Conferences, Publications, and Awards

Presentation “Indagini sul Pulpito di Pistoia”, Salone di Restauro 2012, Ferrara, Italy.

Article “La campagna diagnostica sul pulpito di Giovanni Pisano nella chiesa di Sant'Andrea a Pistoia: una necessaria permessa al restauro conservativo”, OPD Restauro, Centro Di, 2011.

Poster presentation “Use of laser ablation for the cleaning of white marble”, LACONA IX, London, 2011.

Presentation “Laser cleaning”, at the ICOMOS ISC conference “Stone: Marble at the New York Public Library”, New York, 2009.

Article “Treatment Techniques for the Conservation of Limestone Monuments” Working with Limestone, Ashgate Publishers, 2008-2010.

Article “Benedetto da Maiano in Calabria. Il restauro della Santa Caterina d’Alessandria  e del San Sebastiano di Terranova Sappo Minùlio”, OPD Restauro, Centro Di, 2005.

Contribution to the article “The Conservation of the Stone Elements in the Monumental Complex of Targu Jiu,” World Monuments Fund, 2005.

Conservation Grant recipient from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation for fellowship at the Opificio delle Pietre Dure, 2003 with an extension in 2005.

Recipient, together with the company Lithos, of the Gheorghe Vartic Prize for the best conservation treatment in Romania for 2003.

Grant recipient from the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation in order to research past conservation treatments in Venice, 2002.

Conference presentation on the use of laser cleaning on the Cathedral of Amiens, Kalamazoo Conference, 2000.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Teacher of stone conservation at the Fondazione Villa Fabris, European Center for Heritage Crafts and Professions, Thiene, Italy.

Occasionally lecture on stone conservation at the Florence program of Sarah Lawrence College.

Involved in the Stanford University Hannibal Alpine Archeological Expedition of Stanford University, 2007-2008.

Fluent in Italian and French, read and speak German

Have translated various publications from Italian into English.

Citizenship: United States of America

REFERENCES:

Elisabeth Cornu, Conservator, Objects Conservation Laboratory, Fine Arts

Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.

Carlo Lalli, Chemical Analyst, Opificio delle Pietre Dure, Florence, Italy

Michele Marincola, Objects Conservator, Conservation Laboratory, The Cloisters Museum, New York, NY.

Paolo Pagnin, Conservator and Owner, Lithos, s.n.c., Venice, Italy.

Laura Speranza, Director of Ceramics and Metal Conservation, Opificio delle Pietre Dure, Florence, Italy.

George Wheeler, Research Scientist, Objects Conservation Laboratory, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY.