Speakers
Conservator of Paintings, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Mary Schafer is Conservator of Paintings and Manager of the Mellon Conservation Science Endowment at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri. She received her M.A. in Painting Conservation from the State University of New York, College at Buffalo. In addition to activities...
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Senior Curator of European Arts, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Aimee Marcereau DeGalan serves as the Louis L. and Adelaide C. Ward Senior Curator of European Arts. A specialist in British and French 18th and 19th-century art, Marcereau DeGalan received her PhD in Art History from Case Western Reserve University. Her interest in the intersection...
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Senior Research Associate, Cornell Energy Synchrotron Source, Cornell University
Arthur Woll received his BA in Physics from Grinnell College in 1993 and PhD in Applied Physics from Cornell in 2000. Since 2002 he has served as a Senior Research Associate at the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS), functioning as a beamline scientist for three experimental...
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Independent Conservation Scientist, Independent
John Twilley has conducted scientific research in art conservation since 1973. He served as Conservation Scientist of the J. Paul Getty Museum from 1977-78. In 1979 he returned to analytical work in microelectronics and began teaching within the Graduate Program in Historic Resources...
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Staff Scientist, Cornell Energy Synchrotron Source, Cornell University
Louisa Smieska received her BA in Chemistry and Fine Arts from Hamilton College in 2009 and her PhD in Materials Chemistry from Cornell University in 2015. She joined the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source as a staff scientist in 2017, where she supports x-ray fluorescence imaging...
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