has been working in Alaskan museums for twenty years and has been the conservator at the Alaska State Museum since 2006. She holds an M.A. in Art History and Art Conservation from New York University (2000) and a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Alaska Fairbanks (2020). Her research interests include material culture made from plants and animals as well as collaborative projects that explore the networks of relationships among human and non-human agents. The Chilkat Dye Project Read Abstract ​ All members

EDUCATION Materials Materials Ethics Ethics Analytical Techniques Analytical Techniques Sampling Topics Sampling Topics ETHICS Cultural heritage is the material culture of mankind and its study requires the inclusion and partnership of its creators as well as careful deliberation as to its analysis. If you have ethics to post, please email info@artbiomatters.org . Coming Soon Coming Soon

Joshua Henkin Research Associate Field Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany Previous Next ​ MEMBER INFORMATION Poster Presenter 2023 Joshua Matthew Henkin studied at the University of Pennsylvania (B.A., Biochemistry, 2010) and at the University of Illinois at Chicago (Ph.D., Medical Ethnobotany/Pharmacognosy, 2019). He has contributed to the characterization of pre-Roman herbal wine from southern France, as well as to ethnobotanical and phytochemical analysis of ancient chicha de molle brewery remains in southern Peru. Now an amateur Andeanist, Joshua fervently aspires to continue working with archaeological and botanical collections for many years to come. A Preliminary Workflow Towards the Integrative Authentication and Dye Analysis of Ancient Peruvian Textiles at the Detroit Institute of Arts Read Abstract ​ All members

Composition Conservation Historical Use Case Studies Adhesives Used to glue or bind things together, biomolecule-based adhesives are incredibly wide ranging from proteins (hide or bone glues, egg, casein) to polysachharides (rice or wheat paste, plant gums) to lipids (beeswax) and more. 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.

Angélica Isa-Adaniya Conservator Previous Next Hamilton, ON, Canada MEMBER INFORMATION Website Coordinator 2023 Angélica Isa-Adaniya completed her MA studies in Conservation of Archaeological and Museum objects at the University of Durham (UK) in 2015. For several years, she worked for the Pachacamac Museum (Ministry of Culture of Peru) in Lima, Peru. She is a Community Board Member for Conserv and Website Coordinator for Art Bio Matters. She currently volunteers as the Vice Chair of the Talent and Participation Committee for the International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (IIC). She is also associated with The Research Center for Heritage Conservation in Lima. One of Angélica’s primary interests is sharing information about museum conservation with the wider public through a small website where she publishes articles, guides, and courses for non-specialists and students. She has an active social media presence promoting the wider visibility of heritage conservation on Instagram, Twitter, and Linkedin. ​ ​ All members

Laura Allen Curator of Native American Art Montclaire Art Museum Previous Next Montclair, NJ, USA MEMBER INFORMATION Participant 2021 Laura J. Allen is an interdisciplinary scholar and the Curator of Native American Art at the Montclair Art Museum. She holds a B.S. in Biology from Bates College and an M.A. in Decorative Arts, Design History, and Material Culture from Bard Graduate Center. Her research focuses on Northwest Coast Native material culture, particularly dress and textiles. She has supported the American Museum of Natural History, the University of Alaska Museum of the North, and other organizations in both cultural and scientific projects. ​ ​ All members

Ahmed Tarek Head of Human remains Laboratory Conservation Specialist The Grand Egyptian Museum Previous Next Giza District, Giza Governorate, Egypt MEMBER INFORMATION Participant 2021 Ahmed Tarek has Ph.D. & M.S. from Conservation Department, Cairo University. He is Head of the Human Remains Laboratory & Conservation Specialist of Organic Materials at the Grand Egyptian Museum Conservation Center (GEM CC). He is interested in materials & conservation science; manufacturing techniques of archaeological objects; analysis of deterioration and documentation. Currently, he has started a postdoctoral (Andrew W. Mellon Conservation Fellowship, Objects Conservation) from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. ​ ​ All members

Francesca Galluzzi Postdoctoral Researcher University of Bordeaux Previous Next Bordeaux, France MEMBER INFORMATION Poster Presenter 2021 Dr Francesca Galluzzi is a postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Bordeaux. Her BSc and MSc degree were in Science for Cultural Heritage analysis (University of Venice and Bologna). She earned her PhD in Chemical Science from the University of Bordeaux in 2021. The doctoral project was part of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie European Training Network TEMPERA, and it was focused on the development of new methodologies based on mass spectrometry for the analysis of proteinaceous compounds in different artistic materials. Her research interests include the characterisation of proteins collected at the trace level (following the bottom up and top-down approaches) and the investigation of chemical and structural modifications induced in proteins by processes of ageing and degradation (particularly cross-linking formations). Hydrogen deuterium exchange mass spectrometry to elucidate reticulations, interactions and conformational changes of proteins in tempera paintings Read Abstract ​ All members