Postdoctoral Researcher
E.C. has an MSc in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Bologna, Italy. He received his PhD in Chemistry from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway. He is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Bologna, Italy. His research interests focus on the characterization of artistic materials using spectroscopic and hyperspectral imaging techniques.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Lucrezia Gatti has a BSc and MSc in Conservation and Diagnostic of Cultural Heritage (Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy), and a Ph.D. in Chemistry for the Environment and Cultural Heritage (University of Bologna, Italy). She is currently a postDoc researcher at the University of Bologna, Italy. Her research interests focus on the development of analytical protocols combined with data-processing approaches for artistic and archaeological materials.
In particular, she uses spectroscopic, immunochemical, chromatographic, and mass spectrometric approaches for the characterization and investigation of artistic and archaeological remains (bones and teeth).
Ph.D. Student
Zelan Li has a BSc in Technologies and Diagnostics for the Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage and a MSc in Science for the Conservation-Restoration of Cultural Heritage both from the University of Bologna, Italy. She is currently a PhD student at the University of Bologna. Her research is centred around the innovative application of spectroscopic and hyperspectral imaging techniques, combined with advanced chemometrics data processing, for the analysis and characterisation of cultural heritage materials.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Francesca Ramacciotti is a post-doc researcher at the Chemistry Department “G. Ciamician” of the University of Bologna. From 2019 to 2023 she was a PhD student in Environmental and Cultural Heritage at the University of Bologna. Her main research focus was on the development and testing of micro and nano-structured materials for the cleaning of works of art. Specifically, the methods she developed aimed at removing aged varnish from paintings and spray paint over-paintings from contemporary mural paintings. She is currently involved in the European project GoGreen focusing on the development of sustainable materials for cleaning artworks that will have an equal or greater effect than traditional materials that are more harmful to the environment. Part of this process includes the development of analytical protocols to assess the effects of their innovative treatments.