PhD Student
She joined F.A.R.E. EUROPHE in November 2023
She obtained her double bachelor’s degree in Cultures Littéraires Européennes at the University of Bologna and at the University of Haute Alsace, and her master’s degree in Science for the Conservation and Restoration of cultural heritage still at the University of Bologna.
For her PhD program in Cultural and Environmental Heritage, she will focus on testing non-destructive collagen detection methods for radiocarbon dating of bone samples. More precisely, she will study newly developed spectrometric techniques (such as Near-Infrared spectroscopy) that are able to predict the presence of well-preserved collagen inside bones, before being sampled for chemical pretreatments. The main aim of the project will be to reduce the unnecessary damaging of precious bones at the bare minimum, thus minimising costs and time for radiocarbon laboratories.
The research will take place at the Bologna Radiocarbon laboratory devoted to Human Evolution (BRAVHO) at the Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician” of the University of Bologna.