Speakers
Mellon Opportunity for Diversity in Conservation, UCLA/Getty Graduate Program
Nicole Passerotti is an objects conservator and the Andrew W. Mellon Opportunity for Diversity in Conservation Program Associate. Prior to joining the UCLA/Getty Graduate program staff, she was an assistant conservator at the Field Museum in Chicago. Her previous conservation experience...
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Andrew W. Mellon and Maude de Schauensee Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Alexandra Letvin is the Andrew W. Mellon and Maude de Schauensee Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow in the Department of European Painting and Sculpture at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. She received her Ph.D. (2017) and M.A. (2011) in the History of Art from Johns Hopkins University...
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Senior scientist, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Beth A. Price is the senior scientist in the Scientific Research Department at the PMA. Beth serves as a Board Member and Chair of the Infrared and Raman Users Group. She studied chemistry, art history and studio art at Rutgers University and the State University of New York.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Scientist/Researcher
Kate Duffy is a scientist in the conservation department of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. She received a degree in chemistry from Hood College, Frederick, MD, and recently completed her PhD at the University of Birmingham, UK, on the application of metabolomics to the study of archaeological...
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Conservator of Decorative Arts and Sculpture, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Melissa Meighan has been a conservator of sculpture and decorative arts at the PMA for over 35 years. Among her many areas of expertise are ceramics, sculpture, and the conservation of painted miniatures.